Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Career Growth Potential

Duration: 18 Months

Location: Houston, TX 77024

Schedule: Monday – Friday; 8:30am – 5:30pm

Qualifications:

• 4-year college degree required; Supply Chain Management Preferred
• 3-5 years of experience in a procurement function, sourcing equipment and/or construction services
• Experience in supply chain management and procurement
• Contract negotiation experience
• Integrity; honesty; trustworthy; dependable
• Experience with Google Workspace (G-Suite) is a plus
• MS Office
• Have a strong attention to detail
• Be able to multi-task
• Be skilled in handling competing priorities
• Feel comfortable presenting to leadership
• Be a critical thinker
• Be highly organized
• Have a positive attitude
• Excellent communication skills in English language, verbal and written

Description:

• Develop and present project sourcing procurement plans for capital projects to key stakeholders for projects under areas of responsibility.
• Manage end-to-end project sourcing and contracting process (including RFI/RFQ/RFPs) for assigned capital projects and other needed services or equipment.
• Lead Project Sourcing negotiations for project work streams to include services, materials, equipment and delivery schedules that correspond to areas of responsibility.
• Work collaboratively within Supply Chain Operations Support, Purchasing Services, Key Stakeholders and Global Procurement Group.
• Meet with key customers routinely and proactively identify capital projects and contract value opportunities.
• Assist with contract start-up functions involving appropriate department project leads.
• Participate in identifying emerging opportunities within the supply community.
• Evaluate existing contract relationships to identify savings opportunities, risk mitigation strategies, and other commercial terms enhancements.
• Leverage market intelligence to evaluate, negotiate, and manage annual price fluctuations.
• Negotiate commercial terms for project-based spend associated with capital projects.
• Demonstrate competency in negotiating.
• Manage contracts for assigned projects and utilize existing Agreements whenever possible.
• Utilize all Supply Chain technologies for Project Sourcing, Contract Management, SRM, and Spend Analysis.
• Develop relationships with key customers to understand their project, service, and/or equipment needs and implement strategies to maximize savings in the Capital Procurement Plan and for emerging projects.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with internal processes, including but not limited to, contract filing processes, bidding processes, and value creation reporting processes.
• Work closely with the Supplier Relationship Management Specialist for key suppliers under areas of responsibility. Maintain consistent series of key performance indicators which can be used to gauge supplier performance and create actionable improvement plans.
• Facilitate periodic business reviews with key suppliers and organize internal stakeholder feedback.
• Provide various reports as requested by manager.
• Partner with Legal to ensure current and continued compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures, both internal and external.

Company Info:

Our client is a world leader in gases, technologies and services used in many industries and for Health purposes. Oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter, and energy. With safety as their priority, training will be provided for all employees to ensure the job is done properly. This client also hires many of their full-time employees through temporary agencies so many of our roles are temp-to-hire. This gives our candidates and the client an opportunity to ensure that this will be a good fit for a full-time role with their company. All roles have an opportunity for career advancement once full time with our client and provide excellent benefits to their full-time employees.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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