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The Fountain Group lists this Sr. Indirect Procurement Specialist opportunity in clay arsenal, Connecticut. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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Pay: $32.25/hour.
Duration:6 months with extensions based on performance and headcount approvals.
Responsibilities:
Execute RFX/RFPs, contract negotiations, and govern functional approvals for assigned indirect Procurement topics.
Efficiently monitor requisition, approval, and PO processes in the organization's Procure 2 Pay platform (Zycus), handling order confirmation process with suppliers as well as transactional support as needed.
Assist business requestors navigate the Procure 2 Pay system including training/troubleshooting, and guidance to enable compliance with a no-po no-pay policy.
Gather quotations, examines bids and makes awards in partnership with internal stakeholders.
Ensure spend decisions target lowest logical cost and are within applicable market benchmarks.
Evaluates vendor reliability and develops new supply sources where vendors and suppliers are no longer competitive.
Support special project events as assigned, which may include data gathering for sourcing events or managing the standup of vendor programs such as Catalog solutions or vendor specific discount programs.
Collaborate with legal and business stakeholders on any contract negotiations.
Representative indirect category activities this role may be asked to support include Corporate & Professional Services, Office Supplies/IT Peripherals, Telecommunications, MRO/Facility expenses, Tail Spend, Contractor Services
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree is required.
5+ years of procurement experience is required.
3+ years of indirect procurement experience is required.
Experience with a major Procure 2 Pay system (Coupa, Ariba, GEP, Ivalue or Zycus) is critical for this role.
Candidates should have experience negotiating contracts and working with legal.
Must have worked in Enterprise originations or large markets.
Extensive indirect procurement experience in a large corporate environment.
Demonstrated ability to manage sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, contract execution, and procurement compliance processes end-to-end.
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