Procurement Specialist

Job Title: Procurement Specialist

Location: 1200 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston, Texas – 77043

Shift: Day

DESCRIPTION:

• We seek an experienced Procurement individual highly motivated and self-driven to:
• Lead sourcing actives and negotiations for low to high value aerospace and industrial type components to optimize cost opportunities, contract coverage, and secure supply continuity.
• Undertake contractual and price negotiations with new and existing suppliers to mitigate commercial risk and optimise commercial advantage for current and future programmes.
• Carry out in depth cost breakdowns analysis (including cost estimation) and negotiate the lowest TCA in order to contribute to the divisional cost saving targets.
• Drive cost reduction and resourcing programmes to support strategy execution ensuring impact on existing supply chains are managed.
• Develop and deliver robust and integrated Commodity and Supplier strategies to provide supply chains capable of providing business needs across all stakeholder areas.
• Ensure a close cooperation with internal customers to ensure customer care and early involvement.

YOUR ROLE:

• Integrates Procurement in the project management process and organizes, controls and monitors all Procurement activities in a project.
• Participates in project/sales meetings as project core team member to exert a shaping influence at an early stage and to optimize internal workflows and processes.
• Establishes proper sourcing and Procurement processes and controls all Procurement resources and activities in the project.
• Analyzes customer inquiries during bid preparation / opportunity management phases and exactly understands the customer's functional needs in order to include (supplier) innovations.
• Supports project calculation with reliable material cost data.
• Analyzes scope of supply and contract agreements, carries out risk analyses and introduces negotiation recommendations.
• Analyzes sales and operations planning in respect of starting / new projects, assessing and controlling of material costs within the whole project business in order to ensure the involvement of Procurement.
• Drives Procurement strategies in projects and ensures their implementation.
• Heads up contractual and price negotiations and/or supports the specialist buyers responsible for particular material fields.
• Clarifies internal indicators for project controlling and compiling all relevant information to submit qualified reports.
• Forwards systematically all relevant Procurement related project information

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS:

• Ability to work in a complex, fast changing global organizational environment.
• Experience in strategic sourcing/commodity management.
• Outstanding Excel skills.
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent commercial, contractual, and project management acumen.
• Familiarity with component Manufacturing processes and Quality
• Knowledge of working with a global supplier base, in a matrix environment.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Masters degree and/or CIPS desired

Company description: 3pl Vision boasts over two decades of experience collaborating with leading global enterprises to meet their needs for flexible workforce solutions and on-demand talent. We are a worldwide organization offering strategic workforce management, IT consulting, and on-demand talent services. Our specialization lies in serving various sectors including Financial Services, Healthcare, IT, Life Sciences, Aerospace & Defence, Energy, Retail, Telecom, Manufacturing, and Engineering.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a CIPS Certification?

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Procurement: 10 years (Preferred)
• Strategic sourcing: 10 years (Preferred)
• Community management: 10 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Houston, TX 77043 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $40