What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Procurement Specialist, Supply Chain Direct Construction position at Consolidated Edison Company of New York?
Overview
The Senior Procurement Specialist is the key interface between the Construction vendors and all internal customers within Con Edison and Orange & Rockland. As a Senior Procurement Specialist within Con Edison Procurement Operations, you will enable corporate-wide cost savings and serve as the primary line of support for internal Operations for gas, steam, and electric and transmission and generating facilities. You will be responsible for complex procurements and key supplier negotiations for material, services, transportation, construction and maintenance of underground and overhead electric, gas and steam distribution and transmission substations and facilities, electric and steam generating facilities, and associated corporate and environmental services that ensures high availability and quality at the lowest possible total cost to the company. The Senior Procurement Specialist has responsibility for achieving corporate cost-savings targets, strategic business objectives and corporate social responsibility goals.Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities- Works closely with business users, engineers, and EH&S to satisfy the pending requests.
- Conducts complex procurements by utilizing the Procurement Operations sourcing processes and operating policies & procedures; including developing RFQs, Supplier Bid Evaluations, Negotiations, and Supplier Relationship Management.
- Supports category management activities through providing supplier data, spend information, and any other relevant information to assist with the optimization and strategic sourcing of managed spend category.
- Drives Total Cost of Ownership improvements to reduce costs.
- Coordinates with internal customers of respective purchasing categories to ensure minimal disruption to customer service due to Procurement process.
- Manages customer expectations effectively and communicate with customer groups regarding procurement policies as these relate to customer notice provision, requests, etc.
- Identifies Procurement process and technology improvement initiatives and work with Projects & Analytics function to develop initiative proposals and documentation for review.
- Manages service delivery by supporting transactional processes (e.g. invoice questions, etc.), auditing processes, training users, etc.
- Conduct procurements in accordance with existing contracts and perform spot buys as necessary, while planning needs and requisitions with internal customers.
- Performs other relevant operational procurement assignments as discussed with management.
Qualifications
Required Education/Experience- Bachelor's Degree and 4 years procurement or work-related experience or
- Master's Degree and 2 years procurement or work-related experience.
- Excellent customer service skills - Required
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to drive results through collaboration - Required
- Able to exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action - Required
- Able to work collaboratively with other internal and external project team members - Required
- Must possess a strong work ethic and be flexible in meeting assignments and deadlines - Required
- Proficiency with a variety of software applications (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - Required
- Must be a self-starter, with a high level of integrity, initiative, resourcefulness, and creativity - Required
- Proven ability to work as part of a team and deliver results - Required
- Solid understanding of change management strategies and capable of implementation - Required
- Strong project management, negotiation and analytics skills - Required
- Excellent verbal, communication and presentation skills - Required
- Minimum 2 years related experience in process improvement, value mapping and Lean Six Sigma methodology - Preferred
- Experience conducting voice-of-customer or voice-of-business interviews - Preferred
- Experience with process mapping and capable of converting on-paper to Visio - Preferred
- Knowledge of Oracle - Preferred
- Knowledge of EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) and Design Build - Preferred
- Driver's License Required
- Sit or stand to answer a phone for the duration of the workday
- Sit or stand to use a keyboard, mouse, and computer for the duration of the workday
- Ability to read small print and symbols
- Must be able to respond to Company emergencies by performing a System Emergency Assignment to restore service to our customers.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Consolidated Edison is an equal opportunity employer and, as such, affirms in policy and practice its commitment to recruit, hire, train, and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, citizenship, eligible veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law. Con Edison is a federal contractor subject to VEVRAA and desires to receive priority referrals of protected veterans. To learn about your equal employment opportunity protections as part of the application process please visit http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf
