Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Title: Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Location: MO - St. Louis - HQ

Duration: 5 months

Job Description:

• This role will be responsible for leading bid events (RFP’s) and Request for Information (RFI’s) in the capital category of construction services.
• The role will be responsible for collecting information to commercially prequalify contractors in alignment with Client Vendor Qualification Process (S&IM), conducting bids, summarizing, and participating in award scenarios.
• The individual will also be responsible for understanding upcoming project requirements and planning time to support project requirements from central or factory engineering in alignment with Client Competitive Bid Policy.
• There will be a high degree of interaction with factories, NiM colleagues and Engineering stakeholders including Legal.
• Identifying and developing strategies to create value and deliver speed to the market through prequalified and negotiated supply base is a key aspect of this role through Strategic Sourcing and Category Management.

Main Purpose of the Job:

• To set up and execute RFP’s and RFI’s related to local project needs in the categories of Land, Buildings, Services and Equipment sourcing.

Key Outputs / Deliverables:

• Conduct RFI’s and RFP’s in the construction service category and designate suppliers in the Client supplier portal.
• Recognize strategic drivers and activities that support key priorities within category and across organization
• Leverage intelligence tools and participate in professional associations to learn best practices and industry trends
• Comply with all Procurement and company policies, procedures, and practices, and promote adherence across the organization
• Apply project management principles to drive cross-functional teams in effective and efficient delivery of business objectives for both day to day activities and key projects
• Lead bidding events for services required in excess of Client Competitive Bid thresholds
• Submit the RFIs / RFPs requests to NBS to ensure timely generation of the RFPs / RFIs Events.
• Generate Proposals comparison, ensure adherence to Purina Contract Template, Payment Terms, and Procurement standards requirements.
• Receive and execute against intake forms
• Follow up with Project Mgr’s through project completion relative to commercial aspects
• Compiling and communicating bid summaries
• Work with team on assigned RFP’s
• Communicate award scenarios
• Compile contract documents as required
• Support sourcing efforts in the area of Maintenance, Repairs and Operations
• Document and input savings into cost saving tool (OSCAR)
• Support key Procurement KPI’s relative to Ensure Supply, identifying and developing alternate suppliers

Qualifications/Certifications:

• Candidate must be detail oriented, proactive, high degree of initiative and results focused
• Proven ability to analyze and present findings in a clear and cohesive manner
• Capable of navigating through ambiguous situations and managing relationships
• Strong communication skills need to liaise between the internal customers and the NiM team
• Ability to work collaboratively and support multiple sourcing initiatives at once

Critical Experiences/Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required in the areas of Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or Equivalent
• Minimum 2 years sourcing, supply chain, technical/manufacturing experience preferred with experience in eSourcing processes, negotiations, construction, category strategy and supply agreement development
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• SAP, Ariba (eSourcing), PowerBI, experience preferred
• Understanding of multiple factory operations a plus
• Database building or assembling of data into metrics and dashboards a plus
• Contract negotiations experience is a plus