Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Title: Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Location: St. Louis, MO

Company: Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing (FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years)

Initial term: 6 months (position expected to run longer)

Onsite Schedule: Monday-Thursday In Office, Friday Work From Home

Position Summary

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 company's Vendor Qualification Process, 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 company's Competitive Bid Policy. There will be a high degree of interaction with factories, 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.

Primary Responsibilities

Key Outputs / Deliverables:

• Conduct RFI’s and RFP’s in the construction service category and designate suppliers in the company 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 company Competitive Bid thresholds
• Submit the RFIs / RFPs requests to ensure timely generation of the RFPs / RFIs Events.
• Generate Proposals comparison, ensure adherence to company 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 And Skills

• 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
• Ariba (eSourcing) experience required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• SAP, 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
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

• Up to $30.50 per hour Overtime
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance
  
  

ABOUT FuseGlobal

FuseGlobal is a partnership of people and brand-leading companies, working together to make things run better. For 25 years we have brought functionality to complex business and production processes and supply chains, resulting in enterprises that run smarter and more sustainably. Interested in digital manufacturing, industrial engineering, supply chain management, all-things tech, and energy & the environment? This is where we live. Engage with us!