Buyer 2

Pay rate range - $30 / hr. to $32 / hr. on W2

Work Schedule : Fully Onsite

Education and Years of Experience :

1) College Completed (Grad School Not Required)

2) 5 years preferred

Position Summary

Assists in driving Sourcing and Procurement initiatives by working closely with business owners and internal Procurement team members.

Work closely with the team to implement solutions to meet Procurement requirements and Compliance policies.

Supports analysis and research to identify spending and pricing data trends; validates analysis that is consistent with an action plan to support sourcing and BQMS marketing processes.

Processes may include vendor cost, rate, spend, risk, or ad-hoc HQ requests.

Extensive interaction with internal business units to identify problems, analyze information, and provide input to solutions consistent with our business strategies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In this position, either directly or through others, the candidate will :

• Independently manage Sourcing / Procurement processes and initiatives for Procurement as well as internal projects that include overall bids and quotes for marketing procurement support activities and tactical negotiations.
• Manage RFP processes with minimal support, start-to-finish, for simple-to-medium complexity projects (to include market research, RFP development, and management of bid communications.
• Support BQMS / Sourcing vendor relationships and encourage Procurement guidelines to mitigate risk and implement form-to-fit procurement processes.
• Work closely with the internal Procurement team and key marketing business units to assist adoption of BQMS and Procurement practices relating to P2P processes and vendor onboarding.
• Provide internal / external BQMS training with continuous monitoring or adoption to ensure success.
• Build and maintain data repositories for ad-hoc projects to track status results for reporting.
• Resolve Sourcing / Procurement related issues and discrepancies between new processes and suppliers.
• Evaluate and validate vendor compliance via periodic review
• Analyze and generate metrics for overall auditing and identify continuous improvement opportunities; metrics should be presentable to all levels of the organization
• Assist team lead in creating operating manual and procedures to achieve the most efficient audits and deliverables

Background / Experience

To qualify for this position, the following minimal background and skill levels are required :

This position will require strong interpersonal, and collaborative skills and a proven ability to influence

Necessary Skills / Attributes

The following skills and abilities must be demonstrated at a proficient level :

Salary : $30 - $32