Procurement Two - Senior Procurement Specialist

Senior Procurement Specialist Position Overview: Sr. Procurement Specialist – Engines After Sales and Corporate Services will play a crucial role in supporting the procurement needs of our rapidly growing North American operations. This position will develop and implement procurement strategies to support and ensure alignment with our sales strategy and goals, while simultaneously challenging commercial and operating practices, and business processes with a focus on driving efficient solutions. Strong planning, project and time management, cost control, sourcing, communication, and negotiating skills are required. Key Responsibilities: Procurement Support: Act as a focal point of contact for our After Sales Service operations in the US, assisting with daily procurement needs, including supplier research, RFP/RFQ, purchasing, expediting, and reporting activities. Bid Management: Prepare bid lists, requests for information, quotations, or proposals. Evaluate bids based on price, terms, delivery, past performance, and other criteria to identify best value offerings. Technical Coordination: Coordinate requests for technical clarification and commercial communications on complex purchases. Expedite timely bid submissions and conduct bid clarification meetings. Negotiations: Support or conduct commercial negotiations, ensuring cost and contractual improvements are documented. Project Support: Provide input to project schedules and overall procurement plans. Manage purchase requirements from initial request to end of warranty, keeping stakeholders informed of progress. Supplier Management: Develop and maintain an adequate number of competitive suppliers to support unit requirements. Monitor quality and delivery performance of suppliers, seeking continuous improvement. Market Research: Conduct ongoing market research to identify beneficial purchase agreements and potential vendors. Vendor Relations: Maintain working relationships with vendors, supervise vendor activities, and manage purchase orders, shipping/delivery schedules, and purchase records. System Management: Enter purchase orders and updates into SAP (ERP System) and manage open purchase orders, deliveries, and purchase order closeouts. Communication: Communicate and negotiate with vendors and sales personnel. Meet with internal stakeholders regularly to discuss order details and priorities. Attend meetings and communicate issues and recovery plans. Compliance: Follow all Company Policies and Procedures. Strategic Development: Develop and implement procurement strategies to support and ensure alignment with after sales service strategy and goals. Challenge commercial and operating practices to drive efficient solutions. Supplier Performance: Handle all aspects of supplier performance, including timely delivery and quality. Participate in supplier audits and resolve non-conformances. Communicate manufacturing priorities to key suppliers. Travel: Travel as required, but encouraged to be 25% or less. Principal Accountabilities: Be a role model for Safety, Customer Orientation, Speed, Simplicity, and Self-Confidence. Liaise with your internal customers to identify their Procurement needs early. Prepare and issue purchase orders in SAP according to the project schedules and customer requirements. Lead negotiations with suppliers to acquire competitive price, delivery, and contract terms, while proactively accounting for potential supply chain risk. Participate in the development of Project Procurement Strategy aligned with the business Sales and Operating Plan (S&OP). Maintain ERP data integrity and communicate exceptions that may impact the production schedule. Author Bid Tab evaluations, Sole and Single Source justifications. Engage with suppliers and business partners to mitigate and resolve potential delivery risks. Lead warranty claims, back-charges, and liquidated damages. Critical Competencies: Results-focused with demonstrable experience in supporting a diverse, fast-paced, and geographically dispersed service organization. Familiarity with the turbomachinery/rotating machinery industry, specifically in the aftermarket space for spare parts and repairs. Experience with commodities/services such as machined parts (shrouds, plates, rings, seals, vanes, etc.), bearings, gearboxes, foils, impellers, tooling, shafts, actuators (and assembly parts), , instrumentation, castings/patterns, forgings, fabricated parts, Class C items, etc. Strong experience in issuance and leading execution of requisitions/purchase orders for material, equipment, and services in SAP or other ERP system. Strong project management and planning skills. Excellent commercial awareness and negotiating skills. Legal negotiation experience is preferred. Ability to communicate efficiently and work with internal and external customers. Strong leadership, influencing, communication, and facilitative skills. Ability to bring teams together to resolve issues and achieve targets and goals (including cost savings and supplier performance). Knowledge of strategic sourcing strategies and procurement work processes and solutions. Sense of ownership and urgency. Self-disciplined and self-motivated with a confirmed ability to work effectively with minimal direction. Demonstrate prioritization, planning, and follow-up skills in a multi-tasking environment. Strong organizational and time management skills. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in discrete manufacturing, engines used in the marine and power industries, and aftermarket repairs and spare parts. Education in a technical or business field. Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or Business Management or equivalent job experience. 10 years’ experience in Procurement, Technical, Engineering, Commercial, or Project environment. Accreditation from a Supply Chain industry organization (i.e., CPIM, CPSM). Knowledge of commercial purchasing procedures and practice, including negotiation and contract law.