What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist position at Planet Professional?
Supplier Management Specialist
6 months
Must Haves :
- Bachelors degree
- 2 years of supplier management experience
- Has general purchasing / supply chain experience
- Defense industry (Raytheon, BAE Systems, L3, General Dynamics)
- US Citizen since this handles US government work
- PeopleSoft (system they are leaving)
- Unanet (ERP system they are implementing)
- NIST
- Follows established procedures, practices, policies, and Federal / State regulation to execute activities to meet the our expectations in terms of supplier onboarding compliance.
- Conduct reviews of existing and new suppliers.
- Maintain our supplier management system to ensure proper tracking and monitoring of suppliers to ensure compliance with our due diligence process.
- Ensure accuracy of supplier documentation, assesses risks, onboard and / or update supplier records as needed.
- Maintain and execute an annual renewal process for supplier documentation.
- Conduct continuous reviews of state and federal policies, mandates, and vendor publications related to and recommend changes to vendor management procedures affected by new guidance.
- Support the selection and onboarding process for major sourcing efforts.
- Assist in the development of a supplier score card.
- Coordinates with applicable program, engineering and / or other functional areas to ensure completion of supplier onboarding requirements, risk assessment documentation at the time of supplier selection and throughout the supplier life cycle.
- Continuously review and suggest supplier risk management process improvements.
- Identify potential compliance gaps to Supplier Management Team Lead and Small Business Compliance Specialist.
- Maintains knowledge of business, products, and systems to ensure effective use of vendor and procurement services.
- Records and reports due diligence findings to Leadership, stakeholders and project teams.
- Partner and maintains strong working relationships within internal stakeholders and other functional office areas such as Procurement, Compliance, IT, and Legal as applicable.
- Performs other responsibilities or tasks as requested.
Preferred :
Job Description : The Supplier Management Specialist serves as an integral member of the Supply Chain function, who together support our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and program staff. Responsibilities include evaluating and monitoring our supplier base to identify, manage and mitigate any strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational risk for our company as it relates to the engagement with suppliers and other third parties. The ideal candidate will assist in the execution of our due diligence process to support supplier relationships and effectively collect, evaluate, assess, manage, and report on supplier risks. Applicant should have a strong working knowledge of state and commercial regulations, vendor management best practices and relationship management with suppliers.
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