Strategic Procurement Advisor

#25-71751

Houston, Texas, USA

Job Category

Procurement/Supply Management

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-time

Job Description

Primary Purpose

Manages the procurement process for indirect spend categories, ensuring value creation and cost optimization for internal customers such as Finance, Human Resources, IT/Cyber, Marketing, Public Relations, and Safety, among others. This role oversees pre-award activities, including developing sourcing strategies, identifying key purchasing factors, issuing RFPs, conducting commercial evaluations, leading negotiations, making award recommendations, and managing contract/purchase order placements.

Additionally, the role supports post-award processes such as change order management, contract extensions, internal stakeholder coordination, and service provider relationship management. It requires fostering strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and service providers to ensure quality and consistency in outcomes.

This position requires the ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Creates and implements tailored sourcing strategies for indirect spend categories.
• Conducts market research to identify potential suppliers and evaluates their capabilities and then assists within the supplier enablement process.
• Reviews system generated purchase requisitions for products and services demands, generates Purchase Orders against established contracts or master agreements executed.
• Executes MSAs, PSAs, EULAs, SaaS Agreements, and Global Agreements, amendments, change orders, evaluates proposals, negotiates terms and conditions, best prices, payment terms to deliver cost savings.
• Leads RFx processes including Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Provides general support to the Shared Services organization as needed.
• Represents Voice of the Customer requirements from internal stakeholders to ensure procurement process alignment and certainty of outcome.
• Adheres to best procurement practices and corporate policies and procedures.
• Provides day-to-day management of assigned shared services category activities when applicable.
• Monitors spend and budgets in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Monitors execution of contracted agreements through key performance indicators and ensuring compliance to applicable terms and conditions.
• Conducts and collaborates with spend analysis, market/vendor research and supplier relationship management activities as needed.
• Collaborates with other members of the Shared Services organization as needed to share lessons learned, best practices, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).
  
  

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration required.
  
  

Experience

• 5 years of related experience (strategic sourcing, category management and supplier management) or equivalent training and/or experience required.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Experience in conducting RFx (Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP)) process and negotiations.
• Solid quantitative and analytical skills.
• Ability to work effectively in team setting and support change management within organization.
• Self-starter with good interpersonal skills.
• Experience in post award contract management as described in this document.
  
  

Licenses and Certifications

• CPSM, CSM, CPSD, CPIM and / or CSCP certification(s) preferred.