What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist position at SHEIN?
Job Title: Procurement Specialist
Reports to: Head of US&MX procurement and asset management
Job Location: Whitestown, IN (USA)
About SHEIN
SHEIN is a global online fashion and lifestyle retailer, offering SHEIN branded apparel and products from a global network of vendors, all at affordable prices. Headquartered in Singapore, with more than 16,000 employees operating from offices around the world, SHEIN is committed to making the beauty of fashion accessible to all, promoting its industry-leading, on-demand production methodology, for a smarter, future-ready industry.
Position Summary
1. Provide operational support to the procurement managers through the leadership of the bid process, bid analysis & first-pass sourcing recommendations.
2. Primary responsibility for coordinating Supplier Relationship Management
3. Maintain & update all price information records and be accountable for all integrity of this data in the operating systems.
Job Responsibilities
1. Bid/Negotiation – Lead the bid process, including but not limited to pre-bid source identification, RFI release, RFP development, bid schedule, bid validation & participate in supplier negotiations. Support negotiations by providing bid analysis, productivity assessments & leverage opportunities. Obtain commodity volume forecast.
2. Source Plan Administration & Contract Compliance – Primary owner of supplier master data contained in price information records database (currently MACOS) & contract compliance. Develop & submit business cases for new source approvals. Manage the MIS & Visual Data Board process to ensure data integrity. Administer & maintain source plans through multiple regional systems.
3. Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) – Primary point of contact for supplier communications. Initiate & drive corrective actions as they relate to commodity strategies, supplier strategies & business continuity. Be responsible for processes related to payments.
Job Requirements
1. Bachelors Degree in Business/finance, purchasing & supply chain management specialization or engineering.
2. No minimum years of experience. 1-3 years of procurement experience preferred.
3. Prior internship, co-op experience in purchasing, supply chain or related field preferred.
4. Organization skills, strong Microsoft Access/Excel skills &/or other database programs.
