Procurement Consultant

Title: Procurement Consultant

Location: Plano TX 75024

Remote/On-site/Hybrid: Onsite Weekly Every Tuesday and as requested; Remote: Monday Wednesday Thursday and Friday.

Local or non-local: Local candidates only

Working hours: Standard 8/9 to 5/6 CDT 8 hours/day and 40 per week

Duration: 12-months Contract

Pay Rate: $35 Hourly

Description:

The manager is looking for a candidate who can work on procurement strategies such as Proposal information quote etc in facilities management.

Ariba experience in a must have.

Location: Plano TX

On-site/hybrid: Onsite Weekly Every Tuesday and as requested; Remote: Monday Wednesday Thursday and Friday.

Interview process

30-45 minutes of MS TEAMs STAR video interview with the Hiring Manager and other Managers.

30-45 minutes of either MS TEAMs STAR video or in-person interview with the Hiring Manager and Senior Manager of the group.

What were looking for

Clients Indirect Procurement Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated procurement analyst. The primary responsibility of this role is to lead the creation and execution of category procurement strategies including but not limited to facilities management.

Reporting to the Indirect Procurement Sourcing Manager and in support of clients Future of Mobility the person in this role will support the IPSS (Indirect Procurement Shared Services) department objective to provide innovative stable and flexible solutions with industry-leading practices with an eye on reducing costs and mitigating risks.

What youll be doing

Facilitating multi-year sourcing strategies for responsible spend categories.

Designing planning managing and leading key Requests for Proposal information quote etc. with cross-functional teams.

Supporting the development and execution of contractual documents including Non-Disclosure Agreements Professional Services Agreements SaaS Agreements Software License Agreements and other contracts as necessary to support Procurement and business needs.

Collaborate closely with key business stakeholders and supplier partners to understand current conditions identify and prioritize improvement opportunities and deliver enhancements to improve quality and productivity.

Provide detailed documentation of how the applications/projects will support business requirements.

Identify innovative options to achieve business benefits

Effectively diagnose issues and identify the root cause and countermeasures.

Negotiate pricing and achieve cost savings while mitigating financial and legal risks for the enterprise.

Effectively manage all sourcing and price negotiation activities and in-coming ad hoc business unit requests that may result in a contract or purchase order.

In Ariba PTP System review and analyze business requests to issue purchase orders to suppliers.

Requirements:

Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves) Highlight Top 3-5 skills

Exceptional analytic organization presentation and interpersonal skills with applied solid judgement and strategic thinking.

Ability to work independently and successfully manage several projects and/or tasks of varying complexities simultaneously while balancing the workload constraints and deliverables.

Strong collaboration communication (written and verbal) and influencing skills.

Experience gathering business functional/technical requirements and implementing relevant solutions.

Experience with but not limited to procurement of facility management services software and related technology services.

Demonstrated success influencing key stakeholders on strategic direction based on recommendations backed by in-depth analysis.

Demonstrated experience investigating root causes for production critical incidents and implementation of countermeasures

Experience with troubleshooting complex integrated applications/processes.

Proven experience providing technical leadership and guidance to team members and project peers.

Experience with Ariba PTP System

Added bonus if you have (Preferred):

5 or more years experience in Indirect Sourcing

Contract drafting and negotiation experience.

Bachelors degree or higher in Business Supply Chain or related field

Ability to work with large distributed teams with diverse competencies skills and ability to work in fast-paced/high-pressure culture.

Automotive industry experience

Analytical skills to build business solutions to best support business vision and strategy.