Associate, Procurement

About the Role

As a new graduate in the procurement role, you will assist in maintaining strategic alliances and partnerships established by the Purchasing organization.

Job Details

• Job Title: Associate, Procurement
• Job Code: 43917
• Job Location: Jupiter, FL
• Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining strategic alliances and partnerships.
• Send requests for (information/proposal/quote) to suppliers.
• Analyze supplier responses.
• Justify procurements.
• Place purchase orders.
• Streamline the order fulfillment process to ensure supplier quality and timely delivery that meet performance metrics.
• Facilitate strong communication with vendors.
• Understand and apply the company’s “Terms and Conditions”.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies.
• Help assess supplier capabilities.
• Participate in risk assessments.
• Escalate issues to management and recommend appropriate actions.
• Procure material, equipment, supplies, services, and commodity products.
• Evaluate cost and analyze supplier bids to attain best overall value.
• Negotiate price, delivery, and quality of products/services and determine supplier selections.
• Track all Purchase Orders through reports, work matched exceptions, open commitments, receiving discrepancies, returns, supplier discrepancies, and problem reports/supplier corrective action responses.
• Interface with receiving and accounting to resolve issues.
• Manage supplier relationship through the acquisition process.
• Confer with suppliers to determine factors that affect competitive total cost of ownership consistent with quality, reliability, and ability to meet required schedules.
• Evaluate root cause and corrective action with suppliers on late delivery performance.
• Interpret FAR/DFAR/ITAR laws, rules, and regulations regarding import/export control certifications and licenses.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics Management, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Operations Management, General Business Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• OR have completed a bachelor’s degree within the last 12 months, regardless of age.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience in Supply Chain principles and concepts.
• Experience with spend management tools.
• Purchasing insight into buying and selling principles.
• Experience with negotiations.
• Awareness of different contract types.
• Financial and quantitative analytical skills.
• Experience with commodity management.
• Experience with supplier and performance measurement tools.
• Exposure to the sourcing process.
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma.