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.

Key Responsibilities

• Send requests for (information/proposal/quote) to suppliers, analyze responses, justify procurements, and 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,” and ensure compliance with corporate policies.
• Assess supplier capabilities and participate in risk assessments, escalating issues to management and recommending 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.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 9/80 work schedule: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance (note: may be required for the role).

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics Management, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Operations Management, General Business Management, Business Administration, or a 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.
• Negotiations experience.
• Awareness of different contract types.
• Financial and quantitative analytical skills.
• Commodity management experience.
• Experience with supplier and performance measurement tools.
• Exposure to the sourcing process.
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma.