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Procurement Specialist
Our clients strategic procurement group leads and guides procurement initiatives for the company. These initiatives include leading procurement processes of large capital projects from $1million plus, development of long term sourcing plans, creation of corporate policies and procedures, future state procurement planning and support infrastructure, cost management initiatives and supplier performance management. Accountabilities: The Procurement Specialist provides procurement leadership within the company ensuring the establishment and maintenance of effective vendor contract management. The Specialist is involved in optimizing NSPI's supply lines with the object of driving down total cost while maintaining quality and creating a sustainable competitive advantage for the organization. Working independently and in team settings this is accomplished through the proactive approach to supplier management that promotes continuous improvements, innovation and re-engineering while ensuring opportunities and risks are identified, communicated and managed in a timely manner to our internal and external partners. Specifically, the Procurement Specialist maintains specified contracts and pursues continuous improvements and cost reduction opportunities for related supply agreements. This is achieved by analyzing expenditures, identifying opportunities to reduce costs, managing security of supply and negotiating "win win" supply contracts. The Procurement Specialist acts as a functional and information resource and provides support to other team members, value analysis, and other related areas. The Specialist has a high level of market intelligence in the areas of foreign exchange, commodity markets, reverse engineered supply markets and other market influences as they effect the cost structure of the supply line. Skills, Capabilities and Experience: You are a high performer who delivers more than what is expected, who provides excellent service by understanding customers' needs, who enthusiastically supports change, who shares your expertise, who takes responsibility for your development and who actively seeks new challenges. A Certificate in Purchasing and/or 3rd level PMAC with 6-8 years of solid business experience, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, is required. Experience in the areas of Finance, Business Development or Information Technology would be considered an asset. Experience in strategic procurement and supply chain management or a secondary degree in Business Administration or Engineering is a definite asset. Effective negotiating skills and the ability to communicate written and orally with all levels of the organization, key stakeholders, and customers is essential. As the successful candidate, you must be able to work in and manage cross-functional teams, are flexible and offer strong consultative and interpersonal skills. Proven customer service and problem solving skills are essential to the position. You are able to work within tight deadlines, handle multiple priorities and take a holistic approach when recommending change.
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