Senior Procurement Specialist

About the role

We're seeking a dynamic professional to join our team in a role that combines big-picture thinking with operational excellence. This role involves taking ownership of contract negotiations and deal activity, working both independently and alongside our Indirect Procurement team. Key responsibilities include driving improvements in Procurement Operations through system implementations, vendor consolidation, and process efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Exhibit a diversity of capabilities, including general contract knowledge and ability to negotiate, Contract Administration, Business Analysis and User Acceptance Testing, and general understanding of System Tools and Approval processes.
• Support contract deal activity, including handling deals independently and with a team.
• Support key initiatives such as vendor management to reduce and consolidate global vendors, process efficiencies, and controls to ensure adherence to procurement governance.
• Assist with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in system migrations and implementations, plus ad-hoc projects.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholder teams including Procurement Leadership, Finance, Accounts Payable, Internal Audit, Business Applications, Marketing, Human Resources, Physical Security and Safety, and Legal teams.
• Ask critical questions to challenge status quo thinking.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is strongly preferred.
• Experience working in Procurement or operational roles with understanding of contracts and general Procurement principles.
• Experience working with and managing different workflows of a CLM tool.
• Customer Service and Team Building: Has a customer-focused mindset; gains support and trust from all levels of the organization, with minimal supervision.
• Systems Self-Starter: Willingness and ability to quickly learn how to become a subject matter expert of multiple software tools.
• Possess the ability to deal effectively under pressure, managing multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates adaptability for working in culturally diverse environments within a global team.
• Experience using Oracle EBS and data visualization tools is preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally.

Qualifications

• Experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Project).
• Experience with DocuSign.
• Experience with Oracle EBS and data visualization tools.
• Experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Experience with system migrations and implementations.

Skills

• Contract Administration.
• Business Analysis.
• User Acceptance Testing.
• System Tools and Approval processes.
• Contract Repository Administration.
• Vendor Management.
• Process Efficiency.
• Procurement Governance.
• Collaboration.
• Communication.
• Adaptability.
• Customer Focus.
• Team Building.

Benefits

Our offer includes highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so. We also provide an engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.

Pay

The targeted base pay range for this role is: $84,000 to $132,000.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate various project needs.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Retirement plans.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Flexible work arrangements.

Company Culture

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.