Sourcing Specialist
About the role
The Sourcing and procurement specialist is responsible to appraise and improve our purchasing activities by analyzing spend and supplier base, drive days to pay, price negotiations, purchase order placement, new supplier’s qualification and on-time delivery improvement. The professional will manage supplier relationships and ensure compliance to all Client Power Conversion Storage policies and procedures, while achieving the best overall value. The position requires understanding of concepts, methods, and procedures to enable sourcing and procurement execution.
Pay
$35.00 - $37.56/hr. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience.
Responsibilities
- Drive procurement activities on assigned projects to deliver a competitive advantage within the North American market and apply advanced sourcing and procurement best practices towards operational excellence.
- Conduct RFQ’s, negotiate pricing and contractual terms.
- Issue purchase orders and actively support the full procure to-pay cycle.
- Maintain full compliance with all applicable regulations when purchasing for U.S. Government and defense-related programs.
- Follow-up PO acknowledgement, delivery status and solve delivery problems and schedule changes. Keep ERP system updated to reflect any change.
- Ensure all invoices are received promptly to support accurate processing and cash-flow management.
- Facilitate the resolution of AP, logistics and customs issues related to purchase orders.