Indirect Sourcing Specialist - IT
Patterson Companies
- Saint Paul, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Establishing and managing relationships with internal customers/stakeholders.
- Supporting IT initiatives by understanding all processes and stakeholders within the IT Organization
- Managing the RFI/RFP process that includes organizing and coordinating information and requirements; planning, arranging, and meeting schedules; monitoring results
- Managing daily requests from IT and other categories and issue POs as needed
- Obtaining quotes, comparing and negotiating pricing
- Work with the enterprise to understand the procurement requirements and negotiation strategies for assigned projects as well as collaborate with project teams to align project costs.
- Managing POs and review PO for coding, pricing and information accuracy
- Inform customers of PO issuance and any other details regarding orders
- Participating in savings tracking, supplier development, and service improvements
- Assist in developing statements of work (SOW)
- Analyze SOWs and appropriate content to advise business unit representatives and technology representatives as to the validity and appropriate content
- Build relationships with key technology vendors and follow required sourcing policies and procedures
- Assist with new supplier onboarding process
- Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, finance, or other related field or minimum of 5+ years of experience
- Ability to multi-task
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong work ethic and commitment to accomplish tasks as assigned
- Aptitude for handling multi-dimensional, complex processes and/or projects with the ability to identify specific examples (this experience may have been exhibited while functioning in a non-technical role).
- Ability to work as part of a team and leading sourcing efforts
- Possess strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills: be able to understand and communicate complex topics with simplicity across organizational boundaries and up/down the management chain
- Have the proven ability to establish, maintain and manage valuable and genuine internal/external business relationships
- Be able to support sourcing initiatives by understanding all processes and stakeholders
- Actively collaborate cross functionally on new projects and initiatives as assigned
- Have experience working with business units as a product consultant to help determine new and/or better products/services to meet their requirements
- Be committed to learning from senior strategic sourcing team members and actively seek opportunities to work with them
- Be adaptable and able to make decisions in an ambiguous environment
- Basic understanding of organizational accounting
- Indirect sourcing experience
- Experience using a procurement technology (ie Ariba, Coupa, GEP)
- 1-3 years of experience in a sourcing role with increasing responsibility managing $5MM+ in category spend
- 2+ years of contract negotiation experience