PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST
VIENNA, VA HYBRID SCHEDULE
RATE IS NEGOTIABLE

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with partners to align sourcing priorities, source selection, conduct market research, mitigate issues and add value through insights

• Preparation, issuance and management of a RFP’s/ RFIs

• Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, team members, management, key stakeholders and external contacts (e.g., vendors, etc.)

• Identify and work collaboratively with the client and other stakeholder groups (Operations, PVM, EPMO, OGC, Information Security, etc.) to achieve objectives and ensure alignment with strategy and business operations

• Drive partner satisfaction by learning and understanding partner needs, being responsive to issues, integrating partners into procurement/sourcing processes and building relationships with key stakeholders

• Collaboratively work with cross functional teams to develop business unit requirements and Statement of Works

• Manage a competitive RFP process that is standardized with consistent language, evaluation criteria

• Participates in collaborative handoffs with PVM staff to ensure effectively negotiated contracts that meet desirable financial terms and conditions

• Administer Non-disclosure agreements, Risk Assessments and the supplier due diligence process in collaboration with P&VM Risk team

• Support P&VM contracts teams in negotiating MSAs and other agreements

• Support periodic performance review meetings with vendors

• Provide regular feedback on supplier performance

• Analyze business unit requirements for leveraging opportunities, supplier recommendations, acquisition planning

• Consult with business unit partners to provide sourcing strategy advice to maximize favorable results and support client strategy and goals

• Lead source selection activities of pre-qualified vendors, including conducting market analysis to determine potential sources

• Obtain and analyze vendor performance and delivery data for to ensure quality, consistency, and fairness to inform sourcing activities

• Maintain vendor related documentation, including source selection records, supplier performance information, compliance metrics, and value capture results

• Ability to develop the overall strategy for a product category and researches new product options in the category to drive TCO savings and achieve targets

• Provide Category insight by analyzing market data and monitoring relevant market conditions

Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 7+ years procurement experience

• Significant experience in preparing and reviewing RFPs, RFIs, SOWs

• Significant experience in IT strategic sourcing, category management, subcontracts management or procurement

• Significant experience in managing a formalized process of selecting, monitoring and evaluating IT vendors/vendor contracts

• Advanced skill translating business goals and objectives into IT capabilities

• Significant experience developing, negotiating, and managing service level agreements

• Advanced skill exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions

• Advanced skill resolving conflicting requests and meeting changing requirements managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment to achieve goals

• Advanced skill communicating complex processes to senior leadership, strong presentations skills

• Advanced skill relationship building, negotiation and facilitation skills

• Strong Data Analytics and data manipulation skills

• Significant experience with change management and organizational transformation