Senior Field Sourcing Specialist
Airgas
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Independence • Connecticut • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $75,000 - $105,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Provide dedicated professional sourcing and other value creation services to assigned business units or operating zones to support and achieve safety, efficiency, compliance and savings initiatives and objectives.
- Manage all contact between Airgas and bidders.
- Assist in developing technical specifications and/or scopes of work with internal customers.
- Investigate, qualify and recommend bidders.
- Develop and issue formal requests for quotes (RFQ's).
- Lead job walks and bid clarification meetings with internal customers.
- Issue clarifications or amendments to the specification or work scope to all bidders.
- Complete commercial bid tabulations.
- Complete technical bid tabulations including analysis with internal customers.
- Negotiate final price and commercial terms.
- Make sourcing recommendations to internal customers.
- Author and execute materials and services contracts as required.
- Manage commercial risk for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit: Identify and address business risks during the bidding and sourcing process. Verify that all contractors are appropriately pre-screened for safety, and initiate the contractor pre-screening process for new contractors as required. Verify that hold harmless and indemnification documentation is in place as well as a current certificate of insurance is on file with all contractors. Initiate and negotiate hold harmless and indemnification documentation for new contractors as required. Verify that critical suppliers are on the approved supplier list, and initiate the critical supplier qualification process for new suppliers as required.
- Proactively manage sourcing activity for all major capital, maintenance and plant turnarounds (TAR): Attend and actively participate in budget planning meetings for assigned BU or zone. Actively participate in TAR planning meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution is required
- At least five years purchasing experience supporting operations or manufacturing
- Previous experience implementing cost savings programs/initiatives
- Previous SAP experience preferred
- Previous chemical manufacturing experience a plus
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision plans
- short-term and long-term disability
- life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- pre-tax commuter transportation benefit
- parental leave
- vacation
- sick time
- floating holidays
- jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave
- paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees
- 401k plan with company matching funds
- tuition reimbursement
- discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents
- Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sourcingtechnical specificationsbid tabulationsnegotiationcontract managementrisk managementcost savings programsbidding processsupplier qualification
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree