Senior Procurement Specialist – HR, Benefits, Consultants
Banfield Pet Hospital
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,300 - $141,094 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
- Negotiate price, terms, conditions, and supplier returns/allowances and serve as a point of contact on contracts.
- Implement new and renewed contract terms and services through the Coupa system, coordinating with related teams.
- Develop sourcing strategies, build a scope, stakeholder map, sourcing approach and spend analysis.
- Identify current and future business needs, business capabilities and constraints.
- Define the market, cost structure and suppliers.
- Negotiate and set up confidentiality and purchasing agreements with suppliers, understanding ownership and rights as it pertains to intellectual property.
- Develop appropriate supplier relationship management strategies, analyzing cost reductions and supplier performance improvement opportunities or risks.
- Partner with Finance to determine input for the business operating plans, regularly communicating any risks and opportunities or variances versus plan.
- Maintain strong business relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, seamlessly incorporating appropriate strategies and tactics to creatively solve negotiations.
- Participate in ongoing purchasing process improvement efforts; evaluate and recommend best purchasing methods (formal and informal bid processes, purchase orders, disbursements, procurement cards, etc.).
- Recognize intellectual property risks, manage issues that arise and elevate appropriately in a confidential manner.
- Interpret and evaluate contract provisions, conduct research on requirements, evaluate findings, and make recommendations.
- Conduct spend, internal and market analysis, preparing, coordinating and conducting negotiations.
- Prepare purchase orders through Coupa system, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with existing policies and procedures.
- Compare quotes with the specifications and availability of good and services, placing practice wide orders accordingly.
- Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decreasing turnaround times and streamlining work.
- Determine quantity, product availability and sources of supply.
- Organize, update, and retain product information files and purchase order records.
- Other job duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
- 5-years of experience in purchasing cycles and buying processes for medium complexity contracts is required.
- Must have experience creating micro strategies for contracts between $3M - $5M and working with preferred suppliers.
- Excellent communication skills are required, with a collaborative mindset regarding partnership and stakeholder relationship building.
- Knowledge of purchasing regulations, legal compliance, policies and procedures with demonstrated advanced negotiations, contract and sourcing skills.
- Background and experience in the following sourcing categories: HR, Benefits, and Consultants.
- Ability to understand and interpret key financial statements and components of ROTA preferred.
- Understanding of and ability to conduct SWOT, and TOWS Matrix preferred.
- Health care background (veterinary or human healthcare, pharmaceutical, etc.) is preferred.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
contract negotiationsourcing strategiesspend analysissupplier relationship managementpurchasing agreementsmarket analysiscontract provisions evaluationpurchase order preparationprocurement methodslegal compliance
Soft Skills
communication skillscollaborative mindsetstakeholder relationship buildingproblem-solvingnegotiation skillsorganizational skillscontinuous improvement mindsetconfidentiality managementrisk managementteam collaboration
Certifications
Bachelor's degree