Sourcing Agent
Eversource Energy
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Westwood • Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $91,650 - $101,830 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Responsible for driving procurement sourcing strategies, managing the RFP bid process and negotiating the purchase of materials, equipment and services.
- Efficiently conducts Request for Proposals (RFPs), negotiates, and executes contracts independently.
- Leads the sourcing, negotiation, and contracting process for medium value contracts/commodities.
- Gathers and interprets market data to gain understanding of spend and facilitate data analytics to support spend portfolio.
- Develops sources of supply, establish procurement schedules, and assists in supplier pre-qualification activities.
- Produces and analyzes Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) scorecards.
- Establishes and monitors contract and supplier performance including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent related experience
- Minimum of three (3) years related experience
- Demonstrated experience with strategic sourcing responsibilities for various commodities, both products and services, in operational procurement and sourcing.
- Requires basic knowledge of procurement / sourcing, supply market trends and supplier economics.
- Full understanding of purchasing and inventory systems.
- Basic understanding of contract language terms and conditions as well as experience drafting contract agreements.
- Must be able to analyze contracts, terms and conditions, and ramifications of contractual verbiage as it relates to the product, service, and supplier in question.
- Solid understanding of business / financial principles.
- Must possess the skills to interpret and analyze data to present and interpret outcomes.
Benefits
- Eversource offers a competitive total rewards program.
- Check out our careers site for an overview of our benefits programs.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
procurement sourcing strategiesRFP bid processcontract negotiationdata analyticsSupplier Relationship Management (SRM)Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)contract analysispurchasing systemsinventory systemsstrategic sourcing
Soft skills
analytical skillsnegotiation skillscommunication skillsleadership skillsorganizational skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree