Eversource Energy

Sourcing Agent

Eversource Energy

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Berlin • Connecticut • Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $91,650 - $101,830 per year

About the role

  • Responsible for driving procurement sourcing strategies, managing the bid process and negotiating the purchase of materials, equipment and services for medium dollar/complexity requirements.
  • Efficiently conducts Request for Proposals (RFPs), negotiates, and executes contracts independently, and supports internal business partners on assigned procurement activities.
  • 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.
  • Strategically plans and implements a defined sourcing and contracting structure.
  • 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) for medium complexity categories; and reviews with business groups and uses the data to improve future performance and strategy development.
  • Supports coworkers and provides timely responses and guidance as it relates to the processing of their contracts/commodities.
  • Ensures tactical support tasks are completed in a timely manner and with accuracy.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent related experience.
  • Minimum of three (3) to five (5) 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.
  • Must be able to explain data to all end users and to identify sourcing opportunities from data.
  • Strong problem solving, decision making, and influencing skills.
  • Strong negotiation skills.
  • Project management skills, including the ability to prioritize against time sensitive deadlines.
  • Proficient skill level with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Benefits
  • Eversource offers a competitive total rewards program.
  • Check out our careers site for an overview of our benefits programs.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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