Procurement

• Report to the Principal Category Manager for Production
• Provide analytical, tactical, and execution support to the PSCM Production Category Team
• Deliver category strategies and execute supplier and contract management activities
• Build effective working relationships with Production stakeholders / regional teams, PSCM category teams, and local suppliers
• Support supplier relationship management, contract compliance, sourcing execution, and category plan delivery
• Contribute to safe, efficient, and compliant supply chain activity
• Manage performance reviews with stakeholders and suppliers
• Use of data and analytics to drive insights

Senior Category Manager

• Analyze transportation spend, volumes, rates, fuel surcharges, and service performance across global transportation categories.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, reports, and KPI tracking tools using Power BI, Excel, and other analytical platforms.
• Identify trends, cost drivers, risks, and improvement opportunities through data analysis.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews with transportation suppliers.
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across multiple systems and reporting sources.
• Support strategic sourcing initiatives by gathering and analyzing supplier, market, and internal spend data.
• Assist with Request for Proposal (RFP) activities, bid analysis, benchmarking, and supplier evaluations.
• Prepare business cases and fact-based recommendations to support sourcing decisions.
• Maintain transportation category spend databases and savings tracking tools.

Strategic Sourcing Specialist

• Build and implement a strategic sourcing framework that drives efficiency, compliance, and agility in purchasing software, cloud services, and business partnerships.
• Oversee procurement operations to ensure all requests flow smoothly through the right reviews and approval paths while meeting SLAs for speed and compliance.
• Partner with CISO and IT teams to ensure software purchases are secure, complementary to our existing stack, and optimized for cost.
• Serve as system admin for Zip, maintaining and improving workflows that guide stakeholders through each stage of the SaaS and services procurement lifecycle.
• Advise business partners on procurement policy and best practices, ensuring expectations are managed and decisions align with company standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Finance to monitor and optimize cloud spend, surfacing insights that drive budget efficiency.

Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Vendor Management

• Maintain and deepen Nava’s relationships with existing cooperative purchasing vehicles, state-specific procurement mechanisms, and schedule contract holders
• Conduct regular outreach and engagement with vehicle administrators and state procurement officials to keep Nava positioned as an active, compliant, and preferred vendor on existing vehicles
• Monitor utilization rates and activity on current vehicles; identify underperforming vehicles and develop strategies to increase engagement or reactivate dormant relationships
• Track contract vehicle renewal timelines, compliance requirements, and reporting obligations; coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure Nava meets all vehicle-level requirements proactively
• Serve as Nava’s primary relationship owner with vehicle administrators, cooperative purchasing organizations, and state procurement bodies
• Identify procurement vehicles, cooperative agreements, and acquisition pathways in priority states where Nava currently lacks coverage or where gaps create a competitive disadvantage
• Develop and execute a vehicle establishment roadmap, prioritizing new cooperative agreements, schedule contracts, and state-specific vehicles that open doors in key target states before pursuits require them
• Lead the application, onboarding, and activation process for new vehicles; coordinate with Legal, Finance, and Contracts to ensure compliance and timely execution
• Build and maintain a current vehicle map that tracks which vehicles Nava is on, which are actively used, and which represent untapped entry points by territory
• Lead the early operationalization of Nava’s NASPO ValuePoint agreement, including identifying the incremental infrastructure, processes, and marketing efforts required to support NASPO at scale
• Develop a NASPO-specific go-to-market plan that identifies target states, outreach strategies, and activation milestones for the first 6–12 months
• Coordinate with the GTM and Communications teams to develop NASPO-specific marketing and nurturing materials that increase state awareness of and confidence in purchasing through the vehicle
• Track NASPO pipeline activity and utilization; report on vehicle performance and surface recommendations for improving activation and revenue contribution
• Provide per-territory acquisition pathway recommendations integrated directly into Capture Engineer territory capture plans, answering “how does this state buy services like ours” before the relationship conversation advances far enough to matter
• Conduct competitive vehicle analysis: identify where competitors are positioned on cooperative vehicles that could lock Nava out of procurements, and develop strategies to close those gaps preemptively
• Advise Capture Managers on activated pursuits where vehicle selection is a competitive variable
• Research and analyze state-specific procurement authority, sole-source pathways, emergency procurement options, and cooperative vehicle eligibility to ensure Nava has a viable acquisition route for every priority opportunity
• Maintain a landscape of cooperative purchasing organizations (NASPO, NCPA, SEWP, state-specific cooperatives) and advise on Nava’s positioning relative to each

Procurement Vehicle Strategist

• The Equipment Procurement Specialist - Veterinary is responsible for the equipment life cycle, from start to finish.
• Supporting and coordinating with the Sales and Service departments, project planning and management for all equipment orders.
• Procurement of equipment orders from Equipment Specialists, Territory Sales Representatives and all internal/external customers.
• Manages invoices, prepares purchase orders, maintains equipment files, processes credits and returns.
• Assists with invoice reconciliation with vendors.
• Follows procedures to verify proper documentation is obtained before processing high-dollar orders.
• Gathers ship dates and tracking information from internal systems and external vendors for assigned orders.
• Maintains data in Power Apps regarding order statuses.
• Supports the installation of equipment with the Service Department, Equipment Specialist, Territory Salesperson and the Customer.
• Works closely with Service Coordinator(s) for all resource and project planning: Transacts business as needed in and out of branch inventory.

Equipment Procurement Specialist

• Support the development and execution of sourcing and contracting strategies
• Draft and redline contract terms and conditions
• Participate in supplier negotiations by preparing materials and summarizing issues
• Ensure contract documents reflect agreed updates
• Elevate complex negotiation items to senior sourcing executives
• Contribute to sourcing strategies by collecting and analyzing data
• Assist in RFP creation and initial evaluations
• Coordinate supplier communications for sourcing activities
• Support contract maintenance activities and prepare communication materials

Sourcing Executive

• Lead negotiation of complex contract terms and conditions and structure innovative solutions that meet client needs.
• Partner with Legal to draft, refine, and validate contract language for accuracy, compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Manage the full sourcing lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, RFP design, bid evaluation, supplier selection, and implementation support.
• Develop sourcing strategies based on spend analysis, market trends, benchmarking, and supplier dynamics.
• Identify and propose cost-savings initiatives grounded in financial analysis and market intelligence.
• Oversee contract maintenance, including amendments, renewals, compliance evaluation, and performance monitoring.
• Use analytical tools and contracting platforms to support workflow efficiency, documentation accuracy, and savings tracking.
• Present negotiation updates, sourcing strategies, risks, and recommendations to clients and internal leadership.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with clients, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Communicate complex strategies and negotiations clearly and effectively to executive-level audiences.
• Facilitate consensus among physicians, clinicians, and operational leaders to support sourcing decisions, contract adoption, and implementation.

Senior Sourcing Executive – Clinical Contracts

• Support the development and execution of sourcing and contracting strategies.
• Participate in drafting, redlining, and negotiating contract terms.
• Assist across the full sourcing lifecycle—from data analysis and RFP preparation to supplier engagement.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams and suppliers.
• Ensure contract documents reflect agreed updates and adhere to established standards.
• Elevate complex or sensitive negotiation items to senior sourcing executives for guidance.
• Contribute to sourcing strategies by collecting and analyzing data, market insights, and supplier information.
• Assist in RFP creation, distribution, bid collection, and initial evaluations.
• Prepare communication materials summarizing sourcing progress.

Sourcing Executive – PeriOp/PPI

• Lead negotiation of complex contract terms and conditions
• Partner with Legal to draft, refine, and validate contract language
• Manage the full sourcing lifecycle including opportunity assessment and RFP design
• Develop sourcing strategies based on spend analysis and market trends
• Identify and propose cost-savings initiatives
• Oversee contract maintenance including compliance evaluation
• Use analytical tools and contracting platforms
• Present negotiation updates to clients and leadership
• Build and maintain strong partnerships
• Communicate complex strategies clearly to executive-level audiences

Senior Sourcing Executive – PeriOp, PPI

• Provides leadership, development, mentoring, and coaching for the purchasing employees (currently 4); at both the South Chesterfield, VA and Longmont, CO locations.
• Obtain the best price, lead time, ordering quantities, shipping terms, and delivery expectations. Aim to achieve cost reductions while maintaining or improving the quality of supplies and services while considering added values in the supply chain.
• Resolve compliance and invoice discrepancies.
• Identify the suppliers that are most important to the success of the company and negotiate long-term contracts that set out prices, quality standards, cost-reduction targets, delivery timescales, and commercial terms and conditions. Reviews with supplier’s annual performance metrics and develops plan for improvement if necessary.
• Monitor the performance of suppliers against contractual standards and work with them to achieve continuous improvements in costs and performance.
• Review and generate purchase orders, based upon replenishment parameters derived from MRP, min-max parameters, and manual purchase order creation to meet expectations of stock availability and orders shipped on time.
• Maintain accuracy of purchase orders and part file pricing/ inventory within MRP to clearly communicate part availability and costs.
• Communicates defective or unacceptable products, services, equipment, and receipts with users, suppliers, or receiving to determine sources of problems and resolve disputes in an expedited manner.
• Negotiate and arrange the transport of goods with various means of carriers including international and expedited shipping.
• Resolve delivery discrepancies and maintain clear, timely communication to procurement customers (assembly, fabrication, aftermarket) on the progress of product deliveries. Monitors vendor return shelves, and assembly return carts to reduce the turn rate.
• Evaluate and work close with capacity and aftermarket players to maintain planning parameters to meet inventory expectations.
• Find sources and negotiate prices for new products and resource existing products when needed.
• The position needs to develop into a collaboration world wide with our additional locations in the Netherlands, China, and Latin America.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Purchasing Manager

• Develop and implement a comprehensive venue sourcing strategy that optimizes costs while maintaining the quality and suitability of event locations.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with venue vendors, negotiating favorable terms, and securing the best possible rates and contracts.
• Lead by example, providing guidance, training, and support to ensure the delivery high-quality results along with presentations to multiple departments and leadership teams.
• Work closely with finance and event planning teams to develop budgets and cost estimates for venue procurement, ensuring cost-effectiveness and adherence to financial guidelines.
• Conduct market research to identify potential venues that align with event requirements.
• Draft and review contracts with venues, including terms, conditions, cancellation policies, and liability agreements. Ensure all contracts comply with legal and organizational standards.
• Analyze potential risks associated with selected venues and implement risk mitigation strategies to safeguard event success.
• Collaborate with event operations and management teams to understand event objectives, audience needs, and event logistics to ensure venues meet all necessary requirements.
• Advocate for sustainable venue practices and work towards integrating eco-friendly options in venue selection.
• Measure and track the performance of venue procurement initiatives, identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Procurement Manager – Competitions, Camps, Corporate

• Lead the strategy, development, negotiation, and execution of custom client contracts to achieve cost savings, operational improvements, and client objectives
• Develop and execute negotiation strategies by partnering with Legal and other stakeholders to negotiate complex contract terms and conditions while balancing client, supplier, and Vizient priorities
• Provide strategic consultation to internal and external stakeholders to develop sourcing and contracting solutions that address unique client requirements
• Lead complex competitive sourcing events, including Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and Requests for Quotation (RFQs), and guide evaluation, supplier selection, and contract award decisions
• Guide team members through negotiation strategies, sourcing activities, and contract development; may manage the work of others and support escalated negotiations
• Identify, prioritize, and oversee complex cost savings initiatives from opportunity assessment through implementation while monitoring results and value realization
• Direct contract administration and maintenance activities to ensure compliance with negotiated terms, maximize contract performance, and achieve targeted savings
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with senior client leaders, suppliers, and internal business partners while proactively addressing contracting complexities and resolving issues
• Design and deliver executive-level communications that provide updates on sourcing initiatives, savings opportunities, project outcomes, and strategic recommendations
• Support vendor relationship management activities, including business reviews, product evaluations, implementation planning, and issue resolution to ensure successful client outcomes

Sourcing Director – Food & Nutrition Portfolio

• Support the full lifecycle of subcontractor and vendor onboarding, ensuring all necessary documentation are collected and verified.
• Track and manage subcontractor Certificates of Insurance (COIs); record maintenance, and basic compliance management.
• Maintain accurate information across procurement and vendor management systems.
• Analyze data and market trends to make informed purchasing recommendations and decisions.
• Support and maintain vendor relationships, building and maintaining strong vendor and subcontractor partnerships.
• Review terms and conditions and identify, evaluate and negotiate favorable terms to align with company goals and standards.
• Source and evaluate new subcontractors and vendors.
• Review and prepare initial drafts and formatting of SOWs and RFP/RFQs documentation for Director of Procurement review.
• Prepare bid and proposal analysis and make recommendations based on bid priorities.
• Ensure documentation is complete, organized, and prepared for review and/or assist in gathering any requirements from internal stakeholders or subcontractors/ vendors.
• Support basic reporting for spend tracking, subcontractor and vendor counts, and contract status.
• Identify gaps or inconsistencies related to procurement, subcontractor/vendor relations and escalate for resolution.
• Partner with Finance and Operations to support day-to-day workflow needs, such as closing out open projects, reconciling invoices, and assisting with material tracking, purchasing, and spending.
• Support internal teams with vendor, contract, and documentation process questions.
• Provide administrative and data support to enable strategic procurement initiatives.

Procurement Specialist

• Effectively manage supplier/client interactions to ensure that profit and margin goals for this solution are met
• Manage relationships with military installations and execute and monitor purchase order requests
• Support the invoicing, payment, and order documentation processes
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts for this solution
• Represents the Military Installation Support team at assigned internal meetings
• Other duties as assigned

Senior Purchasing Agent

• Responsible for the equipment life cycle, from start to finish.
• Supporting and coordinating with the Sales and Service departments.
• Project planning and management for all equipment orders.
• Coordinates freight quotes for Equipment Procurement Specialist in order to inform customer.
• Procurement of equipment orders from Equipment Specialists, Territory Sales Representatives and all internal/external customers.
• Manages invoices, prepares purchase orders, maintains equipment files, processes credits and returns.
• Verifies orders upon receipt from the shipper.
• Supports the installation of equipment with the Service Department, Equipment Specialist, Territory Salesperson and the Customer.
• Tracks the entire cycle of an equipment/parts order including Sales order, invoicing, and punch list.

Equipment Procurement Specialist – Veterinary

• Lead the strategic sourcing and procurement of aluminum to ensure reliable, cost‑effective supply aligned with production and business needs.
• Develop and execute aluminum sourcing strategies considering market conditions, supply continuity, and commercial objectives.
• Monitor aluminum market dynamics, pricing trends, and relevant commodity indices to support informed purchasing and risk decisions.
• Manage supplier relationships, including supplier selection, performance management, issue resolution, and contract compliance.
• Negotiate and administer aluminum supply agreements in partnership with internal stakeholders to achieve favorable commercial outcomes.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks through proactive planning, supplier diversification, and escalation of potential disruptions.
• Oversee aluminum inventory levels and collaborate with planning, operations, and finance teams to balance availability and working capital.
• Act as the company’s credible, customer facing expert on aluminum and related market dynamics and respond to customer challenges and questions.
• Support strategic customer conversations including pricing adjustments, annual locks, and volatile market conditions.
• Develop market update newsletters published monthly for distribution.
• Partner closely with Sales to strengthen pricing conversations, improve customer understanding and acceptance, and maintain trust during difficult market environments.
• Ensure customers see us as disciplined, transparent, and knowledgeable, not reactive.
• Support cross‑functional initiatives, including operational improvements and new projects, by providing aluminum sourcing expertise and cost input.
• Analyze sourcing and supplier performance data and communicate insights, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Director, Aluminum Sourcing – Market Intelligence

• Manage the enterprise Purchasing Card (P-Card) Program
• Administer the enterprise P-Card program, including application approvals, credit limits, audits, disputes, and account maintenance
• Provide training and support to cardholders and managers
• Review and process purchase requisitions
• Execute sourcing activities, primarily for IT-related goods and services
• Issue requests for quotes (RFQs) and evaluate supplier responses
• Lead supplier onboarding, validation, and approval processes
• Ensure data accuracy for supplier profiles and payment details in Coupa
• Manage transactional supplier relationships and conduct reviews
• Support and manage contract lifecycle activities
• Analyze bid data and support supplier selection

Procurement & Purchasing Card Specialist

• Negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies
• Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction
• Manage the global spend of Wind Turbine Cabinet commodities (Pitch System – including control cabinet & motors) and execute the sourcing strategy for the assigned commodity to achieve variable cost productivity, cash flow, and controllership goals with SQDC mindset
• Steer/Support the global supplier selection, qualification, development, and overall supplier management, including managing the entire contract life cycle
• Minimize GEV risk exposure, by working closely with Projects and Contracts (Commercial, Legal, Commodity Sourcing, Engineering, compliance, customs, etc.) teams to ensure customer flow downs & our standard terms and conditions are pass-through to suppliers
• Deliver tactical execution necessary to execute cost reduction, lead time reduction, defect reduction projects through contract negotiation, process changes, long term supplier agreements, capacity audits, standardization efforts, etc.
• Develop technical and market expertise in global commodity area
• Leverage Lean and Six Sigma tools to drive process improvements and waste elimination
• Interface with other GEV business sourcing teams and participate in companywide strategic sourcing initiatives
• Partner with engineering teams to identify and implement direct material productivity ideas to minimize total cost
• Partner w/ engineering teams on ECA/R and Red Launch alert processes
• Work closely with engineering, buyers and sourcing quality engineers to ensure fulfillment and quality requirements are achieved
• In the event of non-conformances, hold supplier accountable by recovering cost of poor-quality claim
• Support RCA and CAPA partnering with SQE team
• Partner with logistics and commercial teams to ensure adequate regional capacities exist to minimize transportation costs and meet localization requirements
• Aligning closely with cross functional leaders to identify and assess supplier capabilities, and measure and manage supplier performance
• Hold supplier accountable for late deliveries and recover Liquidated damages
• Partner with fulfilment team to drive lead time reduction, capacity enhancement, expedite deliveries, remove bottlenecks to improve on-time delivery performance of the supplier

Commodity Leader – Wind Electrical Sourcing

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for highest spend, greatest complexity, and most critical/strategic categories
• Lead ongoing category management activities within assigned scope of spend categories to achieve business objectives and benefit targets
• Drive development of supplier and industry category profiles and strategies to a “best in class” Supply-Chain for data center providers
• Identify and leverage company-wide spend opportunities
• Coordinate Facilities’ purchasing activities across national portfolio of data centers
• Lead supplier selection & recommendation activities including qualitative/quantitative analysis, selection criteria, long/short lists, RFI/RFP development, and bid analysis
• Provide strategic guidance to profiles and Total Cost of Ownership models used to support sourcing decisions
• Develop implementation strategy, responsibility assignments, communications plans, and timeline
• Lead implementation activities for categories with critical impacts to business and internal customers
• Monitor compliance with supplier agreements related to high spend scope area
• Conduct thorough spend analysis, develop methodology and metrics tools to track progress
• Negotiate, review, and execute implementation of contractual arrangements per company policy and business objectives
• Identify and implement system solutions and best practices that optimizes indirect sourcing and procurement work practices
• Builds relationships with key stakeholders to gather category requirements and specifications from departments and category subject matter experts
• Ensure tactical execution of purchasing activities to meet routine business needs
• Drive value through innovation and collaboration with strategic suppliers and internal customers

Category Sourcing Manager – Marketing, Travel & Events

• Review vendor contracts under $100,000
• Support vendor intake processes
• Prepare draft Statements of Work (SOWs) and standard contract documents

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