Procurement Specialist

Job Title: Procurement Specialist
Location: Remote (Canada)
Job Type: Contract
Summary: Under limited supervision, performs a variety of duties relative to the purchase of equipment, software, and services within stated SLA Service Level Agreements up to 97% effectiveness, following company policy/guidelines required to maintain company operations in the USA, using existing software such as SAP and Ariba P2P.

• Identifies and selects vendors to procure commodities meeting criteria of price, quality, quantity, availability, and delivery dates and places orders.
  • Coordinates and executes a wide range of purchase requisitions for goods & services.
  • Analyzes purchase requisitions for completeness and accuracy of information, initiating any needed clarification to obtain complete information and appropriate approvals before orders are placed.
  • Maintains a high-level of continued support to internal customers and suppliers, as a daily priority to ensure purchases are both cost effective and appropriate.
  • Interprets and communicates purchasing procedures and policies to employees and suppliers, which may include training P2P end-users to understand business flows and processes.
  • Able to identify good buying opportunities, recognizing market fluctuations and capitalizing on advantageous buying situations.
  • Cultivates good relationships with suppliers to get the best prices possible.
• Actively supports constant improvement (Kaizen) of the P2P processes.
• Able to read and understand basic clauses in supplier contracts, such as:
  Description of goods/service, payment terms, limits of liability, etc.
• Contributes to the performance evaluation of suppliers as required by Sourcing and other departments.
• Assists in system testing, as needed.
• Ability to work well and contribute to projects within a team environment.
• Actively promotes strong relationships with current and prospective suppliers to assist in building effective partnerships.
• Ability to perform research and analysis from system reporting tools.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of Procurement.
• Assist internal customers with the return-to-vendor (RTV) processes regarding defective or unacceptable new goods or services with users, suppliers, and others to determine cause of problem and take corrective and preventative action.
• Liaise with Accounts Payable Department to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices.

• Bachelor's degree in related field or five (5) years of relevant purchasing type experience and customer support.

• Highly motivated, confident, energetic, possessing a passion for customer service.
• Initiative and independent judgment, with attention to detail.
• Able to collaborate and work well within a team/collaborative environment.
• Comfortable learning new technology and being able to train end-users on those processes.
• Resourceful and creative problem solver to constructively work with team members to find solutions to problems.
• Excellent and proven communication skills, both verbally and written.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Understanding of supply chain management concepts and procurement practices.
• Accounts payable knowledge and/or experience.
• Has a functional knowledge of SAP and the Ariba suite.
• At least 1 year electronic procurement systems.
• Proficiency at an intermediate level in MS Office, Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Type 65+ WPM accurately, including 10 key by touch.
• Order placing and customer support.
• Other duties and projects, as assigned.

• Normal office working conditions
• Must have flexibility to work occasional overtime