Junior IT Buyer

Overview

Position Title:

Junior IT Buyer

Location:

333 W 34th Street, New York, NY (
HYBRID
)

Work Hours:

Monday-Friday, 35 hours per week
Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days from home, schedule varies as per client's demands
Estimated Contract Duration: 12 months

• Reviews and processes requisitions of mid to high-level complexity, dollar amount, criticality and priority independently, using RFP go-to-market strategies.
• Proactively seeks opportunities to consolidate business requirements to leverage spend and create opportunities to create value and cost savings.
• Utilizes demand management to control and track business unit requirements and internal purchasing operations and eliminate waste.
• Collaborates with Project Managers and internal stakeholders to validate SOW content is appropriate and complete.
• Leads cross-functional meetings and collaboration activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Produces high quality award recommendations, summary documentation, or system reference information for each requisition, ensuring detailed spend information is available for future reference.
• Determines how each procurement can contribute to diversity goals.
• Drafts and distributes RFP documentation in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Prepares Board approval paperwork for requisitions that exceed defined thresholds.
• Drives the RFP process through to completion in a timely manner.
• Initiates advertising for requisitions that exceed defined thresholds as required and identifies potential suppliers.
• Evaluates RFP responses, ensuring they are compliant with clients policies, including pricing analysis.
• Manages award process, collaborating with Legal on contract execution.
• Coordinates distribution and collection of required government forms to awarded supplier.
• Secures relevant market intelligence

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a large scale environment
• People Soft ERP Procurement modules experience a big PLUS
• Knowledge of procure-to-pay process and procurement-related policies, procedures, processes and risks, and ability to apply that understanding to daily work.