Location: Chicago, IL
Onsite 3 days per week
Contract role
Job Description: Procurement Consultant-
1. Project Overview: Looking for an experienced Procurement Consultant to provide end-to-end category management, strategic sourcing, and procurement of diverse indirect service categories on a global scale
2. Contractor’s Role:
• Contingent labor category management
• Collaborate with technology partners to develop and execute sourcing and procurement strategies
• Analyze industry and vendor data / trends and make recommendations to technology partners about key insights, trade-offs, and risks
• Collect requirements and specifications from technology partners and lead competitive bidding processes (e.g. RFx, eAuctions, etc.)
• Negotiate commercial arrangements and contracts with vendors
• Present negotiation strategies and opportunities to technology partners and management
• Assist with forecasting / planning processes, demand management, and developing contracts that scale future enterprise needs
• Provide thought-leadership around improvements of global policies, operations, programs and processes
• Drive vendor quality and performance improvement initiatives and harness vendor innovation ideas
• Serve as a key subject matter expert
• Carry out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impacts
3. Experience Level: Mid Level Level 2 (3-7+ yrs)
4. Qualifications:
• Experience working with large Technology Global Systems Integrators
• A College or University degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or Finance is preferred but all majors will be considered.
• 3-5 years’ experience with Procurement or Strategic Sourcing.
• Strong contracting background with an understanding of industry standards, critical components, and preferable/advantageous language
• Demonstrates solid time management skills and prioritization skills.
• Analytical, project management and problem solving skills are required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Strong History of working with High level leadership.
5. Nice to Haves:
• Preference for experience with Contingent Labor, Temporary Labor categories
• Presentation and executive communication skills, including ability to influence others.
• Demonstrated experience driving procurement processes and leading practices through strategic sourcing negotiation, and stakeholder management.
• Technical skills / systems knowledge (e.g. MS Office Suite). Must be willing to learn ERP and internal systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, Synertrade, and Coupa) and vendor management systems (VMS) i.e. Beeline, Fieldglass, etc.
• Previous experience in Financial Services
6. Tasks & responsibilities:
• Contingent Labor Category management, and other category support upon request
• Global collaboration with internal partners in North America, EMEA, and APAC to develop and execute sourcing and procurement strategies
• Analyze industry and vendor data / trends and make recommendations to partners about key insights, trade-offs, and risks
• Collect requirements from internal partners and lead competitive bidding processes (e.g. RFx, etc.)
• Negotiate commercial arrangements and contracts with vendors
• Present negotiation strategies and opportunities to internal partners and management
• Assist with forecasting / planning processes, demand management, and developing contracts that scale future enterprise needs
• Provide thought-leadership around improvements of global policies, operations, programs and processes
• Drive vendor quality and performance improvement initiatives and harness vendor innovation ideas
• Serve as a key subject matter expert and mentor other employees
• Carry out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impacts
Please forward your resume to rsharma@prairieinc.com. Thank you.
