Work with the internal customers to ensure their business requirements are driven using effective sourcing strategies while working with stake holders, internal departments and U.S. suppliers.
Utilize U.S. market analysis to identify industry best practices and incorporate them into the sourcing strategy.
Manage sourcing requests submitted through ERP tools that meet all objective eligibility criteria, including: Renewals, extensions, or amendments valued below $500K and Net-new engagements or commercial reviews below $100K (case dependent)
Conduct sourcing review and processing of low-risk procurement activities within Zip and Ariba e.g. request details validation, review and supporting documentation validation e.g. SOW, order forms, validation of commercial alignment with existing Master agreement, prior SOWs or established benchmarks
Vendor & Stakeholder Coordination e.g. obtain missing, incomplete or correct documents and act as a primary point of contact between vendors and internal stakeholders
Commercial Review & Negotiation e.g. ensuring pricing consistency with historical rates or benchmark dataRisk Identification & Escalation
Identify and escalate risks to the Procurement Partner Lead e.g. Non -standard pricing structures, commercial terms etc
Pre-Contracting & Close-Out Activities e.g. ACR submission, Sourcing savings documentation in ERP, upload of executed contracts
Communication, Documentation & Audit Readiness
Implement programs to shift demand to new suppliers and/or new processes.
Identify sourcing opportunities through use of reporting tools and leveraging internal customer relationships.
Any other essential function that may occur from time to time as directed by the Supervisor
