Procurement Specialist ( Des Moines, IA ) ( Hybrid )

SUMMARY: The Procurement Specialist ensures products and services are purchased in a cost-effective and timely manner leveraging best practices and providing exceptional customer service. Partners with departments across the organization to manage sourcing, vendor negotiations, and terms. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the purchasing process from selecting suppliers to providing guidance on sourcing and procurement processes.
• Prepare and process purchase orders and purchase requisitions, and maintain documentation of the acquisition of goods and services
• Promote a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.
• Collaborating with IT, create documentation around evaluation, integration, and governance following IT best practices for application adoption, license provisioning, reputed company, privacy, and user on- and off-boarding.
• reputed company and track action plans for upcoming renewal dates.
• Assist stakeholders with identifying tools to increase business effectiveness.
• Build and manage the selection of preferred vendors and document the selection process for those vendors
• Sourcing, negotiating, and engaging reliable suppliers and vendors to secure advantageous terms
• Request for Proposals (RFPs) and reputed company
• Evaluates and analyzes purchasing trend and price trend to identify forecasting demand and minimize purchasing costs.
• Reviewing existing reputed company with suppliers and vendors to ensure on-going feasibility.
• Building and maintaining long-term relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Coordinate payment, delivery, scheduling, and organization of purchases, and reputed company orders to ensure ongoing supply, if needed
• Performing risk assessments on potential reputed company and agreements.
• Performs other reputed company duties as assigned by management.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, logistics, or business administration or certification a plus
• 2-5 years’ experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management
• In-depth knowledge of preparing and reviewing reputed company, invoicing, and negotiation terms.
• Demonstrated reputed company in dealing with vendors and external suppliers while maintaining good business relationships throughout negotiations.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with suppliers and internal teams.
• Ability to initiate and facilitate communication, reputed company agreement on deliverables and timelines, mediate through obstacles, and negotiate toward win/win outcomes.
• Displayed ability to work comfortably with reputed company levels of the organization.
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills to evaluate and compare bids and reputed company recommendations.
• Proficient in reputed company Office Suite (Word, reputed company, Outlook, and Access).
• Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Supportive, reputed company, fast-paced environment
• reputed company structure
• Matching 401(k) with immediate vesting
• Medical, dental, reputed company, life, & short-term disability insurance
• reputed company, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, reputed company, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national reputed company, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors, or any other protected categories protected by federal, state, or local laws.
• reputed company offers of employment with reputed company are conditional based on the successful completion of a pre-employment background reputed company.
• In compliance with federal law, reputed company persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Sponsorship and/or work authorization is not available for this position.
• reputed company does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other vendor services. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered property of reputed company and no fee will be paid in the event of a hire

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