Buyer
Location: Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Duration: 6 months
Preferably local to Costa Mesa. (Hybrid work after training is ideal or can also be done remotely)
Global Procurement
The Global Procurement Function helps stakeholders get the best value from their external supplier spend and ensure that clients's commercial interests are protected.
Global Procurement is part of the Global Finance organization and works across the matrix to leverage client's spend to get the best outcome for our stakeholders and shareholders. while ensuring we exceed our clients' needs. 
North America Procurement
As part of the Global Procurement Function the North America Procurement Team is here to capture and maximize the value of our stakeholder's external supplier spend through optimizing acquisition cost. Through direct collaboration we enable the business to source, select and contract with third party suppliers.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Support the team through buying activities such as:

• Across the team attend to the needs of each specific deal, gather pre-sourcing requirements, enter savings and documents into our databases.
• Act as the key point of contact for assigned buys. Activities may include needs assessment, document gathering, stakeholder discussions, market research, supplier cost negotiations, document drafting, and contract preparation and coordination.
• Support buyers in developing competitive bid exercises (RFI, RFQ, RFP, Reverse Auctions).

Support the team through contracting activities such as:

• Perform tasks needed such as document and contract review; generation of contracting documents, project coordination tasks, coordinating contract language approvals, data entry within our databases; and per the direction of lead buyers or contracts counsel, use templates to draft contract amendments or other required documents.
• Perform upcoming expiring contracts review, reconciliation of documents and updating contracts database.

Support the team through assistance with department projects:
This position requires coordination with various stakeholders and subject matter experts in the legal department, compliance, product, finance, as well as other groups at client to help drive transactions to successful completion within the required time frame. You need to be comfortable working in a team environment, taking direction from multiple disciplines and enjoy using systems.
Candidate Qualifications
What your background looks like:

• Business related bachelor's degree or senior level business degree student.
• 2 years relevant procurement or relevant work experience
• 1 years plus of experience with professional writing. Structuring, drafting, and negotiating contracts experience preferred.

• Ability to build positive and professional relationships, internally and externally.
• General understanding of commercial contracting
• Good organization and project management skills
• Can-do attitude, results driven.
• Computer literate and high aptitude for learning systems
• Experience with Oracle ERP and Ariba Sourcing / Contracts, an advantage but not necessary.

About the Company:
TalentBurst, Inc.

TalentBurst is an award winning IT and Accounting & Finance staffing firm headquartered in Boston with branch offices in San Francisco, Miami, Milwaukee, Toronto, Bangalore, and Gurgaon. Our clients include the leading social media, technology, banks, utilities, pharmaceutical, and biotech companies.
We work with 75 of the Fortune 500 companies and work on 2,000 new job requisitions per month. Our recruiting team is one of the most successful in the industry. We have a strong reputation for treating our employees well and helping you find your next dream employer. BenefitsAt TalentBurst, one of our founding principles has been to provide our employees with the best benefits available. To adhere to this principle, we have a broad benefits offering. Our recruiters are dedicated to connecting you with awesome career growth opportunities with leading companies.

Company Size:
5,000 to 9,999 employees

Industry:
Staffing/Employment Agencies

Founded:
2002

Website:
http://www.talentburst.com/