What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist position at Pyramid Consulting, Inc?
Immediate need for a talented Procurement Specialist. This is a 12 months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in San Diego and Mountain View CA (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 25-95301
Pay Range: $62 - $67/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- The Procurement Specialist will be an integral part of Technology Sourcing Team and will be responsible for driving technology-related sourcing activities across multiple spend categories in an individual contributor role.
- Areas of sourcing responsibility will include, but are not limited to the following: workforce collaboration software, security software, marketing software, infrastructure software, etc.
- This role will serve as the contact point responsible for building and managing contractual relationships with key suppliers and internal client business owners.
- This role will support lower dollar and lower risk software purchases including vendor security screenings, contract review & negotiation, RFI/RFPs, as well as price benchmarking and cost analysis.
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- 3 years of strategic sourcing experience
- Experience with ERP and Source-to-Pay tools
- Experience in team environments and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders
- Comfort with written and verbal communication of quantitative and qualitative information with executives
- Experience in contract development, administration, and/or management
- Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects in a fast-paced environment with several stakeholders
- Experience in negotiating deals with global vendors
- Solid understanding of software license agreement legal terms and conditions
- Strong analytical skills; MS Excel proficient; financial modeling preferred
- Strong written and communication skills; MS PowerPoint, MS Word proficient
- Ability to work independently as well as lead and participate in cross functional teams
- Ability to collaborate in a team environment
- Excellent documentation and requirements analysis.
- Must have technology sourcing and technology contracting experience
- Must have experience in conducting RFPs and negotiating with IT vendors
- Must be familiar with negotiating software licenses agreements
- Must be a good written and verbal communicator
- Must be self motivated and able to work autonomously
- Understanding of procurement tools would be nice
Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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Salary : $62 - $67