Corporate Services Procurement Advisor

Thomson Reuters Markets Espana SL.; Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Corporate Services Procurement Advisor in Rosemead, CA. This hybrid role leads enterprise-wide indirect procurement across Corporate Services and IT, partnering with leaders to negotiate contracts, optimize supplier performance, and drive measurable cost savings and risk mitigation.

You will develop category management, implement sourcing strategies, and mentor teams to maximize value while ensuring compliance and data security.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and negotiates company-wide commercial agreements for various scopes of work.
• Identifies, drives, and implements procurement approaches to deliver lowest total cost and cost savings.
• Negotiates contracts and reviews opportunities to reduce costs using best practice tools and methods.
• Understands and applies business tools (financial, logistical, commercial, risk, cost analysis) to attain results.
• Identifies and executes purchasing opportunities through stakeholder collaboration and market research.
• Ensures that corporate procurement policy and procedure are followed.
• Develops and establishes category management aligned with best practices and strategy.
• Develops expertise in managed spend categories and ensures targets are met.
• Identifies and implements continuous improvement opportunities for cost savings and efficiencies.
• Establishes strong relationships with key business partners and external organizations.
• Protects sensitive information and data with high standards of conduct and integrity.

Skills

Procurement

Contract Management

Strategic Sourcing

Supplier Relationship

Negotiation

Cost Reduction

Category Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Corporate Services Procurement Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll develop and lead enterprise-wide indirect procurement category strategies across Corporate Services (HR, Finance, Legal, Facilities, Marketing), Customer Service and Customer Programs, Information Technology (software, SaaS, telecom, infrastructure, and digital services), consulting, professional services, and Managed Service Organizations (MSOs). You’ll provide strategic sourcing, contracting, and supplier management expertise while partnering with business leaders and subject matter experts to negotiate commercial and contractual agreements, optimize supplier performance, mitigate risk, and drive measurable value through cost savings, compliance, safety, innovation, and operational excellence in support of SCE's strategic objectives.

As a Corporate Services Procurement Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Reviews and negotiates company‑wide commercial agreements for various scopes of work.
• Identifies, drives, and implements suitable procurement approaches to deliver lowest total cost and cost savings strategies across the organization.
• Negotiates contracts and reviews opportunities to reduce costs using negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
• Understands and applies business tools (financial, logistical, commercial, risk, cost analysis, etc.) to attain desired results.
• Identifies and executes purchasing opportunities through internal stakeholder collaboration and external market research.
• Ensures that corporate procurement policy and procedure are being followed.
• Develops and establishes category management in accordance with the overall best practices, procurement strategy, processes and procedures and ensures category management delivers against targets and objectives.
• Develop skills and knowledge to become subject matter expert in managed spend categories.
• Identifies and implements continuous improvement opportunities, assessing current and future business processes for best work practice, as well as innovative procurement solutions that provide cost savings and process efficiencies for the organization.
• Establishes strong business relationships with key business partners and clients across Operating Units and external organizations.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience developing and executing category management and strategic sourcing strategies for complex spend categories.
• Experience negotiating procurement contracts, commercial agreements, and standard terms and conditions while achieving favorable business outcomes.
• Experience sourcing consulting, professional services, managed services, and corporate services, including leading complex Request for Proposal (RFP) processes.
• Experience delivering measurable cost savings, supplier performance improvements, risk mitigation, and total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization.
• Experience using SAP in a procurement environment and leveraging Ariba Sourcing, Contract Management, and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solutions.
• Knowledge of utility industry regulations, procurement compliance requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Experience applying financial, commercial, risk, market, and cost analyses to support procurement decisions and sourcing strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships, influence stakeholders, and collaborate effectively across business functions.
• Demonstrated ability to present recommendations, business cases, sourcing strategies, and negotiation outcomes to all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills, executive communications, contract development, group facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management.

Additional Information

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• The primary work location for this position is Rosemead, CA (GOI Building). However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at (alternate work location).
• Position will require up to 20% local traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [e-mail] or [phone] and select option 2.