Field Senior Sourcing Specialist

American Business Forms Inc; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

American Business Forms Inc. seeks a Senior Sourcing Specialist to optimize sourcing processes, build vendor relationships, and negotiate costs across the organization. The role focuses on pricing strategies, margins, and timely vendor proposals.

Hybrid work options are available based on experience. Educational requirements include an Associate's degree in Business Management or Sales and Marketing with 1–3 years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Business Management or Sales and Marketing and 1–3 years related experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and internet-based programs.
• Ability to read and interpret documents; write routine reports and correspondence.
• Strong vendor communication and negotiation capabilities.
• Time management and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Plans and engages in daily sourcing responsibilities, providing niche expertise to Sales Team.
• Builds relationships with new and existing vendors and key suppliers.
• Initiates contact with vendors to meet timelines for client proposals.
• Identifies pricing strategies, margins, and helps mitigate customer loss to maximize profits.
• Negotiates pricing and costs; supports Sales Associates to pursue supplier opportunities.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Professionalism

Time Management

Project Management

Negotiation

Education

Associate's degree in Business Management or Sales and Marketing

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Senior Sourcing Specialist helps make the sourcing process more efficient by building relationships with suppliers, negotiating costs leading to more profitability across the organization, and keeping abreast of market trends. The Senior Sourcing Specialist will source products for quotation purposes for Sales Associates and employees across the organization as needed.This role would be working in our Cleveland, OH sales hub. Hybrid options available depending upon experience.Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Plans and engages in daily sourcing responsibilities, as primary function to provide niche expertise to Sales Team.Build relationships with new and existing vendors and key suppliers.Initiates contact with Vendors and distributors in a timely manner, to meet timelines for client proposals.Identify pricing strategies, margin control, and help mitigate customer loss to maximize profits.Negotiates pricing and costs.Supports and collaborates with sales Associates and others to identify and pursue new supplier opportunities and influence current non patriot vendors to collaborate with ASB vendor relations.Keeps abreast of industry and market trends and best practices.Works with Sales Leadership to identify customer needs and create customer proposals.Complete other duties as assigned.Supervisory ResponsibilitiesThis job has no supervisory responsibilities.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Education and/or ExperienceAssociate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year College or Technical school in Business Management or Sales and Marketing; as well as 1-3 years related experience, or an equivalent combination of the two.Inter-personal Skills: Attention to Detail, Professionalism, Work independently and in a team setting, Self-Development, Time Management, Project Management, Problem ResolutionComputer SkillsMust possess a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, understand computer technology and terms and have experience working with internet based programs and email.Language SkillsAbility to read and interpret documents such as procedure manuals, purchase orders, vouchers and invoices. Must be able to effectively write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with vendors, customers, fellow employees, management and Sales Associates of organization.Mathematical SkillsAbility to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions and percentages.Reasoning AbilityAbility to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.Physical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and occasionally required to stand or walk. Most work is done at a computer work station, which requires repetitive wrist and hand movement.Duties require sight, speech and hearing. Specific vision abilities required by his job include close vision. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.Work EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet,