Procurement Specialist

Vaco by Highspring; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring in Denver, CO seeks a Procurement Specialist to advance strategic sourcing and supplier management. You will collaborate with operations and leaders to drive cost savings, compliance, and value across the organization.

Join a dynamic team focusing on RFx, contract negotiations, supplier onboarding, and spend analysis with ERP and data visualization tools. This role offers growth in procurement across manufacturing and industrial environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 2-3 years of procurement or supply chain experience.
• Understanding of procurement processes and supplier management.
• Strong analytical skills for spend reviews and cost analyses.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Support procurement activities and supplier relationships with compliance.
• Partner with Operations and category managers to meet objectives.
• Conduct vendor performance reviews and identify consolidation opportunities.
• Perform spend analysis and cost evaluations to identify savings.
• Lead supplier identification, qualification, and selection.
• Negotiate contracts and manage RFx processes for major projects.
• Process purchase requests and generate purchase orders.
• Manage supplier onboarding and prequalification.
• Drive procurement system adoption and purchasing compliance.
• Support site visits and regional procurement goals.

Skills

Procurement

Sourcing

Vendor management

Spend analysis

Contract negotiations

RFx management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Tableau

Excel

Procurement platforms

Job description

We are seeking a Procurement Specialist to support strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives while partnering closely with operations and business leaders. This role is ideal for a procurement professional looking to expand their expertise in supplier management, sourcing, contract negotiations, spend analysis, and category management within a dynamic operational environment.

The Procurement Specialist will play a key role in driving supplier performance, supporting cost-saving initiatives, ensuring compliance, and helping deliver value across the organization.

What You'll Do

• Support procurement activities and supplier relationships while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, delivery, and cost expectations.
• Partner with Operations, Category Managers, and business stakeholders to support procurement objectives and operational needs.
• Conduct vendor performance reviews and identify opportunities for supplier improvement and consolidation.
• Perform spend analysis, cost comparisons, and sourcing evaluations to identify savings opportunities.
• Lead supplier identification, qualification, and selection initiatives.
• Negotiate contracts and commercial agreements, including pricing, service levels, quality requirements, and product availability.
• Execute and manage formal RFx processes (RFI, RFP, RFQ) for major projects and spend categories.
• Process purchase requests, obtain supplier quotes, evaluate proposals, and generate purchase orders.
• Manage supplier onboarding and prequalification processes while ensuring ongoing compliance requirements are met.
• Drive adoption of procurement systems, contract utilization, supplier consolidation, and purchasing compliance initiatives.
• Participate in site visits and regional meetings to support operational and procurement goals.
• Assist in delivering procurement and supply chain training to division leadership and operational teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
• 2-3 years of procurement, purchasing, sourcing, or supply chain experience.
• Understanding of procurement processes, supplier management, and sourcing activities.
• Strong analytical skills with experience conducting spend reviews and cost analyses.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting manufacturing, aggregates, construction, industrial, or related environments.
• Exposure to supplier contracts, compliance requirements, and vendor negotiations.
• Experience with ERP systems and procurement platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Familiarity with PowerPoint, Outlook, and data visualization tools such as Tableau.

By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail] .

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).