Senior Procurement Specialist

Prairie Consulting Services; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is hiring a Technical/IT Procurement Specialist in Chicago. This hybrid role involves strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and financial management within various categories including Marketing and IT. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical and negotiation skills, with proficiency in ERP systems and MS Office Suites.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, sourcing, negotiation and communication skills required.
• Experience with ERP systems and source to pay processes.
• Proficient in MS Office Suites, advanced Excel skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing events, analyzing data and presenting to management.
• Responsible for contract negotiations in various categories.
• Manage RFx processes, including negotiations and contract drafting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Tools

MS Office Suites

ERP System / PeopleSoft

Coupa

Job description

Prairie Consulting Services provided pay range

This range is provided by Prairie Consulting Services. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$72.00/hr - $78.00/hr

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Job Title: Technical/IT Procurement Specialist (Chicago, hybrid)

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, sourcing, negotiation and communication skills. Technically adept with basic application software; proficient in MS Office Suites with advanced Excel skills

• Experience with ERP system/ Peoplesoft, and Source to Pay (Coupa)

• Demonstrated success in time management; superior project management skills, attention to detail, thorough and organized

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Leads strategic sourcing events including collecting, analyzing, and presenting data and recommendations to various levels of management across the organization on opportunities, risks, and where to prioritize software investments.

• Responsible for contract & price negotiations across the Marketing, HR, Print and Business Services and Applications categories.

• Responsible for Category Management including but not limited to category spend analytics, multi-year strategic sourcing roadmaps, acquiring and educating the enterprise on markets, suppliers, and trends.

• Leads and manages RFx (e.g. Request for Proposal, Request for Information, Request for Quote) process, including project management, development of RFx, negotiations and award process.

• Responsible for contract review, drafting and creation of various agreements, including NDAs, Master Agreements (SaaS, Software License Agreements, etc.), Service Level Agreements, Statements of Work, etc. leading and facilitating all aspects of contract negotiations across multiple Risk Control Functions (e.g. Legal, Privacy, Risk) and ongoing contract administration.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing, Information Technology, and Supply Chain

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