Sourcing Associate Specialist

Southern California Edison; Pomona (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison is seeking a Sourcing Associate Specialist in California to support sourcing strategies for direct materials. The role involves supplier engagement, risk analysis, and negotiations for moderately complex purchases while maintaining strong internal partnerships.

The candidate will operate in a hybrid work mode and comply with safety and data-protection standards. The ideal candidate has experience in procurement contracts and SAP/Ariba tools, plus a Bachelor’s degree in

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management.
• Knowledge of procurement contracts and standard terms and conditions is preferred.
• Experience with SAP, Ariba Sourcing/Contracting and P2P workflows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Aids in executing purchasing and sourcing strategies, ensuring timely delivery, quality and cost targets.
• Supports risk analysis and participates in negotiations for moderately complex orders and contracts.
• Maintains stakeholder relationships and identifies critical suppliers for risk mitigation and improvement.
• Assists in structured negotiation plans and leverages input to achieve desired outcomes.
• Protects sensitive data and adheres to security and integrity standards.

Skills

Supply chain

Procurement

Contract management

Negotiation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or related field

Tools

SAP

Ariba Sourcing

Ariba Contracting

P2P modules

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Sourcing Associate Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll support and develop sourcing strategies within the Operational Procurement – Direct Materials organization for various material categories such as poles, distribution and substation apparatus equipment, wire and cable, transformers, MRO supplies, safety equipment and chemicals and gases, etc. As a Sourcing Associate Specialist, 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

• Aids in executing purchasing and sourcing strategies, addressing short-term and long-term material requirements to achieve the purchasing performance metrics of timely delivery, right quality and optimum cost.
• Assists with the undertaking of analysis supporting the resolution of risk issues and gap identification. Participates in the negotiation process to achieve best value and commercial terms and conditions of moderately complex purchase orders, change orders, requests for proposals, and contracts/agreements. Helps maintain effective stakeholder relationships with internal customers to become a trusted business partner.
• Aids in identifying critical suppliers and creates appropriate engagement plans to ensure the supply chain risk profile and inputs to continuous improvement are proactively managed.
• Helps understand supplier's position, desired outcomes, and leverage points and establishes structured negotiation plans with clarity of desired outcomes, leveraging stakeholder input and support where appropriate.
• 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

• Experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or related field
• Experience in purchasing, contract management and/or negotiating contracts
• Experience using SAP software in a purchasing environment, and utilizing Ariba Sourcing, Contracting, and P2P modules.
• Knowledge and decision-making experience of purchasing practices and policies, and knowledge of procurement contracts and standard terms and conditions.
• Experience with industry best practices, standards, utility regulations, procedures and compliance as they relate to purchasing.
• Experience prioritizing and balancing multiple projects simultaneously, and analyzing information and making strategic decisions regarding scope, impact, policy, development, and implementation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including oral presentations, formal correspondence, contractual documentation, and negotiations.
• CPM, CPSM, CPCM, CCCM, and/or PMP certification(s).
• Ability to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices

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 andreside 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.
• 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.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.

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.