Strategic Sourcing Specialist (Hybrid)

Eversource Energy; Westwood (MA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Eversource Energy is seeking a procurement professional to drive sourcing strategies, manage bid processes, and negotiate purchases for medium dollar requirements. You will represent the group, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and controls, while collaborating with business partners across functions.

Role requires experience in strategic sourcing, contract language, and data analysis, plus travel up to 25% between MA/CT/NH. Hybrid in-office schedule applies where eligible.

Qualifications

• Requires basic knowledge of procurement / sourcing, supply market trends and supplier economics.
• Full understanding of purchasing and inventory systems.
• Basic understanding of contract language terms and conditions as well as experience drafting contract agreements.
• Must be able to analyze contracts, terms and conditions, and ramifications of contractual verbiage as it relates to the product, service, and supplier in question.
• Solid understanding of business / financial principles.
• Must possess the skills to interpret and analyze data to present and interpret outcomes.
• Must be able to explain data to all end users and to identify sourcing opportunities from data.
• Strong problem solving, decision making, and influencing skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Project management skills, including the ability to prioritize against time sensitive deadlines.
• Proficient skill level with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Efficiently conducts Request for Proposals (RFPs), negotiates, and executes contracts independently, and supports internal business partners on assigned procurement activities.
• Leads the sourcing, negotiation, and contracting process for medium value contracts/commodities.
• Gathers and interprets market data to gain understanding of spend and facilitate data analytics to support spend portfolio.
• Strategically plans and implements a defined sourcing and contracting structure.
• Proven experience within cost savings, sustainability, and various spend concepts and priorities.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in managing moderately complex situations and/or larger sets of data.
• Develops sources of supply, establish procurement schedules, and assists in supplier pre-qualification activities.
• Produces and analyzes Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) scorecards.
• Establishes and monitors contract and supplier performance including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for medium complexity categories; and reviews with business groups and uses the data to improve future performance and strategy development.
• Updates, processes, and approves procurement records in a timely manner as directed.
• Coordinates with end users and suppliers to provide visibility and communicate updates.
• Supports coworkers and provides timely responses and guidance as it relates to the processing of their contracts/commodities. Ensures tactical support tasks are completed in a timely manner and with accuracy.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent related experience

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Eversource Energy is seeking a procurement professional to drive sourcing strategies, manage bid processes, and negotiate purchases for medium dollar requirements. You will represent the group, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and controls, while collaborating with business partners across functions.

Role requires experience in strategic sourcing, contract language, and data analysis, plus travel up to 25% between MA/CT/NH. Hybrid in-office schedule applies where eligible.