Vendor Sourcing & Onboarding Specialist

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K retirement plan

Paid vacation

Holidays (federal & floating)

Job summary

Lessen is seeking a Vendor Sourcing Specialist for the Exteriors department to source, qualify and contract vendors, manage work orders, and monitor performance. The role focuses on building strong vendor relationships, negotiating terms, and ensuring compliance across assignments.

You will onboard clients, assess opportunities and risks with vendors, and collaborate with the operations team to optimize performance. Flexibility for peak periods is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or related experience.
• Experience in Facilities, Supply chain, or Procurement preferred.
• 3-5 years customer service or related experience preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel; ability to organize data and reports.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills for vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Interview, identify and qualify new vendors in assigned market and service lines; establish and grow relationships with vendors through direct communication to achieve seamless, high-quality service and advantageous pricing.
• Negotiate pricing and service terms with vendors for contracted services while maintaining margin requirements.
• Communicate with vendors on insurance and other compliance requirements; ensure vendor meets the minimum requirements to work for Lessen.
• Ensure proper and timely onboarding of new client accounts; initiate the recurrence of existing seasonal accounts.
• Analyze opportunities and risks with vendors and vendor onboarding team; recommends resolution to leadership.
• Analyze location alignment and capacity opportunities; recommends improvements to leadership
• Understand varying scopes of work of our clients and convey those requirements to vendors.
• Establish and grow relationships with vendors.
• Take ownership of complex issues escalated by the client independently and with a sense of urgency; maintains responsibility for ultimate resolution and escalates the most consequential issues to department leadership with actionable recommendations for solutions.
• Work with operations team to identify and terminate underperforming vendors.
• Contribute to special projects as requested by Operation's management.
• Must be available to adjust work schedule during high peak periods when necessary.

Skills

Excel

MS Word

Vendor relationships

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or related experience

Job description

Lessen is seeking a Vendor Sourcing Specialist for the Exteriors department to source, qualify and contract vendors, manage work orders, and monitor performance. The role focuses on building strong vendor relationships, negotiating terms, and ensuring compliance across assignments.

You will onboard clients, assess opportunities and risks with vendors, and collaborate with the operations team to optimize performance. Flexibility for peak periods is required.