YPP Procurement Specialist

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multiple health insurance plan options

Company paid life insurances

401k with up to 6% company match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Coesia North America is seeking a Procurement Specialist for its Young Professionals Program (YPP). You will support the Procurement team to optimize value across quality, service, risk, supplier innovation, and cost while driving continuous improvement through spend, supplier collaboration, and cross‑functional partnerships.

Based in the United States, this role involves learning through rotations, participating in RFPs/RFQs, and advancing VAVE, make vs buy, and supplier quality goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, or related fields.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to persuade, motivate, and align support for key ideas and initiatives.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and exhibit good judgment and decision-making.
• Demonstrates a high level of motivation with a track record of pursuing and achieving goals.
• Data-driven with ability to analyze information and make solid recommendations.
• Willingness to travel to suppliers and sites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Prepare RFP and RFQ packages to obtain supplier bids.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Planning, Manufacturing, Finance to achieve Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE), Make vs. Buy, and Supplier Quality goals.
• Research potential suppliers to assess capabilities, culture, capacity, and commercial strategy.
• Support supplier performance evaluations to improve supply chain competitiveness.
• Conduct spend analysis to identify trends and opportunities across the supply base.
• Shape procurement category strategies and align internal stakeholders to them.
• Develop supplier agreements and contracts to optimize cash flow, inventory requirements, lead times, and capacity.
• Support lifecycle of projects from PO to final customer site acceptance and ensure timely delivery.
• Assist in inventory analysis to optimize financial and operational performance.
• Review commodity and market reports to understand supply conditions.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Prioritization

Data analysis

Motivation

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Engineering/Operations/Business

Job description

About the Company

G.D is a leading organization headquartered in Bologna, Italy.

As a key player in the high-tech machineries production, we specialize in in cutting-edge technologies, shaping the future of industrial automation.

Our business portfolio encompasses a wide range of innovative making and packing solutions, in particular for Modern Oral and Next Generation products.

We strive to continuously expand our offerings and enhance our capabilities to meet the evolving needs of our customers.

G.D is part of Coesia, a group of innovation-based industrial and packaging solutions companies operating globally, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. Coesia operates in 36 countries with 20 different companies and employs over 8,000 people as of 2023.

About the Role

This role is a part of Coesia’s Young Professionals Program (YPP). YPP is a 2-year rotational program with structured training during the role to develop high potential, early career professionals.

As the Procurement Specialist you are responsible for supporting the Procurement team to optimize the value delivered in Quality, Service, Risk Mitigation, Supplier Innovation, and Cost. Takes Buying, Inventory, and Analytical actions to create Continuous Improvement.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with Planning, Manufacturing, Engineering, Finance, and other groups to align stakeholders with Procurement activities and drive results. Conducts successful Key Supplier interactions to achieve our common goals. Contributes to a positive team culture, embraces our company values, demonstrates emotional intelligence, and communicates effectively to build valuable relationships.

In this role you are responsible for:

• Works on Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quote (RFQ) packages to obtain supplier bids.
• Learns how to Collaborate with Engineering, Planning, Manufacturing, Finance, and Group Procurement to achieve Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE), Make vs. Buy, and Supplier Quality goals.
• Research potential suppliers to discover if their capabilities, culture, capacity, and commercial strategy are a fit for our needs.
• Supports key supplier performance evaluations to develop superior supply chain competitiveness.
• Conducts spend analysis to identify trends and opportunities across our supply base.
• Helps shape Procurement Category Strategies that assess the markets, supply base, and supplier performance, and creates plans to leverage that knowledge, while aligning internal stakeholders to them.
• Supports developing supplier agreements and contracts as needed, to optimize cash flow, inventory requirements, material lead times, and capacity commitments, while supporting Sales and other enterprise commercial goals.
• Helps support the life cycle of each project, from purchase order to final customer site acceptance, while coordinating with Planning and other teams to ensure parts are delivered when needed to meet the timelines needed.
• Assists in Inventory analysis and actions to optimize financial and operational performance.
• Reviews commodity and market reports to understand the impact of adverse supply chain conditions or to consider the benefit of positive market situations.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor’s degree education in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, Business Management, or related fields.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Able to persuade, motivate, and align support for key ideas and initiatives, and prepare clear and concise oral and written discussions and presentations.
• Ability to balance and manage multiple complicated priorities and exhibit good judgment and decision‑making skills.
• Demonstrates a high level of motivation with a track record of pursuing and achieving goals.
• Skill in using data and information analyses to draw conclusions and make solid recommendations.
• Able to travel as needed to suppliers, company sites, and other destinations as needed.

During the Young Professional Program, you will travel to out of country for a two week training

Our Offer

Coesia North America offers a competitive benefit package which includes, among other things:

• Multiple health insurance plan options
• Company paid life insurances
• 401k with up to 6% company match
• Salary: $70,000 per year
• Paid parental leave

Coesia is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in fair, merit-based recruitment and assess all candidates exclusively on the basis of their qualifications, skills, experience and suitability for the role.