Principal Specialist, Procurement

About the role

You will partner with the client’s SOW business owners to lead Request for Proposals (RFPs) and negotiation events on their behalf, and provide project oversight with regard to supplier invoice administration and settlement. You will work with RE’s client facing team(s) to service clients in a high-quality, cost-effective manner.

What you'll do

• Develop partnering relationships with the client’s SOW business owner community and become well versed in the historical and projected buying needs of the departments…
• Act as a sourcing agent, mediator, negotiator, and SOW author on behalf of the client’s SOW business owners project buyer’s behalf to support the client’s competitive…
• Operate as an extension of the clients procurement team and be fully aligned to their prevailing category and supplier strategies
• Process all procurement requisition activity through the use of a Vendor Management System (VMS) and any related procurement technologies which may be specific to an…
• Develop appropriate competency knowledge of the program’s SOW services supplier community to assist with sourcing recommendations

What you need

• Procurement
• Vendor management
• Excel
• Negotiation
• Accounts payable
• PowerPoint
• Any graduate

Good to have

• SOP writing