Associate/Mid-level/Senior Sourcing Specialist

Job Summary

This job posting will fulfill for an Associate Sourcing/Sourcing/Sr. Sourcing Specialist (to be filled at the level commensurate with the selected candidates experience) supporting services procurement for Power Generation and Nuclear operations at the Innsbrook, VA office. The positions will be filled at the level commensurate with the successful candidate’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

 

Buyers will purchase and manage moderately complex PO's and Agreements for a range of services in support of Power Generation and Nuclear operations. Issues request for proposals with complex pricing tables. Expectations require cradle to grave sourcing to include competitive bid facilitation, working with groups such as Legal, Auditing, Corporate Risk, and Tax regarding negotiation of terms and conditions, purchase order award, invoice discrepancies, and supplier management. Work on special projects and initiatives to meet departmental objectives.

 

Associate Sourcing Specialist Duties:

• Solicits quotes, technical documentation, and relevant terms and conditions.
• Obtains standard services from suppliers at the lowest cost, with consideration to quality, reliability, and need.
• Negotiates, awards, and implements contracts and purchase orders.
• Communicates with field and project personnel, to evaluate compliance with purchase contracts.
• Resolves problems regarding price discrepancies, quality issues, invoice discrepancies, and/or adjustment.
• May perform other duties as assigned.
   

Sourcing Specialist - In addition to the above duties, the Sourcing Specialist duties also include:

• Conducts major spend analysis by supplier, commodity, or service. 
• Identifies potential suppliers, registers new suppliers.
• Develops and issues requests for proposal with complex pricing tables.
• Analyzes supplier proposals, performs legal and insurance reviews, and performs net present value analysis.
• Negotiates prices, delivery, insurance, performance, penalties, issue resolution, escalation, terms and conditions, and intellectual property agreements.
• Identifies and obtains cost improvements for purchased services from supplier, through negotiation and continuous management.
• Develops and administers measurement tools on contract basis.
• Performs trend analysis and identifies and implements process improvements.
• Analyzes all cost and process aspects of assigned spend.
• May lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives, including the development and implementation of complex sourcing strategies.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

 

Sr. Sourcing Specialist - In addition to the above duties, the Sr. Sourcing Specialist duties also include:

• Develop, review, and maintain contracts and specimen agreements with key suppliers to ensure compliance and consistency.
• Oversee supplier engagement activities and adherence to performance requirements in support of fleet operations.
•  May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

Associate Sourcing Specialist: 0 - 2 years related experience. 

• General knowledge of business and contract law.
• General knowledge of accounting principles and financial analysis.
• General knowledge of materials and services delivery fulfillment processes.
• Good verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Effective influence, persuasion, and negotiation skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Priority management skills.
• Project management skills.
• Computer proficiency.
• Forecasting and trend analysis skills.