Senior Procurement Specialist

 

At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 300,000 clients on their path to a brighter future.

While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.

 

About the Role

Beyond Finance is looking for a Senior Procurement Specialist to join the Finance Team in our Houston office. The role reports to the Procurement Manager and is expected to work from the office 3 to 4 days per week. The ideal candidate is comfortable supporting multiple stakeholders, business units, and locations. The role requires flexibility to changing business needs and the ability to thrive in a demanding, fast-paced, and rapidly growing company. This role has broad responsibility for supporting the Procurement Manager and Director in building, implementing, and facilitating a best-in-class procurement function.

What You will Do (Responsibilities)

• Act as procurement point of contact for assigned contracts and stakeholders.
• Identify and fulfill procurement needs in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Perform research and cost analysis for potential vendors.
• Perform contract evaluations, financial modeling, and commercial deal analysis.
• Negotiate contracts and commercial terms with vendors/suppliers.
• Facilitate vendor selection, onboarding, and contract execution.
• Monitor contract performance (via KPIs) and manage vendor relationships.
• Maintain the overall procurement sourcing calendar for assigned vendors.
• Support procurement function to ensure processes, procedures, and controls are operating effectively.
• Represent Procurement, Facilities and Travel functions in developing and supporting service level agreements with internal company organizations.
• Support department and company cost reduction and value optimization objectives.
• Maintain appropriate service levels with key stakeholders.
• Support Procurement, Facilities, and Travel functions in achieving department objectives and a best-in-class procurement function.
• Assist with development and implementation of best practices across the procurement cycle (planning, requirements, sourcing, evaluation, contract award and management).
• Participate in special projects and other duties as required.

What We Look For (Skills and Requirements)

Beyond Finance is a rapidly growing and entrepreneurial company looking for people who are proactive, excited to learn, willing to work hard, and constantly looking to make a positive difference in relationships with customers, colleagues, vendors/suppliers, and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is self-motivated, takes initiative, and can successfully multi-task, while remaining customer focused, results-oriented, and relentless in a) the pursuit of delivering value, and b) fostering a positive culture. To be successful, they will need to be commercially minded and a strategic thinker who can quickly identify, recommend, and implement practical solutions.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Accounting, or similar disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience (3-5 years) in procurement, supply chain or a similar role.
• Outstanding work ethic and commitment to individual and organizational success.
• Strong working knowledge of all Procurement processes and functions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Strong time management and project management skills.
• Experience with contract negotiations and supplier management.
• Good strategic planning and critical thinking skills.
• Proficient with procurement software and tools (e.g ERP systems, Netsuite, others).
• Proficient with spreadsheets and basic modeling (Excel, Google Sheets, etc.).

Preferred:

• Experience with sourcing/procuring technology software/security, equipment and services (incl. cloud-based software/maintenance/license contracts).
• Experience with forecasting, monitoring and maintaining inventory levels.
• Experience with vendor/market research and data analysis.
• Experience with multi-level negotiations (clients, vendors, and stakeholders).<