Abacus Solutions Group is recruiting for a Procurement Specialist in the Pittsburg area. This role manages the assigned categories of IT spend. Collaborates with a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other key colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, develops sourcing strategies, negotiates/terminates contracts, and supports spend migration from incumbent to preferred suppliers.
Responsibilities: • Contribute to global IT category tail spend initiative to deliver key category performance indicators, including: savings, supplier rationalization, spend consolidation, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, and spend under agreement • Supports the execution of global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals
Technical Responsibilities • Engages and supports division/site procurement teams and other key colleagues to qualify preferred suppliers & migrate spend from non-preferred suppliers • Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals • Leads the impact of cost and risk when developing contracts • Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy
Leadership Responsibilities • Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to a common set of goals and priorities
Experience: • Bachelor's degree in Business or technical field. Master's Degree is preferred • Minimum of 5 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experience • Business insight - knows how to assess market/business requirements dynamics and negotiate agreements that yield meaningful business value • Experience working in highly regulated industries • Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year results • Demonstrated consultative/collaborative style in performing sourcing activities • Influences without authority to motivate and manage a cross-functional team in multiple geographies. • Experience in life sciences, medical device, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred