Procurement Representative

Ecolab • Saint Paul, MN

2d • $65,800 - $98,700

About The Position

Ecolab Company has an opening for a Procurement Representative in our Global Procurement Team located in St. Paul, or Naperville. If you are a passionate professional that is seeking opportunity, advancement, and a rewarding career we invite you to apply. This is a great opportunity to join a highly recognized global growth company offering competitive compensation and benefits in addition to career growth. Job Overview: The Procurement Representative will provide category support and engage in Total Delivered Cost (TDC) sourcing activity within the Directs-Chemicals Team. This position will report to Procurement Manager. The strong performer can expect further career advancement with Ecolab and will have the opportunity to move into other procurement and supply chain leadership roles within the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to advance your career with a stable-growing company!

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or related field
• 2+ years of professional experience
• Immigration Sponsorship is not offered for this role

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Procurement
• Experience in the chemical/petrochemicals industry
• Experience with eProcurement tools such as GEP, PowerBI, Cirtuo, etc.
• Demonstrated skills in clear communication and good presentation skills
• Demonstrated competitive drive and strong orientation for results and achievement
• Enjoy striving to do your best and are never satisfied.
• Have the tenacity to see things through.
• Are comfortable creating and navigating healthy tension to drive differentiated results.
• Have a natural curiosity and are excited & enthused by new possibilities, including leveraging digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI).
• Have the ambition to develop new skills and take on new responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and implements Total Delivered Cost process, tools and skills to execute sourcing initiatives with specific focus on: Optimize purchasing strategies by optimizing MOQs, Packaging sizes, etc. Tail spend management
• Implements and monitor savings projects and reporting to include pipeline development, project execution, headwind/tailwind reporting & tracking, supplier approvals, and financial validation.
• Engages supplier organization and internal stakeholders to achieve project milestones and action plans
• Supports local/ regional negotiations and go-to-market activities
• Leads, manages, and communicates the status of alternate supplier approval projects.
• Collaborates across manufacturing, quality, planning, logistics, and suppliers to ensure project milestones and action plans are met
• Works with business to address questions & needs surrounding suppliers, markets, materials, and services
• Leads procurement work stream in quality problem resolution. Identifies, evaluates, recommends and implements quality improvements along with corrective actions
• Investigates, develops and drives actions to remedy supply disruptions and constraints. Effectively communicates updates to internal stakeholders
• Owns monitoring of vendor reliability and service levels. Engages with supplier and stakeholder contacts as needed to escalate and resolve concerns.
• Manages processes critical to the efficient functioning of the procure-to-pay process
• Implements procurement systems and process improvements to drive efficiency and effectiveness
• Leads the procurement engagement in new Supplier/Carrier introduction, approval, and setups.
• Ensure assigned spend is fully documented, categorized and reproducible in the procurement system(s)

Benefits

• Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level