Procurement Specialist - Indirect

Lamb Weston • Kennewick, WA

80d • $63,160 - $94,750

About The Position

The Procurement Specialist – Indirect works in cooperation with the global or Regional Category teams to support the development and execution of sourcing practices for MRO and Capex. The key activities include interaction with cross functional stakeholders to manage spend and market analytics, generating insights from bid events, preparing supplier negotiation materials, supporting project execution and supplier relationship management, and driving controls and compliance (including definition of buying channels, execution, and monitor of those). Procurement Specialist act as a point of interaction between Manufacturing Plants, Global Engineering, and Facility Management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
• 3 years experience in purchasing or supply chain required.
• Contracting and sourcing of categories preferred.
• Background with plant operations preferred.
• Analytical and Problem Solving skills.
• SAP and Ariba experience preferred.
• Ability to prioritize work with multiple timelines and stakeholders.
• Excellent problem solving, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Lead and demonstrate cross-functional team management.

Responsibilities

• Participate in strategic planning and the execution of sourcing practices.
• Define requirements and templates for analytics and market intelligence.
• Support the continuous improvement and standardization of the strategic sourcing processes.
• Analyze spend baseline, Category Area profile, and market insights to support development of Category and supplier strategies.
• Support the development of Go-To-Market and negotiation strategies in alignment with the Category Manager.
• Perform supplier analysis including supplier screening, financials, and capability assessments to support supplier selection process.
• Execute end-to-end sourcing projects for less complex categories.
• Perform supplier selection and fact-based negotiations.
• Provide support to regions and countries on a case-by-case basis to offset local or global skills gaps.
• Build up knowledge repository and encourage active enhancement by Global areas based on local experience.
• Assist and drive stakeholder alignment.
• Actively engage with stakeholders throughout the strategy development and sourcing execution process.
• Coordinate operational interfacing and interactions.
• Escalate issues to appropriate level in the organization.
• Assist & actively support in supplier relationship management.
• Drive supplier performance by lifting and shifting best practices from one region to another region.
• Monitor, control and report KPI’s for the assigned category.

Benefits

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts.
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program.
• Paid Time Off.
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions.
• Financial Planning Services.
• Employee Stock purchase program.
• Health Savings Accounts.
• Life and Accident insurance.
• Family-Friendly Employee events.
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees