Sr. Procurement Specialist-SUPPLY Direct T&D Material
About The Position
The Senior Procurement Specialist serves as a key interface between vendors and internal customers at Con Edison and Orange & Rockland. Within Con Edison Procurement Operations, the role supports internal Operations across gas, steam, electric, transmission, and generating facilities while enabling company-wide cost savings. The position handles complex procurements and supplier negotiations for materials, services, transportation, construction, and maintenance related to electric, gas, and steam distribution and transmission facilities, substations, generating facilities, and corporate and environmental services. The work aims to ensure availability and quality at the lowest possible total cost while meeting corporate savings targets, strategic business objectives, supplier diversity goals, and sustainability goals. The role works with business users, engineers, and EH&S, and supports category management, sourcing, supplier relationships, customer service, and procurement process improvement. The role requires a related master's degree and at least two years of full-time procurement or related experience, or a related bachelor's degree and at least four years of such experience. A driver's license is required. The selected candidate will have an emergency response assignment and may need to work outside business hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, and travel within the company service territory and to supplier locations, sometimes overnight.
Requirements
- Master's degree in a related field such as Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering, and at least 2 years of full-time procurement or related work experience; or a bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 4 years of full-time procurement or related work experience.
- Proficiency with MS Office products.
- Experience or knowledge in contract management, contract creation, sourcing strategy, spend analysis, market intelligence, negotiation, and supplier analysis.
- Knowledge of contract and procurement law.
- Experience with RFx development and execution.
- Experience with supplier analysis, screening, and selection.
- Understanding of spend analytics, market intelligence, financial analysis, and regulation.
- Understanding of Supplier Relationship Management.
- Valid driver's license.
- Ability to push, pull, and lift up to 25 pounds.
- Ability to sit or stand while answering a phone and using a keyboard, mouse, and computer for the duration of the workday.
- Ability to read small print and symbols.
- Ability and willingness to travel within the company service territory and to supplier locations, potentially requiring overnight travel.
- Availability to work non-business hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, during emergencies.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Oracle.
- Understanding of Con Edison operational practices.
Responsibilities
- Enable company-wide cost savings and support internal Operations for gas, steam, electric, transmission, and generating facilities.
- Conduct complex procurements and key supplier negotiations for materials, services, transportation, construction, and maintenance across the specified utility facilities and related corporate and environmental services.
- Achieve corporate cost savings targets, strategic business objectives, and supplier diversity and sustainability goals.
- Work with business users, engineers, and EH&S to fulfill pending requests.
- Conduct procurements using Procurement Operations sourcing processes and policies, including developing RFQs, evaluating supplier bids, negotiating, and managing supplier relationships.
- Support category management by providing supplier, spend, and other relevant information for managed spend categories.
- Drive Total Cost of Ownership improvements to reduce costs.
- Coordinate with internal customers in purchasing categories to minimize procurement-related disruption to customer service.
- Manage customer expectations and communicate procurement policies concerning customer notice provisions, requests, and related matters.
- Identify procurement process and technology improvements and work with Projects & Analytics to develop proposals and documentation.
- Plan needs and requisitions with internal customers.
- Support transactional service delivery, including invoice questions, auditing, and user training.
- Conduct procurements under existing contracts and make spot buys as needed.
- Perform other operational procurement assignments as discussed with management.
- Perform off-hour emergency buyer functions and work extended or non-traditional hours as required during emergencies.
- Travel within the company service territory and to supplier locations, potentially including overnight travel.
Benefits
- Medical and pharmacy benefits, including vision benefits.
- Dental benefits.
- Health Savings Accounts.
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
- 401(k) with matching.
- Employer-paid pension plan.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with matching contribution.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Emergency backup child and elder care assistance.
- Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities.
- Employee discount program.
- Commuter benefits.
- Career development and learning opportunities.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Recognition program.
- Life and long-term disability benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
