Sr. Procurement Specialist

Orbia•Saint Gabriel, LA

50d•Onsite

About The Position

Orbia is a purpose-driven company with a global team of over 23,000, focused on advancing life around the world through solutions for clean water, secure food supplies, reliable information, and material advances for green and smart cities, transportation, and healthcare. At the St. Gabriel, LA site, the Senior Procurement Specialist is crucial for ensuring that the right materials, services, and suppliers arrive on time, on budget, and fully compliant. This role involves aligning priorities with the Procurement Manager and balancing requests from engineering and non-engineering teams. The specialist acts as a partner, enabler, and facilitator, ensuring internal customers receive value for every dollar spent while supporting the broader business strategy. As the site’s procurement expert, the Senior Procurement Specialist collaborates with operations, mechanical, and electrical teams to understand their needs and translate them into smart commercial solutions. This includes sourcing engineering materials, spares, raw materials, or services, and leading supplier appraisals, selection, and negotiations for medium-complexity procurements to secure optimal terms and conditions. The role extends beyond purchasing to include implementing and continuously improving engineering and non-engineering procurement strategies, processes, procedures, and contractual standards. The specialist supports the development of strong, compliant supplier relationships, monitoring performance, driving improvement, and ensuring alignment with company policies, applicable laws, and contract law requirements. Key responsibilities also include monitoring and reporting procurement spend, providing data, insights, and recommendations to the Procurement Manager to improve efficiency and delivery standards. The ability to analyze spending, work confidently in SAP and Excel, and communicate clearly is essential for informed decision-making. Occasionally, the specialist may provide direct line management to temporary procurement resources. The position emphasizes continuous professional growth, developing commercial expertise, influencing stakeholders to adopt best-practice procurement approaches, and ensuring compliance with agreed strategies and processes. Success is measured by cost savings, internal customer satisfaction, supplier performance, and operational reliability.

Requirements

Degree in Business Studies
5+ years of SAP experience required (S4 and P2P preferred)
In-depth knowledge of contract law, purchasing terms, and conditions
Strong expertise in supplier selection strategies and negotiations
Experience managing suppliers across different geographical regions with varying legal and financial conditions
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across functions
Strong IT capability, including SAP, Microsoft Office, and advanced Excel
A proactive, organized, and detail-oriented approach to managing competing priorities
A mindset focused on value creation, compliance, and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

Align priorities with the Procurement Manager, balancing multiple requests across engineering and non-engineering teams.
Act as a partner, enabler, and facilitator, ensuring internal customers receive value for every dollar spent while supporting the broader business strategy.
Work closely with operations, mechanical, and electrical teams to understand their needs and translate them into smart commercial solutions.
Lead supplier appraisals, selection, and negotiations for medium-complexity procurements, securing optimal terms and conditions that meet both technical and commercial requirements.
Help implement and continuously improve engineering and non-engineering procurement strategies, processes, procedures, and contractual standards.
Support the development of strong, compliant supplier relationships—monitoring performance, driving improvement, and ensuring alignment with company policies, applicable laws, and contract law requirements.
Monitor and report procurement spend, supporting the Procurement Manager with data, insights, and recommendations that improve efficiency and delivery standards across the business.
Analyze spending, work confidently in SAP and Excel, and communicate clearly to ensure decisions are informed and impactful.
Provide direct line management to temporary procurement resources, offering guidance and oversight to ensure continuity and quality of service (from time to time).
Continuously develop commercial expertise, influence stakeholders to adopt best-practice procurement approaches, and ensure compliance with agreed strategies and processes.