Position Summary / Job Purpose
The incumbent is responsible for sourcing, analyzing and negotiating goods and services for an area in which they specialize such as such as food, beverage, technical, IT, etc. They require comprehensive knowledge of specialized commodities in order to influence customers and suppliers in procurement decision of complex/critical goods and services
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Research suppliers from a variety of usual and unusual sources. Develops a procurement and negotiation strategy based on few variables. Performs moderately complex price analysis based on few variables and confers with suppliers to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule. Negotiates price, availability, and works with Logistics to define transportation and delivery schedule. (i.e., ordering and storing schedule)Manages supplier performance ...