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Summary
The Senior General Procurement Specialist is responsible for purchasing indirect goods and services, including outsourced services, facility services, and operational fees. Key responsibilities include supplier sourcing, price negotiation, contract management, and purchase order processing to ensure cost-effective and efficient procurement operations.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end procurement activities for indirect goods and services, including outsourced services, facility services, and operational fees; ensuring alignment with business objectives, budgetary requirements and procurement policies.
- Develop and execute strategic sourcing initiatives to identify, evaluate, and select suppliers to ensure competitive pricing and service quality.
- Lead RFQs, analyze quotations, conduct comprehensive bid evaluations, negotiate pricing, contract terms, service-level agreements and other conditions.
- Process purchase requisitions (PRs) and purchase orders (POs) in accordance with company policies.
- Manage supplier contracts, monitor performance, and resolve procurement-related issues.
- Lead complex sourcing activities and negotiations for high-value contracts.
- Develop and implement cost-saving initiatives and procurement improvement strategies.
- Analyze procurement spending and identify opportunities to optimize costs and supplier performance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 7+ year of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management.
- Experience in Purchase orders/settlements/contracts for General procurement
Skills:
- MS Office Suite
- Data driven decision making
- Time management
- Coordinating
- Communication
- Cost Analysis of the purchasing items
- Multi-task and meet deadlines
- Ability to work flexible hours as needed to support and work with HQ and global sites
Why should you work here?
1. Growth - You are a self-driven individual who seeks and captures the opportunities for growth we offer by acquiring and solving tasks.
2. Challenge - You reach beyond expectations and strive for innovative methods beyond the traditional.
3. Action - You are driven, take initiative, can execute decisions with agility and fulfill tasks to completion.
4. Collaboration - You are enthusiastic about teamwork while respecting the different backgrounds and experience of colleagues.
EEO Statement
LG Energy Solution Arizona, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
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