Procurement Specialist
Role Overview
• Procurement Execution
• Execute end-to-end procurement activities across an allocated portfolio of materials, equipment or services.
• Manage the full PR-to-PO lifecyc le, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in ERP entries and documentation.
• Manage RFQ processes, prepare and issue RFQs, obtain supplier quotations, support technical / commercial evaluations, prepare award recommendations for leadership endorsement. Maintaining complete audit-ready records within Oracle ERP.
• Secure optimal commercial terms through data-driven negotiation and strategic sourcing.
Key Skills for This Role
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Procurement execution
- Execute end-to-end procurement across an allocated portfolio of materials, equipment, or services.
- Manage the PR-to-PO lifecycle, keeping ERP entries and documentation accurate and timely.
- Manage RFQs, obtain quotations, support technical and commercial evaluations, and prepare award recommendations for leadership endorsement.
- Maintain complete audit-ready records in Oracle ERP and negotiate optimal commercial terms using data-driven negotiation and strategic sourcing.
Portfolio and category management
- Own procurement strategy for assigned business units or categories and contribute to category plans.
- Provide market, price, and availability insights during complex contract negotiations, supporting risk mitigation and compliance.
- Connect operational procurement with contracts and category teams to identify out-of-contract trends and expand contract coverage or improve commerciality.
- Track third-party spend, identify value or budget leakages, and seek specification standardization and purchase-volume consolidation.
Stakeholder and supplier engagement
- Serve as procurement focal point for assigned categories or operational areas and coordinate with legal, finance, operations, supply chain, and contract management.
- Provide procurement insights for cross-functional decisions and influence stakeholders to drive standardization and demand clustering.
- Communicate procurement timelines, risks, and progress; escalate supplier delays, unclear specifications, and pricing deviations.
- Engage suppliers and agencies on quotations, clarifications, negotiations, onboarding, performance, delivery, and documentation.
Improvement, compliance, and team support
- Propose procurement process and system improvements, including transaction reduction, demand and freight consolidation, and greater contract utilization.
- Participate in internal training, system enhancements, and process optimization; maintain awareness of procurement best practices and market trends.
- Ensure compliance with corporate policies, HSE requirements, legal standards, ethical expectations, and audit documentation requirements.
- Use Oracle for tracking and reporting; monitor contract ceiling values, committed spend, and procurement KPIs.
- Share sourcing, ERP, and documentation knowledge; support onboarding of junior or new colleagues and contribute to team learning.
Skills and qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- CIPS certification or working toward certification is a plus.
- Technical proficiency in procurement and sourcing, bidding and tendering, data analytics, market research and intelligence, supplier relationship management, negotiation, and stakeholder management.
- The source description cuts off while listing behavioral proficiency, so further qualifications are not available.
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