Procurement Agent 1

Job Title: Procurement Agent 1
Job Location - Pomona, CA (Hybrid Onsite M & Tu)
Duration - 12 months

Education Requirement

A high school diploma or equivalent is required. An associate's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Experience

Typically possesses zero to three years of experience in negotiating and purchasing. Experience with SAP ECC for materials management, purchase orders, change orders, and requisitions is required.

Required Skills/Attributes

• Basic knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply principles of financial analysis, activity-based costing, and supply chain methodology.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good attention to detail and the ability to learn the MS Office suite of applications.

Desired Skills/Attributes

• Familiarity with Ariba.
• Ability to develop and maintain Outline Agreements and Source Lists.
• Monitor PO Automation across apparatus categories.
• Execute Purchase Orders, Change Orders, and Request for Proposals across multiple apparatus categories.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload

• Independently commit the company by planning and authorizing purchase contracts, contract changes, and other procurement instruments having signatory authority.
• Lead procurement team and manage the total procurement effort for assigned projects/programs, including directing tasks such as fact-finding, price and cost analysis, source selection, negotiations, and bidder briefings and debriefings.
• Lead on-site audits and supplier assessments as necessary to qualify, evaluate, and develop suppliers.
• Improve supplier performance by monitoring cost, quality, and schedule compliance; initiating and implementing appropriate action to resolve problems; and mediating conflicts and establishing resolution with customers and suppliers.
• Manage procurement packages by gaining a thorough understanding of supplier-customer relationships; developing a working knowledge of own organization's relationships with other TIClientO organizations; and developing and implementing actions to incorporate with other functional disciplines.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of procurement basics, ethical business conduct, legal principles, and protection of TIClientO, supplier, and customer proprietary data by complying with company policies, procedures, and accepted business practices.
• Maintain contractual integrity of procurement packages by reviewing, determining, and incorporating appropriate State and Federal regulations, contract flow-down requirements, and other special terms and conditions peculiar to individual contract types.
• Develop other procurement team members by providing guidance on technical procurement issues.
• Foster increased productivity and advancement opportunities by personal commitment to professional development and by practicing continuous improvement of processes.
• Support corporate goals for small business/small disadvantaged business by promoting the use of qualified sources and by seeking, encouraging, and assisting new candidates to become qualified.