Procurement Agent

Job Title: Procurement Agent 2
Job Location - Rosemead, CA
Duration - 12 months

As a Procurement Agent, you will:

• Assist in driving innovation, improving ways of working, and enhancing supplier management systems.
• Aid in executing purchasing and sourcing strategies, addressing short-term and long-term material requirements to achieve the purchasing performance metrics of timely delivery, right quality, and optimum cost.
• Assist with the undertaking of analysis supporting the resolution of risk issues and gap identification.
• Participate in the negotiation process to achieve the best value and commercial terms and conditions of moderately complex purchase orders, change orders, requests for proposals, and contracts/agreements.
• Aid in training peers and other stakeholders on the procurement process.
• Help maintain effective stakeholder relationships with internal customers to become a trusted business partner.
• Aid in identifying critical suppliers and create appropriate engagement plans to ensure the supply chain risk profile and inputs to continuous improvement are proactively managed.
• Help understand supplier's position, desired outcomes, and leverage points and establish structured negotiation plans with clarity of desired outcomes, leveraging stakeholder input and support where appropriate.
• Ensure the protection of all physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and properly access and manage private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Required Skills/Attributes

• Three or more years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management.

Desired Skills/Attributes

• Experience using SAP software in a purchasing environment, and utilizing Ariba Sourcing, Contracting, and P2P modules.
• Knowledge and decision-making experience in purchasing practices and policies, and knowledge of procurement contracts and standard terms and conditions.
• Experience with industry best practices, standards, utility regulations, procedures, and compliance as they relate to purchasing.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously, and analyzing information and making strategic decisions regarding scope, impact, policy, development, and implementation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including oral presentations, formal correspondence, contractual documentation, and negotiations.
• Ability to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
• CPM, CPSM, CPCM, CCCM, and/or PMP certification(s).