The Procurement Analyst supports purchasing and procurement operations across a variety of categories of indirect goods and services used in corporate office and learning center locations, including computer hardware and peripherals, office and meeting suppliers, promotional items, printed materials, routine facilities maintenance items and low dollar miscellaneous items. This includes executing purchasing transactions, conducting market and supplier research, analyzing spend trends, documenting customer needs and supporting category management teams with sourcing and bidding activities.
Tasks and responsibilities:
The following duties are essential to the successful and satisfactory performance of this job. Other duties may be assigned.
Support incoming purchasing requests in a timely manner. Proactively reach out to requesters to clarify requirements, understand timelines and communicate order status.
Perform market research and price analysis to review sources of supply and establish reasonableness of purchase order prices. Price requested items with existing qualified suppliers and/or issues Requests for Quotations (RFQs) as needed.
Partner with the Manager, Procurement Operations and Category Managers as needed to identify and vet potential new suppliers, execute sourcing events and support supplier contracting activities.
Monitor the purchase order lifecycle including ensuring orders are correctly entered in company purchasing systems, approved per company requirements, successfully sent to suppliers and properly closed out once the goods or services have been received. Work with suppliers to address any delays or other issues that arise. Partner with Accounts Payable as needed to ensure purchased and correctly invoiced.
Support the analysis and reporting of purchasing activities, spend trends and supplier performance metrics by gathering and consolidating transactional data and updating department reports and dashboards.
Provide customer support and guidance for employees on questions related to procurement policies and purchasing tools.
Minimum education:
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business or related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum experience:
One to three years of purchasing, procurement or finance experience.
Knowledge, skills, abilities:
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Attention to detail
Ability to act without guidance within established policies and procedures as an official agent of the company
Base understanding of sourcing and purchasing processes.
Excellent computer skills including, MS Office suite
Excellent organizational skills
Strong analytical skills
Ability to interact with various levels of internal stakeholders and well as external parties in a professional manner
Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple requests simultaneously
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Numbers & Facts
Location
Columbus, OH
Industry
Staffing/Employment Agencies
Salary
$26.24 Per Hour
Company Size
1,000 to 1,499 employees
Year Founded
1968
Website
https://www.tailoredmanagement.com/
About Company
CONNECTING TOP TALENT WITH TOP-TIER OPPORTUNITIES
Tailored Management is a global staffing firm that specializes in partnering with large organizations that run their contingent labor program in a VMS/MSP environment. We have the unique capacity to support programs across all scopes and geographic locations from a single headquarters, successfully elevating program performance across the board and minimizing costs, miscommunication and delivery times. But what do we really do? We bring together the best talent with the greatest opportunities.
Skills
Accounts Payableunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Biddingunmatched
Category Managementunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Computer Hardwareunmatched
Computer Skillsunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Employee Orientationunmatched
Expense Analysisunmatched
Facilities and Maintenanceunmatched
Financeunmatched
Market Researchunmatched
Market Trend Analysisunmatched
Microsoft Officeunmatched
Operations Managementunmatched
Order Processingunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Peripheral Hardwareunmatched
Policy Developmentunmatched
Procedure Developmentunmatched
Procurement Managementunmatched
Purchase Ordersunmatched
Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
Request for Proposals (RFP)unmatched
Sales Cycleunmatched
Supply Chainunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Trend Analysisunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched
eSourcingunmatched
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