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Effectively collaborate with regional stakeholders and global sourcing members to interpret requirements, define, develop, and implement sourcing and procurement strategies to further enhance business performance and outcomes. Improve key performance metrics for the NA region such as on-time delivery, savings against budget, year-over-year deflation, payment terms, cost of failure, and liquidated damage claims related to suppliers’ delays.

Pay Rate: $39.34 per hour Summary: <ul><li>Duration: 12 Months</li><li>Work Mode: Hybrid</li><li>Location: Findlay Township, PA</li><li>Schedule: 40 hours per week, 8am - 5pm, 3 days on-site per week</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Drive procurement activities on assigned projects to deliver a competitive advantage within the North American market and apply advanced sourcing and procurement best practices towards operational excellence.</li><li>Conduct RFQs, negotiate pricing and contractual terms.</li><li>Issue purchase orders and actively support the full procure-to-pay cycle.</li><li>Maintain full compliance with all applicable regulations when purchasing for U.S. Government and defense-related programs.</li><li>Follow-up on PO acknowledgments, delivery status, and solve delivery problems and schedule changes. Keep ERP system updated to reflect any change.</li><li>Ensure all invoices are received promptly to support accurate processing and cash-flow management.</li><li>Facilitate the resolution of AP, logistics, and customs issues related to purchase orders.</li><li>Improve key performance metrics for the NA region such as on-time delivery, savings against budget, year-over-year deflation, payment terms, cost of failure, and liquidated damage claims related to suppliers’ delays.</li><li>Develop reports, analyze spend, and apply sourcing and procurement methodologies to identify opportunities for cost-reduction and cash flow improvements.</li><li>Resolve contractual and supplier disputes where they occur, protecting the interests of the business and engaging legal Business Partners where required.</li><li>Develop a strong relationship with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Project Management, Quality, and other internal and external stakeholders.</li><li>Lead and maintain meetings, reviews, and communicate about project status.</li><li>Effectively collaborate with regional stakeholders and global sourcing members to interpret requirements, define, develop, and implement sourcing and procurement strategies to further enhance business performance and outcomes.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Flexibility to travel up to 10%, supporting both domestic and international business needs.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in business-related areas.</li><li>Minimum of 2 years’ experience in commercial sourcing, procurement, supplier management, and contract negotiation or 1 year experience plus MBA/master’s degree in a relevant field.</li><li>Experience in purchase order execution.</li><li>Ability to be proactive and negotiate with vendors/suppliers when needed.</li><li>Fundamental knowledge of sourcing and procurement process.</li></ul> Preferred Skills: <ul><li>Following up and expediting the procurement process from purchase to delivery.</li><li>Solid MS Office skills including Excel formulas, VLOOKUP, and pivot table knowledge.</li><li>Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as presentation and report preparation skills.</li><li>Excellent negotiation and analytical skills with the ability to build strong relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.</li><li>Ability to execute sourcing and procurement tasks across multiple projects simultaneously.</li><li>Ability to assess supplier technical capability, supplier capacity, and develop new suppliers.</li><li>Data analysis skills.</li><li>Knowledge of SAP.</li></ul>

Axelon Services Corporation

Sourcing Specialist

Accounts Payable

Analysis Skills

Best Practices

Billing

Budgeting

Business Administration

Cash Flow

Cash Management

Communication Skills

Contract Negotiation

Cost Control

Data Analysis

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

Expense Analysis

Expense Reports

Finance

Government

Improvement Metrics

International Business

Legal

Logistics

Maintain Compliance

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Multitasking

Negotiation Skills

Performance Management

Performance Metrics

Pivot Tables

Presentation/Verbal Skills

Pricing

Problem Solving Skills

Procure to Pay/Purchase to Pay (P2P)

Procurement Management

Procurement Strategy

Project/Program Management

Purchase Orders

Purchasing/Procurement

Regulatory Compliance

Request for Proposals (RFP)

Requirements Management

Sourcing Strategy

Systems Maintenance

Technical Analysis

Time Management

Vendor/Supplier Evaluation

Vendor/Supplier Management

Vendor/Supplier Relations

Vendor/Supplier Selection

Vlookups

Willing to Travel

Writing Skills

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