Immediate need for a talented Consultant Procurement. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Columbus, OH (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 25-71801

Pay Range: $38 - $40/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hours: 8 hrs. per day || 40 hrs. in a week
• Would consider local or remote for strong candidate.
• Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing on all aspects of assigned domains (categories) to include prioritization, contract renewals, benchmarking and industry research in order to achieve defined business goals.
• Leverage demand and buy levers to evaluate moderately complex domain (category) spend, identify cost reduction opportunities and develop recommendations to support business objectives.
• Provide expert consultation for moderately complex new and renewal contracts, agreements, and leases.
• Determine appropriate stakeholders (i.e. legal, IRM and IT) to engage as necessary.
• Execute moderately complex RFP(X) (i.e. requests for information, proposals and/or quotes) with pre-defined and/or new suppliers based on business unit requirements and funding in order to optimize the purchase of products and services.
• Review contract pipeline report for assigned domain(s) and consult with Strategic Sourcing and the business unit to determine the next action on a supplier relationship.
• Partner with business unit and Finance to forecast for contract renewals.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills; Supply Chain Management
• procurement and Acquisition
• Enterprise structure and business objectives
• Undergraduate degree in supply management, business, finance, accounting, management information systems, economics or related fields preferred.
• Six to eight years' experienc in all aspects of supply chain management including relationship management; or equivalent professional experience in other closely related industries.
• Highly specialized knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of supply chain management or other related industry.
• In-depth knowledge of the legal environment to analyze impact of major/complex initiatives on the company.
• In-depth understanding of the Enterprise structure and business objectives.
• Must be knowledgeable in purchasing concepts relating to Hosting and Enterprise-Wide technology solutions, financial controls, insurance business concepts, systems and data processing concepts, and financial planning/analysis.
• Excellent verbal, and written communication skills and math skills required in order to negotiate with suppliers.
• Must have the ability to develop and maintain strong supplier relationships.
• Ability to conceptually think of new projects and lead project teams towards a common objective.
• Ability to work independently with minimal or no supervision.
• Ability to influence with limited or no authority.
• Ability to train others on most complex and technical procurement policies, practices, and processes.
• Proficiency in common office software like Microsoft Word, Excel, CoPilot and PowerPoint.

Our client is a leading Insurance Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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