Procurement Specialist

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide: 

• Award-winning culture 

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority 

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability 

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!) 

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution 

• Mental health support 

• Career advancement opportunities 

• Student loan repayment options 

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments 

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

And that’s just the beginning…  

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today! 

General Summary:

Accountable for purchasing goods and services as needed by Unum internal business partners. Serves as a governance function to ensure internal customers are aware of and abide by procurement policies for engaging approved suppliers. Approves purchase requisitions after careful review for completeness, compliance to sourcing / buying channel strategies as well as internal compliance requirements and proper approval authority. Prepares and issues purchase orders and change orders, based on approved requisitions, utilizing the purchasing system. Follows-up on purchase orders to expedite delivery and shipment. Collaborates with internal departments to coordinate procurement activities and maintains supplier performance levels.

• Review requisitions for adherence to Unum policies and compliance to sourcing strategies.
• Convert compliant requisitions to purchase orders according to existing contracts.
• Work with internal business partners to fix non-compliant requisitions and educate them on ways to ensure compliance in the future.
• Liaison with suppliers as main day-to-day contact point.
• Resolve order discrepancies; ensure timely supplier payment through mismatch resolution, including monitoring and eliminating after-the-fact purchase orders.
• Proactive management of demand and manage the purchase order burn-rate process, including feedback to the respective category manager.
• Optimize the Procure-to-Pay buying channels for goods and services and cross-train in all goods categories to perform goods purchasing for all Unum products.
• Collect and maintain catalog data (e.g. pricing, category specific attributes, descriptions, images, pricing, minimum quantity orders, use of hierarchy / taxonomy coding, datasheets, etc.).
• Monitor supplier performance and provides inputs to Supplier Relationship Management Performance Measurement activities surrounding Delivery and Responsiveness of the suppliers.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

• BS degree or equivalent work experience required
• Minimum 3 – 5 years buying experience preferred
• IT Procurement experience preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite
• Superior oral and written communication skills to relay information clearly and effectively to all constituents, including senior management
• Excellent writing and documentation skills with a strong command of the English language
• Works well in dynamic environment
• Good interpersonal, financial, and team skills
• Independent decision-making skills
• Ability to work cross-site, cross-function and cross-company with business partners to roll out strategic programs
• Ability to influence others to achieve results without direct control or authority
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$45,600.00-$82,100.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not.  All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company:

Unum