Sr. Sourcing Specialist, Facilities - Mars Veterinary Health

- Function as a Commercial expert, guiding vendors and partners to proper purchasing and vendor management behaviors

- Develop and maintain relationships with category-based suppliers to achieve desired performance and savings results of category plan/strategy. Draft and negotiate mutually beneficial contracts that achieve desired results and mitigate risk

- Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships across MVH Commercial and business unit stakeholders. Serve as a resource regarding procurement strategies and purchasing policies and procedures

- ​Develop sourcing strategies, build a scope, stakeholder map, sourcing approach and spend analysis.  Identify current and future business needs, business capabilities and constraints. Define the market, cost structure and suppliers.  

 ​- Negotiate and set up confidentiality and purchasing agreements with suppliers, understanding ownership and rights as it pertains to intellectual property.​ - ​Develop appropriate supplier relationship management strategies, analyzing cost reductions and supplier performance improvement opportunities or risks.  

 - ​Partner with Finance to determine input for the business operating plans, regularly communicating any risks and opportunities or variances versus plan.  

 - ​Maintain strong business relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, seamlessly incorporating appropriate strategies and tactics to creatively solve negotiations.    

 - ​Participate in ongoing purchasing process improvement efforts; evaluate and recommend best purchasing methods (formal and informal bid processes, purchase orders, disbursements, procurement cards, etc.).    

 ​- Recognize intellectual property risks, manage issues that arise and elevate appropriately in a confidential manner.  

 - ​Interpret and evaluate contract provisions, conduct research on requirements, evaluate findings, and make recommendations.  

 - ​Conduct spend, internal and market analysis, preparing, coordinating and conducting negotiations.  

- ​Prepare purchase orders through Coupa system, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with existing policies and procedures.  

- ​Compare quotes with the specifications and availability of good and services, placing practice wide orders accordingly.  

 - ​Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decreasing turnaround times and streamlining work.  Determine quantity, product availability and sources of supply.  Organize, update, and retain product information files and purchase order records.  

 ​- Other job duties as assigned.​  

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree 
- 5-years of experience in purchasing cycles and buying processes

- ​​Knowledge of purchasing regulations, legal compliance, policies and procedures with demonstrated advanced negotiations, contract and sourcing skills