Curia Global Inc. (work remotely and report to headquarters in Albany, NY) seeks
a Procurement Operations Specialist II. Responsible for assisting w/all aspects
of Operational Procurement, includ. participating in project mgmt. of
Procurement projects at site & “in country” sourcing & negotiations. This role
covers both direct & indirect goods & services & entail the active engagement of
specialist Curia Procurement resources around the world.
Specifically, the Procurement Operations Specialist II will perform the
following duties:
Ensuring materials are available for production according to schedule,
ensuring inventory is minimized & assisting with cash mgmt. optimization;
Contribute towards the construction of a multiyear program of cost savings
initiatives;
Negotiate and establish pricing and/or contracts with local suppliers with
terms favorable to Curia;
Exe. local eSourcing activities incl. training of suppliers & running events
within the guidelines provided & asst. to construct the monthly eSourcing
plan;
Help manage the site cash effectively by ensuring the economic order
quantities are appropriate, pymt terms are maximized and MRP exception
messages (EXDX) are regularly reviewed & exe.;
Provide supp. to &collaborate with Category Mgmt team by promoting estab
category strategies to internal stakeholders & ensuring that purchase orders
are placed on-time and comply w/strategic agreements & terms set at the local
level;
Liaise with Quality/Regulatory depts. & help to ensure supplier material is
qualified on time for expected use, help prepare monthly alternate supplier
qualification (ASQ) reports;
Help to monitor metrics & KPIs to assess the health & quality of all
procurement-related activities on site, ensuring the timely delivery of
services & goods, proper alignment w/the Organization’s comm. & contractual
requirements, mitigation of risk & accurate & timely payment for goods &
services;
Construct business cases related to plant savings for submission to &
recording by the Global Procurement Organization;
Asst. w/ the capture of cost savings & avoidance during purch. ord. placement
while ensuring coordination w/global & regional contracts;
Act as a site contact for all Procurement Operations rel. questions,
feedback, transformations or svc. escalations in coordination w/local
Procurement Mgr.;
Help maintain Supplier Relationships &prepares rel. reports incl. Performance
Mgmt. & Risk Mgmt. at a country level;
Assist w/Contract Mgmt. (local suppliers) referring to Legal as req.
w/assistance from Procurement Mgr.;
Identify new potential suppliers, execute Supplier Selection & conduct
negotiations (country level) according to the prescribed programs & category
strategies;
Provide ERP system training to internal stakeholders;
Review & execute required actions on the Past Due purchase orders report
daily to ensure receipt of goods & to ensure suppliers’ pymt. terms are not
compromised;
Perform the day-to-day Procurement Operations at the Site, as part of a team
that provides policy & process enforcement, supplier onboarding, transaction
mgmt. & fiscal response;
Execute the end-to-end process rel. to std. purchase order-based procure to
pay process incl. purchase order prep. & placement, change notices,
coordinating supplier returns,
expediting/de-expediting, past due purchase orders & invoice issue
resolution;
Perform implementation, change mgmt. & adoption of Global Procurement
standards, processes & procedures (including assisting w/training to internal
customers, local documentation and/or communications as req.);
Resp. for awareness and compliance of procurement policies, processes, and
systems of procurement policies, processes, and systems and compliance with
those at the local & Devel. and maintain effective working relations with
business partners and stakeholders both internal and external.
Requires a Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field. One
(1) year of experience in a position in the supply chain field, which includes
one (1) year of experience with the following:
Utilizing Oracle or SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning);
Inventory management and demand forecasting; and
Performing contract negotiations with vendors and using Power BI dashboards
to analyze performance.
Salary Amount/Range $68,931 - $81,000./year.