Procurement Associate

Role Overview

• Completes tasks, requests, and projects assigned by the P2P team
• Supports the business on procurement requests, including verifying business need, scope, and terms
• Works with vendors on quotes, proposals, and negotiating terms
• Coordinates with business owners, contracting, and other teams as needed before execution of agreements
• Reviews and negotiates all US based purchase requests
• Negotiates with Vendors and ensures purchases comply with Huron’s process and requirements
• Collaborate with other functional and technical teams on business needs, information, applications, and long-term plans while helping to ensure integration with strategic plans
• Reviews purchase requisitions from business, works requests through to approval and contracting and issue of purchase order
• Evaluating current vendor management programs and identifying ways to improve them
• Manages completion of requests across multiple priorities and deadlines
• Helps maintain contract repository and reporting, both manual and through Huron’s contract management tools (Excel, DocuSign, Agiloft, Workday, etc.)
• Helps ensure renewals and requests are completed on time, and with proper lead time
• Define all business inputs such as Selection, Pricing, InStock, Speed, Quality and Fulfilment Strategy
• Works with vendor and business to achieve the best value to Huron
• Helps business prepare for renewals or purchases and evaluate vendor options
• Assists with formal RFP process as needed
• Conducting research on available vendors to determine which vendors offer the best pricing and product quality
• Assists with overall Vendor Management escalations, tracking, reporting, and review
• Creates and maintains spend analysis reporting as assigned
• Reviews, investigates, and resolves invoice and PO inquiries, matching to contract terms and scope
• Maintains proper vendor documentation and tracking through process for tracking and compliance, creates/runs reports as requested
• Works on projects as assigned, such as vendor tracking, analysis, research, or other vendor management initiatives (diversity tracking, compliance reports, spend reports, etc.)
• Creates pivot tables, reports, and analysis from raw data dumps and varied data sources
• Follows company request and approval processes, ensures purchases receive necessary approvals before completion

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, marketing, business administration, or a related field
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate comfortably at all levels among our internal clients and our suppliers
• Ability to work quickly and independently, with minimal supervision
• A minimum of 4-6 years of contracting or procurement experience
• Preferred experience with IT software, Hardware, services and contingent worker sourcing
• Experience reviewing and drafting contracts, reviewing purchase requests, and managing Purchase Orders
• Strong negotiation, management, and decision-making skills
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
• Strong ability to develop effective relationships with both business teams, as well as vendors
• Excellent attention to detail: reconciling contracts, invoices, and budgets
• Ability to work flexibly

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents
• a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match
• an employee stock purchase plan
• a generous Paid Time Off policy
• paid parental leave and adoption assistance
• Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year