Indirect Purchasing Agent (Full Time)
Department: All Openings, Supply Chain
Position Summary:
Manage Indirect Spend from requisition placement to development of strategic sourcing relationships with emphasis on cost, efficiency, and quality. This is a key position for identifying cost savings opportunities and driving change from a decentralized purchasing system to a centralized purchasing system. This individual will be a change agent for more innovative ways to manage indirect spend practices by standardizing, consolidating, and leveraging indirect spend to reduce costs and raise service levels. (Indirect Spend includes, but is not limited to, business services, outside services, temp labor, MRO supplies, capital equipment, and travel.)
Essential Job Functions:
- Create requisitions and receive invoices in ERP system (LN) for various departments
- Create Contractor POs for non-engineering departments and receive approved timecards and invoices in LN
- Analyze Indirect and P-card Spend activity for trends and opportunities
- Assist in the transition of Indirect Spend to LN Requisition System
- Work closely with Sourcing Team on cost reduction strategies, process improvements, and data analysis to support projects
- Serve as Administrator for LN Requisitions Approval
- Train new users of LN Purchase Requisition System
- Responsible for adding new Business Partners in LN, communicating as needed with Finance, Quality, and support organizations
- Produce periodic accomplishment summaries on behalf of Supply Chain Management
- Ensure Sourcing activity is accurately captured in Continuous Improvement Database (Access)
- Manage and update Sourcing Training presentations
- Back-up for Records Retention activity for Purchasing Dept.
- Work with IT to develop/modify reports as required
- Assist with contract creation, execution, and user support using IntelAgree Contract Management platform
- Participate in projects as needed to achieve department and company goals
- Document cost savings achieved on sourcing and project activities
- Perform other duties, attend meetings or provide reports/information as directed by Supervisor
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s Degree with at least one (1) year experience in the purchasing field as a Buyer, Purchasing Specialist or Purchasing Agent, and knowledge of data mining and analysis, commodity management, and procurement process is desirable, but not required. In lieu of a degree, three (3) years of work experience as a Buyer, Purchasing Specialist or Purchasing Agent. This individual must be highly independent and self-directed, with strong organizational skills and the ability to work with confidential information.
Must have demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint. Familiarity with ERP systems is preferred.
Language Skills
The employee must be able to demonstrate a high degree of professionalism with the ability to communicate effectively with all internal and external customers in both written and oral form. Requires exceptional interpersonal skills and tact to liaise with functional organizations within the company.
