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Linnaeus · 2 days ago

Sr. Procurement Specialist - HR, Benefits, Consultants (Mars Veterinary Health)

Support Office - Vancouver

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $155K/yr

5+ years exp

Linnaeus is part of the Mars Petcare family of businesses, a global network of veterinary practices. The Sr. Procurement Specialist is responsible for sourcing services and managing supplier relationships for HR, Benefits, and Consultants, ensuring the organization has an uninterrupted supply of services at the lowest cost.

Health CareVeterinary

Responsibilities

Negotiate price, terms, conditions, and supplier returns/allowances and serve as a point of contact on contracts. Implement new and renewed contract terms and services through the Coupa system, coordinating with related teams

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

Qualification

Sourcing strategiesSupplier relationship managementNegotiation skillsPurchasing regulations knowledgeContract managementSpend analysisHealth care backgroundCommunicationCollaborative mindsetProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree is required

5-years of experience in purchasing cycles and buying processes for medium complexity contracts is required

Must have experience creating micro strategies for contracts between $3M - $5M and working with preferred suppliers

Excellent communication skills are required, with a collaborative mindset regarding partnership and stakeholder relationship building

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

Required: Background and experience in the following sourcing categories: HR, Benefits, and Consultants