Hybrid Procurement Specialist

at Orica

• Job title: Procurement Specialist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $95,000 - $115,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Centennial, United States

About the role

• Procurement Specialist focused on procurement strategy execution at Orica in Centennial, CO. Responsible for managing operations, ensuring compliance, and driving sourcing activities.

Responsibilities

• Manages operations and escalations from all transactional activities, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards
• Works with suppliers in identification and resolution of potential issues/discrepancies related to transactional and tactical procurement and escalating where necessary
• Keeps internal stakeholders informed of issues or potential issues with purchases made or suppliers
• Owns all audit queries and reviewing existing audit processes
• Works with Lead – Supply Chain Excellence to ensure Planning Strategy and Category Strategies are aligned to internal expectations and are meeting the contract requirements agreed
• Completes purchasing activity as required
• Maintains close working relationships with suppliers, customers, Supply Chain network
• Provides support to the Procurement Coordinators where required
• Acts as a mentor to encourage improvement and best practice across the team
• Ensures efficient processes for maintaining accurate spend and contracts database (SAP)
• Generates and implements cost saving and sourcing strategies aligned with the category strategy
• Executes end-to-end sourcing process ensuring the outcomes meet or exceed business requirements and are fully aligned with Group Standards
• Prepares, distributes, collates and analyses RFx and RFQ processes
• Develops negotiation strategies to ensure Orica’s position is commercially and legally strong and will deliver the best outcome
• Anticipates changes in the sourcing landscape and update the negotiation strategies to suit it
• Facilitates cross-functional multi-level engagements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree qualified with 5 years’ experience preferred
• Strong experience in SAP/4S Hana enabled Supply Chain Business processes such as Procurement and Sourcing
• Advanced skills in Power BI and presentations
• Strong experience in stakeholder management (e.g., Audit Committee, global committees)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong experience in strategy development and execution

Benefits

• Medical/Prescription Drug – Three (3) plans to choose from
• Dental – Two (2) plans to choose from
• Vision – Two (2) plans to choose from
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Basic Employee Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Voluntary Employee/Dependent Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Company provided Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Company provided Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness & Accident Plans
• Voluntary Identity Theft Protection
• Voluntary Legal Plan
• 401(k) + Company Match
• Company provided Maternity Leave
• Company provided Bonding Leave
• Accrued Paid Time Off
• Paid Sick & Safe Time
• Nine (9) Scheduled Holidays + Two (2) Floating Holidays