Job Description

Our client operates at the crossroads of energy and home services, fueled by the vision of a smarter, cleaner future. Committed to developing groundbreaking solutions, they aim to streamline their customers’ lives by providing energy, protection, and smart services for their homes and businesses.

Sourcing Specialist Summary:

Procure goods/services and support sourcing and purchasing needs for assigned stations/business units, providing industry, technical, and supply chain expertise. Manage inventory and suppliers to deliver the highest quality, reliability and value to meet company and station/business unit requirements. Provide expertise to support business and system processes utilized in sourcing, purchasing, and managing materials.

Sourcing Specialist Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assist in gathering and analyzing industry, economic, market, and spend data.
• Supports identification of opportunities for leveraging spend by category.
• Implement sourcing and negotiation strategies for key spend areas to achieve short- and long-term savings targets.
• Measure and track performance within defined spend category.
• Develop and maintain relationships with current and potential suppliers.
• Obtain order confirmations from suppliers and ensure timely deliveries and goods receipts of items ordered.
• Participate in cross-functional sourcing teams to evaluate potential and current suppliers.
• Support execution of supplier KPIs and demonstrate continuous improvement.
• Review and coordinate gathering of technical, cost, and delivery requirements.
• Create and evaluate quotations/bids and recommend suppliers for sourcing selection.
• Negotiate and place purchase orders.
• Review and scrub description data for inventory items, including verifying accuracy of AI output and ensuring data meets required naming convention.
• Coordinate resolution of accounts payable and delivery issues.
• Review and process claims against suppliers for unsatisfactory materials, delivery, or equipment.
• Ensure site warehouse personnel comply with Supply Chain policies and procedures.
• Execute practices to ensure that optimum inventory levels are sustained while minimizing shortages and delays.
• Respond to audits, surveys, or other informational requests from internal and external sources.
• Actively promote and support company Supplier Diversity initiatives.
• Effectively communicate the impact of sourcing decisions to management and employees as appropriate. Actively enroll their support.
• Ensure compliance with company and Supply Chain policies.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Understands competitive business environments, both domestic and international, and possesses ability to react quickly to changes in products and services.
• Ability to grasp customer requirements, supply chain strategy, and demand fulfillment process.
• Ability to network in order to seek out and integrate information that achieves the overall best value for the company.
• Strong attention to detail, organization skills, and time management.
• Knowledge of negotiation and contracting process.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Self-starter who has ability to work collaboratively to achieve high-level results.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships.
• Ability to make timely fact-based decisions.
• Knowledge of purchasing policies, procedures, and practices (e.g., negotiation, business law, data analysis, forecasting, economic models, financial reports, business plans, and budgeting).
• Analytical ability to process supplier performance and cost data and market intelligence
• Knowledge of mathematical calculations required to support inventory and procurement strategies.
• Knowledge of Uniform Commercial Code and business law.
• Proficient in computer applications and SAP or other ERP system and ability to broaden knowledge as new technology becomes available.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline. Applicable experience in related disciplines or industries may be substituted for the degree requirement. Partial credit may be given for Associate or technical degrees/certification.
• Experience in energy industry preferred especially in electricity generation/retail industry.
• Experience: 3-5 years in sourcing, procurement, warehousing or logistics.