Our Customer is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, they were created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, our Customer helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success—including the SAT, the Advanced Placement Program, and BigFuture. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools.

We are seeking a Procurement Specialist on a contract basis to help support our Customer's business needs. This role is 100% remote in EST hours.**This position reports to the Senior Director of Indirect Sourcing. This role assists the technology procurement team with the overall management and throughput of procurement related activities including new supplier onboarding, supplier performance accountability, policy enforcement, contract execution and providing procurement guidance and expertise to internal stakeholders. The Senior Analyst supports the development and implementation of sourcing initiatives, industry and supplier research, competitive bidding, vendor selection, performance management and contract negotiations.

What You’ll Do
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Chase and AMEX Administrator (daily and monthly):
- Process requests for limit increases
- Provide guidance on operational policy around receipts and requirements from Accounting when questions arise.
- Monthly reconciliation of Meeting, P card and Supplier card
- Monthly reconciliation of JP Morgan Chase
- AMEX Meeting card report
- Collaborate with AMEX category manager on identifying and implementing a random audit of usage to ensure policy compliance.
- Contribute to Procurement efforts to identify process improvements and work with Procurement, Finance and Accounting to implement.
- Identify users that frequently have issues and work with AMEX category manager to establish a process to mitigate issues. Supplier Setup & Approval (daily):
- Review new and/or existing supplier requests submitted in Workday by category managers or business units.
- Collaborate with Finance on supplier setup process improvements or changes
- Provide guidance to Procurement and business units on changes to supplier setup process. Travel & Events Procurement Support:
Assists in coordination of contract and vendor management activities for all travel and conference/event requirements with the business units with the overall goal of standardization and consistency.
Works with travel vendor to provide monthly metrics data for internal reporting.
Reviews and evaluates terms and conditions in contracts, service agreements and statements of work to support compliance to the Legal department’s contractual requirements. Develops, negotiates and administers agreements for company travel, conferences and events.
Assists in the development of contracts, in collaboration with Legal, external risk management, and customer staff. Reviews terms and conditions to ensure maximum value and minimum risk. Leads/participates in the negotiation team in supplier interactions. Partner with multiple stakeholders across the company.
Manage tactical procurement activities (requisitions, purchase orders, contract redlines, contract signatures, etc.) throughout the procure to pay (P2P) process.
Review and evaluate terms and conditions in contractual documents to ensure compliance with the Legal department’s approved templates and decision tree guidelines.
Work closely with Accounts Payable, vendors and internal stakeholders to assist with resolving invoice matching problems.
Perform thorough research to solve procurement, vendor, contract, invoice and payment related challenges, using the data and systems available.
Provide reporting on procurement metrics and activities, as assigned.
Be a highly competent user of e-procurement suite of tools to be able to provide timely and complete customer service including but not limited to addressing inquiries, researching information in e-procurement system, knowing who to contact to resolve issues, troubleshooting, responding to requests for contracts, information etc.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree is required.
Must have at a minimum 5 years of procurement, travel, vendor relationship management or contract management experience and ability to evaluate contractual terms and conditions.
Experience supporting various projects.
Experience with vendor and contract management systems is required as is experience with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning systems)
Solid quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
Critical and strategic thinking skills.
Excellent communications skills, with the ability to articulate information clearly and succinctly in a variety of communications settings and styles.
Must have the ability to think on his/her feet and be comfortable in informal meetings as well as more formal presentations.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to foster and maintain positive and productive working relationships at all levels of the organization; excellent influencing skills
Self-directed requiring limited guidance and /or structure
Competent with contract management tools and resources
Financial, Legal and Supply Chain experience or knowledge
Good computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)

*We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.*Please note: In order to create a safe, productive work environment, our client is requiring all contractors who plan to be onsite to be fully vaccinated according to the CDC guidelines. Prior to coming into our offices, contractors will be required to attest that they are fully vaccinated.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.