Position Summary:

• Serves as the main point-of-contact for issues related to procurement requests and contracts.
• Negotiates the more complex and/or critical University-wide, best-priced vendor contracts and drives strategic spending through them.
• Increases goods and services covered by contracts and helps increased contract utilization through policies and incentives, as well as through marketing and customer service strategies.
• Standardizes and manages demand for commonly purchased goods and services.
• Independently conducts category sourcing to make purchasing easier and more efficient for client base.
• Facilitates the procurement process through the issuance of competitive solicitations, develops clear and accurate scopes of work, and conducts pre-bid and post-bid meetings with suppliers.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in various categories and is a resource for the university community.
• Identifies opportunities to leverage the University's category historical spend through category sourcing initiatives while maintaining or improving the quality of products and services.
• Works with the Strategic Sourcing team on data analysis and category industry opportunities.
• Executes category-sourcing initiatives by calculating base line spend and savings for category sourcing initiatives.
• Collaborates with category subject matter experts for recommendations to develop category sourcing requirements and supplier evaluation criteria.
• Assists with implementing strategic sourcing methodology and process for assigned category and communicates, educates and obtains support for Strategic Sourcing methodology and process from key stakeholders throughout the University system.
• Exercises independent review and approval of purchase orders up to $100,000 and insures the validity of informal bid process and of sole/single source procurements through market analysis and research.
• Ensures compliance with university guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Develops and manages effective relationships with suppliers.
• Analyzes use of both University and state term contracts and works with suppliers and customers to identify and investigate continuous improvement opportunities within the category management-sourcing group and throughout the Procurement function.
• Serves as a mentor and works with the Associate Director to develop staff in the category area.
• Completes various other tasks and duties as assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in business administration, purchasing, supply chain management, finance or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• A minimum of five (5) years experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, finance or a related field.

City: Piscataway

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• This position must be on campus a minimum of three days per week.

Posting Number: 23ST2188

About Rutgers University

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