MW Partners is currently seeking a Procurement Agent to work for our client who is a well-known leading utilities company.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Reviews and negotiates company-wide commercial agreements for various scopes of work
• Identifies, drives, and implements suitable procurement approaches to deliver lowest total cost and cost savings strategies across the organization
• Negotiates contracts and reviews opportunities to reduce costs using negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Understands and applies business tools (financial, logistical, commercial, risk, cost analysis, etc.) to attain desired results
• Identifies and executes purchasing opportunities through internal stakeholder collaboration and external market research
• Ensures that corporate procurement policy and procedure is being followed
• Develops and establishes category management in accordance with the overall best practices, procurement strategy, processes and procedures and ensures category management delivers against targets and objectives
• Develop skills and knowledge to become subject matter expert in managed spend categories
• Identifies and implements continuous improvement opportunities, assessing current and future business processes for best work practice, as well as innovative procurement solutions that provide cost savings and process efficiencies for the organization
• Establishes strong business relationships with key business partners and clients across Operating Units and external organizations
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private

Requirements:

• If candidate does not have a Bachelor's Degree then must have a minimum of 10 years work experience.
• Seven or more years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management. Procurement, contract, RFX experience in the acquisition of private telecommunications systems design and engineering, installation, and support services.
• Preference for experience in wireless/cellular networks.
• The wireless/cellular experience would include internal wireless systems for operations and communications within those companies versus using public wireless communications services (e.g., Verizon, AT&T, etc.). In addition, experience with private telecommunications, which refers to companies that have built their own networks versus leasing services from the phone companies.

For a confidential discussion or to find out more, contact Abhinay Singh on 909-284-1658 or apply now.