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Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients who is an American chain of beauty stores headquartered in Bolingbrook, Illinois. This Client carries cosmetics, fragrances, nail products, bath and body products, beauty tools, and hair care products.
Job Title: Sourcing Associate
Location: Bolingbrook, IL
Duration: 5 Months
Job Type: Hybrid
GENERAL SUMMARY & SCOPE:
- The Sourcing Associate role is an exciting way to jumpstart your strategic sourcing and procurement career in the world of beauty.
- You will have the opportunity to learn the many functions of an Indirect Strategic Sourcing Department, deepen your sourcing and procurement skills, build valuable relationships, and make an immediate impact by driving savings to the bottom line.
- In this role, you'll support and lead various sourcing projects.
- This includes sourcing projects, price/contract negotiations, financial analysis, and basic project management. All with a goal of driving savings and creating meaningful value for Client.
- This position reports to a Strategic Sourcing Category Manager, Procurement.
- Overall, the role requires strong organization, frequent and clear communication, problem-solving skills, the desire to build positive working relationships, and a drive to achieve positive results across a variety of projects.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategic Sourcing:
- Support or lead multiple sourcing projects.
- Common projects include - strategic sourcing events (RFP's), price negotiations, contract negotiations (with support from Legal Services), resolving supplier/Client issues.
- Identify and deliver value for Client (savings, avoidance, risk reduction, diversity, sustainability and more)
- Adhere to Client's sourcing expectations and use our tools
- Learn and leverage basic project management skills to execute projects with internal stakeholders
- Build positive working relationships with internal stakeholders
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
- Comfortable solving unique problems, asking questions, and continually learning
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships
- Demonstrated ability to self-start, determining work steps based upon management direction and Client tools/templates
- Strong organization and process improvement skills
- Excellent written and oral communicator, including leadership presentation skills
- Competent data analysis abilities
- Proficient with Outlook, Excel, Word, and Teams; ability to learn procurement-specific software applications on the job
- Bachelor's degree in a related field from four-year college or university; and/or
- 1-3 years related business experience
- Familiarity with sourcing processes, terminology, contract negotiations, and other procurement best practices preferred, but will also be taught on the job
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
