Procurement Specialist
A client of ours is looking for a Procurement Specialist for a contract role to hire role to support sourcing, purchasing, supplier management, and contract administration activities. This role partners closely with operational, technical, project, and commercial teams to ensure the timely acquisition of goods and services while delivering cost-effective procurement solutions. The successful candidate will drive supplier performance, support tendering activities, maintain procurement records, and ensure compliance with procurement policies, approval processes, and ethical sourcing standards.
Responsibilities of Procurement Specialist
- Manage sourcing, purchasing, tendering, and supplier engagement activities to support operational and project requirements.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to define procurement needs, specifications, timelines, and sourcing strategies.
- Evaluate supplier proposals, support negotiations, and recommend solutions that balance cost, quality, service, delivery, and risk.
- Build and maintain supplier relationships, monitor performance, and resolve supply, delivery, and service issues.
- Prepare RFQs, tenders, commercial evaluations, purchase documentation, and contract-related records while ensuring compliance with company policies and approval processes.
- Monitor procurement schedules, supplier commitments, spending, and contract obligations, escalating risks or delays as needed.
- Analyze spend data and supplier performance to identify savings opportunities and support informed purchasing decisions.
- Maintain accurate ERP, supplier, purchasing, and contract records while supporting reporting and resolving data discrepancies.
- Coordinate with operational teams to ensure material availability, manage order expediting, and support timely delivery of goods and services.
- Provide guidance on procurement procedures, documentation requirements, and approval workflows.
Skills/Qualifications of Procurement Specialist
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Commerce, or a related field, or equivalent procurement experience.
- 5+ years of procurement, sourcing, purchasing, or supply chain experience in a mining, manufacturing, industrial, or other asset-intensive environment.
- Demonstrated experience working with suppliers, service providers, OEMs, and cross-functional stakeholders to support operational and project requirements.
- Proven ability to prepare sourcing documentation, assess supplier proposals, support contract negotiations, and manage supplier agreements.
- Strong analytical skills with experience evaluating spend data, supplier performance, commercial proposals, and procurement risks.
- Knowledge of sourcing practices, purchasing processes, contract administration, procurement controls, and supplier performance management.
- Experience using ERP purchasing systems and maintaining accurate procurement data; Microsoft Business Central experience is a plus.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to perform spend analysis, reporting, and commercial comparisons.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, adapt to changing business needs, and work collaboratively across departments.
If you are interested in this or similar Procurement Specialist roles, please contact Bernadette Komatick at 484.254.9060 for additional information and reference JO# 03710-0013538501