Procurement Specialist (6842522)

Headway Workforce Solutions is currently seeking a Procurement Specialist for a contract opportunity in Lancaster, PA with our partner, an energy industry leader committed to creating innovative and sustainable solutions that move the world forward. Procurement operations, is a key position within Arconic Corporate Global Procurement Organization report to the Sr Manager of Procurement Operations. This highly important role, along with other specialists on the team, will be located at the Lancaster Location (Lancaster, PA) and work closely with the Global Procurement Organization in Pittsburgh, managing spend for our responsible locations.

Job Description

• Lead and support commercial methods and supplier negotiations. This contributes toward achieving spend reduction objectives, lead and support non-commercial supplier workshops and kaizens, execution of supplier and commodity changes at the location, implement sourcing and capital projects at the location.
• Provide Location Procurement support for supplier management issues, storeroom connections and various projects.
• These job duties and interactions in a matrixed Procurement Organization are a close linkage to our Business partners creating a challenging and exciting opportunity for individuals interested in working with high performance work teams and delivering tangible business value every day.
• Interact with engineering, maintenance, safety, finance, supply chain, commercial and production team members.
• Drive year over year spend reductions while making sure that Procurement and our suppliers operate the plant 24x7 with high equipment and process uptime, utilizing world class cost control and inventory optimization and management.
• Assigned specific commodities and associated suppliers to manage as the Strategic Commercial Owner and will also support other Global Suppliers managed corporately but pertain to each of our Manufacturing locations.
• Procurement operations is not a transactional buying role, but rather a commodity sourcing and supplier management role that requires strong commercial and project management skills.
• This specialist position is a challenging and broad role with many facets, issues and projects that are worked in parallel with the changing priorities to support both plant production and Procurement/Business initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• 1 - 3 years of related experience 
• College degree in Business Mgmt/Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering (or other similar technical degrees)
• Procurement, maintenance/Engineering or technical background experience
• Working with others in team environment is critical for success
• Good project management, time management with strong leadership skills is essential for success, as well as ability to problem solve, develop new systems or solutions, negotiations and bidding events, excellent communications.
• Strong computer and Microsoft Excel skills with knowledge of pivot tables.
• Excellent coordination and communications between Global Procurement, stakeholders and business is essential.
• The ability to execute a sourcing process through contract award, and then execute the implementation, while capturing savings are essential skills.
• The ability to gather data, analyze data, create sourcing and commercial negotiations plans, and lead commercial activity are key drivers for success.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in creating/managing supplier contracts
• Experience in Procurement of MRO (Maintenance Repair and Operating supplies) and Services, Project management experience, Quality Systems, Kaizen leaders, and Problem solving event leaders
• Technical experience in managing or interacting suppliers with goods and services provides a solid foundation understanding the basic procurement processes

Headway Workforce Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Headway Workforce Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.