Procurement Specialist

Job Summary:

Responsible for the procurement support of global company products and services to include but not limited to processing purchase requisitions, PO’s, obtaining vendor price quotes for goods and services, negotiating pricing, creating analyses review certificate of insurance documents, manage contract signatures, obtain purchase documentation and be a liaison with vendors and employees to ensure purchased items are correct.

Job Specific Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Negotiate agreements with preferred global suppliers:


* Support negotiation strategies to leverage Tricentis’ position and strategic partnerships                                                                         


* Manage contract renewal terms and dates ensuring business owners are involved in advance of actionable dates and deadlines are not missed.     


* Negotiate pricing terms as required and in accordance with internal policies              

Establish and Maintain Relationships:


* Notify internal customers and external vendors of forthcoming contract renewals


* Provide sourcing and procurement guidance to internal stakeholders

Analyze and Report on Supplier Performance:


* Provide sourcing and procurement guidance to internal stakeholders

Financial / Accounting:


* Provide sourcing and procurement guidance to internal stakeholders


* Manage and maintain the Purchase-to-Pay process, covering: PO Creation, Vendor Confirmation, Collaboration with Accounts Payable to ensure payment, Enter purchasing requisitions in Zip                                                          

Provide training, education and leadership:


* Point of contact for sourcing and procurement process questions

Program / Project Management, Database Maintenance:


* Support internal stakeholder purchase request using the tool, Zip


* Manage contract signature request in Docusign


* Maintain active and new vendor listings, contracts and quotes in a central repository                  


* Support employee travel needs, Travel RFP review and support global travel management company implementation                                                                        


* Manage assigned purchase requests

Contract and Document Reviews


* Review certificate of insurance documents


* Manage contract signatures


* Light contract reviews of commercial terms


* Liaison between Vendor and legal team and contract review of legal and commercial terms


* Obtain documents for legal, security, product security, data privacy team, etc to complete purchasing process

Other:


* This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activitie...