Procurement Operations Specialist II

Curia Global Inc. (work remotely and report to headquarters in Albany, NY) seeks a Procurement Operations Specialist II. Responsible for assisting w/all aspects of Operational Procurement, includ. participating in project mgmt. of Procurement projects at site & “in country” sourcing & negotiations. This role covers both direct & indirect goods & services & entail the active engagement of specialist Curia Procurement resources around the world.   Specifically, the Procurement Operations Specialist II will perform the following duties:   * Ensuring materials are available for production according to schedule, ensuring inventory is minimized & assisting with cash mgmt. optimization; * Contribute towards the construction of a multiyear program of cost savings initiatives; * Negotiate and establish pricing and/or contracts with local suppliers with terms favorable to Curia; * Exe. local eSourcing activities incl. training of suppliers & running events within the guidelines provided & asst. to construct the monthly eSourcing plan; * Help manage the site cash effectively by ensuring the economic order quantities are appropriate, pymt terms are maximized and MRP exception messages (EXDX) are regularly reviewed & exe.; * Provide supp. to &collaborate with Category Mgmt team by promoting estab category strategies to internal stakeholders & ensuring that purchase orders are placed on-time and comply w/strategic agreements & terms set at the local level; * Liaise with Quality/Regulatory depts. & help to ensure supplier material is qualified on time for expected use, help prepare monthly alternate supplier qualification (ASQ) reports; * Help to monitor metrics & KPIs to assess the health & quality of all procurement-related activities on site, ensuring the timely delivery of services & goods, proper alignment w/the Organization’s comm. & contractual requirements, mitigation of risk & accurate & timely payment for goods & services; * Construct business cases related to plant savings for submission to & recording by the Global Procurement Organization; * Asst. w/ the capture of cost savings & avoidance during purch. ord. placement while ensuring coordination w/global & regional contracts; * Act as a site contact for all Procurement Operations rel. questions, feedback, transformations or svc. escalations in coordination w/local Procurement Mgr.; * Help maintain Supplier Relationships &prepares rel. reports incl. Performance Mgmt. & Risk Mgmt. at a country level; * Assist w/Contract Mgmt. (local suppliers) referring to Legal as req. w/assistance from Procurement Mgr.; * Identify new potential suppliers, execute Supplier Selection & conduct negotiations (country level) according to the prescribed programs & category strategies; * Provide ERP system training to internal stakeholders; * Review & execute required actions on the Past Due purchase orders report daily to ensure receipt of goods & to ensure suppliers’ pymt. terms are not compromised; * Perform the day-to-day Procurement Operations at the Site, as part of a team that provides policy & process enforcement, supplier onboarding, transaction mgmt. & fiscal response; * Execute the end-to-end process rel. to std. purchase order-based procure to pay process incl. purchase order prep. & placement, change notices, coordinating supplier returns, * expediting/de-expediting, past due purchase orders & invoice issue resolution; * Perform implementation, change mgmt. & adoption of Global Procurement standards, processes & procedures (including assisting w/training to internal customers, local documentation and/or communications as req.); * Resp. for awareness and compliance of procurement policies, processes, and systems of procurement policies, processes, and systems and compliance with those at the local & Devel. and maintain effective working relations with business partners and stakeholders both internal and external.   Requires a Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field. One (1) year of experience in a position in the supply chain field, which includes one (1) year of experience with the following: * Utilizing Oracle or SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning); * Inventory management and demand forecasting; and * Performing contract negotiations with vendors and using Power BI dashboards to analyze performance.   Salary Amount/Range $68,931 - $81,000./year.