Procurement Specialist

What you'll do:

Strategic Accountabilities

• Ensures execution of procurement contracting strategies on the Blue Point project in alignment with the organizational structures and expectations.
• Leads and oversees the sourcing process including managing proposals, developing proposal recommendations, negotiating, and timely awarding of the final contract and creating and executing supplier transition plans.
• Understand the business priorities of the Blue Point Project execution strategy to develop and deliver effective project support and procurement project strategy including execution of contracting strategies in alignment with organizational expectations.
• Supports compliance to the procurement process on the Blue Point project and increases involvement of procurement in alignment with the business.
• Manages key supplier relationships in conjunction with stakeholders to increase alignment and value generation between the supplier and CF.
• Facilitates continuous engagement with the stakeholder community in the procurement process and Blue Point project execution.
• Actively participate in project stage gate reviews and provide input and assurance around procurement results.
• Contributes to the development and execution of the risk management plan that addresses key risks in contract management, supply, supplier management and procurement processes.
• Understands and leverages knowledge of the company's and competitor's products, industry trends, and superior business practices, and integrates the same into procurement operations in ways that achieve competitive advantage.

Operational Accountabilities

• Ensures implementation of all procurement related policies, practices and process improvements.
• Provides support on imports and logistics
• Issues contract releases and purchase orders and expedites materials and services as needed.
• Manages the administration of the supply base to include: introduction of new suppliers, evaluating supplier performance, managing insurance requirements and ensuring required training is completed.
• Manages appropriate supply and service agreements, and facilitate any necessary improvements to increase accuracy, visibility and productivity and to ensure compliance to the contract management process and any applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
• Drives process standardization and optimization in procurement strategies as well as within the areas of supplier management, risk management, supplier qualification and the procure to pay process.
• Ensures accurate reporting on equipment fabrication progress and delivery updates and participates in equipment update meetings.
• Assists with oversight of vendor compliance with contract terms and enforcement when needed.

Required Skills

* BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience typically required to complete all essential job functions: Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or other related disciplines. Experience of at least 6 years or related professional experience, including supervisory experience.
* Certification in Procurement or Supply Management Desirable. Knowledge of SAP, Ariba and other procurement systems. Experience in heavy industrial environment, knowledge of chemical manufacturing and major capital projects.

Communications and Interpersonal Skills: Regularly communicates both in writing and verbally. Communicates with internal and external customers and others related to work function such as a vendor. Information exchanged may require advanced knowledge in area of expertise. Moderate influence and persuasion are likely with colleagues.

Complexity: Regularly uses moderate level of logic, reasoning by examining multiple perspectives and critical thinking to assess situations. Generally, works with increasingly complex challenges or problems. Work involves detailed planning of own activities and immediate work team and may include coordination and project management of resources from other teams.

Decision Making Authority: decisions are made using discretion, independent judgment, and logic along with experience from prior experiences/learnings. Able to solve moderately complex problems normally encountered in functional area. There may be applicable established policies and procedures, but employees are required to engage in critical thinking and analysis to make decisions.

Financial Accountability: Decisions made may impact profit or loss and are reflective of the independent judgment, logic and rationale for making such decisions

Strategic Influence: May impact the execution or achievement of short-term strategic initiatives but is not involved in the planning process.

Total Rewards at CF

We offer competitive compensation with all employees eligible to receive a bonus and access to retirement plan(s). In addition, we provide comprehensive health, dental, vision benefits, well-being programs, time off programs and incentives to help meet your physical, financial, emotional and work-related goals.

How We Grow - We recruit those who are interested in a career with CF Industries and develop and promote people from within through our Talent Management System. Our system also allows you to connect and network/mentor with other professionals in different departments and areas across our organization. This system guides how we hire, how we train, who we promote, how we reward, and more!

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