Procurement Specialist

Vaco Boston has partnered with a leading manufacturing company North of Boston. The Procurement team is looking to bring on a Senior Procurement Specialist. This would be a hybrid position looking for someone to start ASAP. Please reach out for a full job description and immediate consideration.Key Responsibilities:Manage and build strong relationships with suppliers.Negotiate costs and contracts with suppliers.Work cross-functionally with various departments.Maintain purchase contracts, confidentiality agreements, and purchase/price files.Approve pricing for order requisitions to suppliers.Support production planning to ensure delivery of raw material/supplies.Assist with customer quality assessments and audits.Analyze trends in the market.Maintain SAP system, RFQ issue and Quote review requirements.Ability to analyze cost calculation and cost drivers and use them to evaluate, develop and deliver cost reduction strategies.Negotiate pricing with suppliers and process quotations.Establish logical new model cost targets.Achieve cost targets through effective supplier selection and negotiation.Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.Proficient in Microsoft Office.Experience with Oracle, Microsoft D365 or another MRP application.Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

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