Procurement Specialist

Randstad Enterprise (RE) wishes to become the undisputed market leader in services

procurement/SOW management. To support this ambition RE has invested in a Global

Services Procurement Center of Excellence (COE) and created a new and innovative SOW

Management Framework called Services Procurement 360 (SP360).

The Services Procurement (SOW Management) Specialist assists the client’s SOW

business owners with sourcing, contracting, managing, and remittance processing of

services contracts. You will partner with the client’s SOW business owners to lead Request

for Proposals (RFPs) and negotiation events on their behalf, and provide project oversight

with regard to supplier invoice administration and settlement.

You will work with RE’s client facing team(s) to service clients in a high-quality, cost-effective

manner. You may be dedicated to a single services procurement/SOW management

program, or you may support multiple clients and work locations. You will support a variety

of services spend categories.

As the Services Procurement (SOW Management) Specialist you will:

● Develop partnering relationships with the client’s SOW business owner community and

become well versed in the historical and projected buying needs of the departments

supported by the MSP team.

● Act as a sourcing agent, mediator, negotiator, and SOW author on behalf of the client’s

SOW business owners project buyer’s behalf to support the client’s competitive bidding

process(es). You will operate as an extension of the clients procurement team and be

fully aligned to their prevailing category and supplier strategies.

● Process all procurement requisition activity through the use of a Vendor Management

System (VMS) and any related procurement technologies which may be specific to an

individual client program.

● Develop appropriate competency knowledge of the program’s SOW services supplier

community to assist with sourcing recommendations.

● Perform analysis to include cost savings reporting and other quality or efficiency data to

help improve operational processes.

Education:

● University/Postgraduate or equivalent professional & intellectual ability.

● Demonstrable procurement/commercial experience and a career track record

measured by customer satisfaction, increased responsibilities, and working

relationships with colleagues and management.

knowledge:

● Affinity with different HR/staffing/talent models.

● Digital fluency with Google or Microsoft platforms e.g. sheets, excel, slides etc.