Responsible for streamlining sourcing processes, negotiating contracts, and ensuring timely acquisition of goods and services to optimize cost efficiency and maintain inventory levels.
Responsibilities
Define and communicate supply strategy
Use competitive insights to shape strategies
Remove organizational barriers to deliver customer service
Represent organization ethically
Manage financial and budgetary responsibilities
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Engineering
Professional Qualification in Supply Chain/Logistics related course or any Related Technical Certificates
Lead the establishment and operation of a transparent, efficient and compliant procurement and contract management function for NAFSA.
Responsibilities
Establish and manage the procurement and contract management function for NAFSA, including SOPs, templates, checklists and controls aligned with applicable procurement rules and Board-approved policies.
Prepare annual/quarterly procurement plans aligned with approved budgets and work plans; monitor execution, lead times and risks, and propose corrective measures to meet operational timelines.
Lead end-to-end procurement processes: review requisitions, support specification/ToR development, determine procurement method, prepare bidding documents, publish solicitations, and coordinate bid receipt and opening.
Coordinate and support evaluation committees (technical and financial evaluations); ensure process transparency, documentation completeness, conflict-of-interest controls and approvals as per delegations.
Manage contract award and administration, including issuance of purchase orders/contracts, performance securities, deliverables tracking, amendments/variations, and contract close-out in coordination with Finance and Legal.
Requirements
Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Supply Chain/Procurement, Engineering, Law or a related discipline from a recognized university (Bachelor’s degree with strong relevant experience may be considered).
The Procurement Specialist I is responsible for the operational support of our procurement program teams driving value to our clients through transaction and sourcing processes and working towards delivering our clients with visibility and insight into their services spend.
Locations (2)
Troy, Michigan, United States
United States
Responsibilities
Provide support for procurement processes and services spend visibility
Assist clients with Statements of Work (SOW) and resource assignments
Maintain and update monthly activity and performance reports
Coordinate with suppliers for price, delivery schedules, and project terms
Manage primary customer support including quality review and timekeeping/milestone tracking
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Nice to have: Previous experience in client-facing roles
The role focuses on the enablement of content on Ariba On Demand, managing catalogs, buying channels, and contract improvements while ensuring accuracy and timely updates across the network.
Responsibilities
Create, update, and validate catalogs from supplier and buyer data submissions, applying quality checks and meeting catalog creation SLAs.
Upload approved catalogs into the P2P system and validate completeness/correctness against control guidelines.
Act as point of contact for suppliers on technical catalogue-related queries.
Coordinate with GP, vendors, technical teams, supplier enablement team and Ariba for the implementation of punch-out catalogues, and E2E integration.
Create and sustain up-to-date catalog trackers and performance reports for existing catalogs.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in business
Supply Chain
related field
Nice to have: Supplier information management experience
