Purchasing Specialist

The North America Enterprise Contracts Buyer is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and procurement of service contracts in support of our Enterprise Optimum contracts and asset management portfolio. The successful candidate will engage in all aspects of supplier management with a focus on improving profitability and delivering customer satisfaction. In addition the position will assist with identifying appropriate service coverage for different customers or types of equipment and opportunities to expand our service platform strategy.

Additionally, the Contracts Buyer is responsible for supplier identification and qualification, and vendor relations - insuring good relationships with our supply base while acting as an escalation path for supplier issues across the Enterprise portfolio. The successful candidate will also drive data driven decisions and provide market/competitive feedback while supporting the field organization and providing visibility and accessibility to supplier metrics, tools and processes.

Key Interfaces: Enterprise Operations Teams, Territory Leaders, Territory VP/GM's, Global Procurement and Finance.

Key Competencies

Bias for Action

• Action-orientated - enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.
• Deliver results - can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very performance orientated; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Customer focus

• Builds voice of the customer feedback into all strategies and plans.Considers impact of all actions on current and future customers, including regulatory bodies).Inculcates a culture of quality and customer excellence throughout the organization.

Composure

• Patience - tolerant with people and processes; listens and checks before acting; tries to understand the people and the data before making judgments and acting; waits for others to catch up for acting; sensitive to due process and proper pacing.

Leadership

• Command skills - takes unpopular stands if necessary, encourages direct and tough debate but isn't afraid to end it and move on; is looked to for direction in a crisis; faces adversity head on; energized by tough challenges
• Managerial courage - doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current; direct, complete and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

Interpersonal Savvy

• Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

Motivation

• Creates a climate in which people want to do their best; can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team or project members; can assess each person's hot button and use it to get the best out him/her; pushes tasks and decisions down; empowers others; invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility; makes each individual feel his/her work is important; is someone people like working for and with
• Can build effective teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Vision and Purpose

• Looking ahead - ability to look at the big picture and plan ahead.
• Vision - communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; takes things beyond today; talks about possibilities; is optimistic; creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision; makes the vision sharable by everyone; can inspire and motivate others