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Procurement Specialist
ManpowerGroup • Sunnyvale, CA 94086 • Posted 30+ days ago
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Hybrid • Full-time • $27.00-$31.00/hr • Contract • Mid Level
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The Procurement Administrative Specialist at ManpowerGroup is responsible for comparing prices among various vendors to make sound purchasing decisions, working within a budget to purchase goods and services, ensuring timely delivery and satisfactory quality of goods received, negotiating with contractors, ordering office supplies to maintain inventory levels, checking invoices for accuracy, and evaluating vendor performance. This role requires strong negotiation, communication, and math skills, and is based in Sunnyvale, CA with a hybrid work schedule.
Responsibilities
- Compares prices amongst various vendors to make sound purchasing decisions
- Works within a given budget to purchase goods and services for an organization
- Ensures that products are delivered in a timely manner, and that the quality of the goods received is satisfactory
- Negotiates with contractors on price, mode of shipping, and delivery time
- Orders goods such as office supplies to maintain certain inventory levels
- Checks invoices for accuracy, and authorizes the accounts payable department to issue payment
- Evaluates the performance of certain vendors to decide whether to continue buying from them
- End to end process verification
- Enters data concerning inventory and order amounts into a computer database
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Bilingual English and Chinese
- 2+ years procurement experience or great administrative experience
- Possesses strong negotiation skills
- Has good verbal communications skills
- Is timely in following up on contracts and checking on back ordered items
- Is capable of staying within a given budget
- Has good math skills and is quickly able to calculate the cost of goods and services
- Is trustworthy and does not abuse authority or misappropriate funds
Full Job Description
**Position:** Procurement Specialist
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Pay:** $32/hr. - $37/hr. range
**Duration** : 1-year contract with the possibility of extension.
**Schedule** : Hybrid, weekdays
**(No C2C, Proficiency in Mandarin is required)**
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
+ Compares prices amongst various vendors in order to make sound purchasing decisions
+ Works within a given budget to purchase goods and services for an organization
+ Ensures that products are delivered in a timely manner, and that the quality of the goods received is satisfactory
+ Negotiates with contractors on price, mode of shipping, and delivery time
+ Orders goods such as office supplies on a continuing basis in order to maintain certain Inventory levels
+ Checks invoices for accuracy, and authorizes the accounts payable department to Issue payment
+ Evaluates the performance of certain vendors in order to decide whether or not to continue buying from them
**Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
+ Possesses strong negotiation skills
+ Is timely in following up on contracts and checking on back ordered items
+ Is capable of staying within a given budget
+ Has good math skills and is quickly able to calculate the cost of goods and services
+ Is trustworthy and does not abuse authority or misappropriate funds
**Education and Experience**
+ Bachelor's degree
+ Bilingual English and Chinese
+ 2+ years procurement experience and or great administrative experience.
If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!
**About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of:** **Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells**
_ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands -_ **_Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells_** _-_ creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.
ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Pay:** $32/hr. - $37/hr. range
**Duration** : 1-year contract with the possibility of extension.
**Schedule** : Hybrid, weekdays
**(No C2C, Proficiency in Mandarin is required)**
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
+ Compares prices amongst various vendors in order to make sound purchasing decisions
+ Works within a given budget to purchase goods and services for an organization
+ Ensures that products are delivered in a timely manner, and that the quality of the goods received is satisfactory
+ Negotiates with contractors on price, mode of shipping, and delivery time
+ Orders goods such as office supplies on a continuing basis in order to maintain certain Inventory levels
+ Checks invoices for accuracy, and authorizes the accounts payable department to Issue payment
+ Evaluates the performance of certain vendors in order to decide whether or not to continue buying from them
**Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
+ Possesses strong negotiation skills
+ Is timely in following up on contracts and checking on back ordered items
+ Is capable of staying within a given budget
+ Has good math skills and is quickly able to calculate the cost of goods and services
+ Is trustworthy and does not abuse authority or misappropriate funds
**Education and Experience**
+ Bachelor's degree
+ Bilingual English and Chinese
+ 2+ years procurement experience and or great administrative experience.
If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!
**About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of:** **Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells**
_ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands -_ **_Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells_** _-_ creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.
ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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