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Associate Sourcing Specialist
zobility • Gastonia, NC 28056 • Posted 2 days ago
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The Associate Sourcing Specialist at zobility is responsible for identifying potential suppliers, soliciting quotes, technical documentation, and relevant terms and conditions, and negotiating contracts and purchase orders. This role involves resolving material delivery and invoice discrepancies, and ensuring compliance with purchase contracts. The position requires good communication skills, knowledge of sourcing and SAP or similar ERP programs, and an understanding of business and contract law.
Responsibilities
- Identifies potential suppliers.
- Solicits quotes, technical documentation, and relevant terms and conditions.
- Obtains standard materials and services from suppliers at the lowest cost, with consideration to quality, reliability, and need.
- Negotiates, awards, and implements contracts and purchase orders.
- Communicates with field and project personnel, to evaluate compliance with purchase contracts.
- Resolves problems regarding material delivery, price discrepancies, quality issues, invoice discrepancies, and/or adjustments.
Qualifications
Required
- Good verbal/writing/presentation skills.
- Effective influence, persuasion, and negotiation skills.
- Analytical skills.
- Priority management and project management skills.
- Computer proficiency.
- Forecasting and trend analysis skills.
- Value/cost analysis skills.
- Knowledge of Sourcing (Material Purchase's).
- Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP program.
- Good communication skills (E-mail, Phone, Verbal).
- General knowledge of business and contract law.
- General knowledge financial analysis.
- High School Diploma.
Preferred
- Associate Degree.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Identifies potential suppliers.
- Solicits quotes, technical documentation, and relevant terms and conditions.
- Obtains standard materials and services from suppliers at the lowest cost, with consideration to quality, reliability, and need.
- Negotiates, awards, and implements contracts and purchase orders.
- Communicates with field and project personnel, to evaluate compliance with purchase contracts.
- Resolves problems regarding material delivery, price discrepancies, quality issues, invoice discrepancies, and/or adjustments.
- Good verbal/writing/presentation; effective influence, persuasion and negotiation; analytical; priority management; project management; computer proficiency; forecasting and trend analysis; value/cost analysis.
- Abilities: apply analytical abilities to diverse issues; manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines; apply acquired knowledge and skills; use sound business judgment; anticipate, understand and respond to customer needs.
- Knowledge of Sourcing (Material Purchase's.)
- Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP program
- Good communication skills, E-mail, Phone, Verbal.
- General knowledge of business and contract law.
- General knowledge financial analysis.
- High School Diploma required.
- Associate Degree preferred.
We offer attractive, competitive compensation and benefits including, medical, dental, 401k, short-term disability, AD&D, tuition reimbursement, and more. If you take pride in your work and are committed to personal and professional success, let's talk. Please visit
to learn more.Zobility is RGBSI's workforce management and staffing division. RGBSI is a multi-national corporation headquartered in Troy, MI with branches throughout the USA, Canada, Germany, and India.
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