Procurement Specialist

Thank you for considering a career at Port Houston. We appreciate your interest in joining our team. By applying, you are taking an important step toward advancing your career with an organization committed to excellence.

Port Houston offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a diverse, inclusive work environment. Joining our team means embarking on a fulfilling career path with opportunities for growth and impact.

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Position Summary:

Administers informal procurement process, end to end while monitoring compliance and recommending best practices. Processes purchase requisitions, oversees the approval process and executing and maintaining purchase orders (PO) for all past, current, and future procurements.

Key Responsibilities/Duties:

• Process informal and formal purchase orders, including reviewing and processing requisitions, executing purchase orders, sending approval orders and supporting documents to suppliers and stakeholders and maintaining files
• Interact and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders in sourcing process; educate stakeholders on mission, value, and process of supply chain management; partner to create sourcing solutions, specific deliverables, and clear expectations
• Provide support to internal to resolve conflicts, providing guidance on the best way to procure and assisting with troubleshooting related to system navigation in JD Edwards, Vendor Information System (VIS), and BuySpeed
• Provide training to requesting departments to build requisitions in systems and how to launch bids in the bidding system
• Identify and define sourcing options based on the application of the strategic sourcing process
• Participate in effective change management and champion new supply management processes and procedures throughout the organization
• Ensure compliance with all relevant procurement and organizational policies, procedures, and statutory requirements
• Maintain accurate records of procurement activity and perform data extraction from multiple systems to prepare quarterly and yearly reports to analyze procurement trends and strategies
• Deliver quarterly and variety of annual reports
• Maintain vendor records in both JD Edwards and BuySpeed
• Act in accordance with Port Houston core values (respect, excellence, accountability, diligence, and you)
• Perform related duties as required

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or related major in a public or accredited private academic institution required
• 3+ years of related experience in a similar role required
• Certified Public Purchasing Officer preferred
• Certified Texas Procurement Manager preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Behaviors:
• Working knowledge of strategic sourcing processes and assigned categories of spend
• Knowledge of procurement
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning systems
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including ability to listen to business partners and understand their expectations and requirements
• Customer service focus, with ability to build relationships and foster teamwork
• Change management and leadership skills necessary to effectively resolve conflicts
• Ability to prepare business cases and explain and/or support the recommended course of action
• Must possess an advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Key Competencies Required:

• Analytical Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Focus Upon Quality
• Planning and Prioritizing
• Pragmatic Decision Making
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

This work site location of this job is:

Port Houston Administration Building

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but due to open office environment noise level may occasionally be high. To apply, please go to porthouston.com/careers. Only applications submitted through the Port Houston Careers website will be acknowledged. Port Houston is an equal opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program supervised by the U.S. Government.

Disclaimer:

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

We appreciate your interest in Port Houston. Port Houston is an equal employment opportunity employer. Port Houston’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Port Houston also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Application must be completed in full.