Sourcing specialist Jobs in Long Beach, CA

How will you CONTRIBUTE

and GROW?

• Pay Range is 75K - 85K

Provide dedicated professional sourcing and other value creation services to assigned business units or operating zone to support and achieve safety, efficiency, compliance and savings initiatives and objectives. Specific activities include competitive bidding, proposal analysis, negotiation of price and commercial terms, vendor management and asset sales.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

Lead bidding and sourcing activities for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit (BU) :

Manage all contact between Airgas and bidders.

Assist in developing technical specifications and / or scopes of work with internal customers.

Investigate, qualify and recommend bidders.

Develop and issue formal requests for quotes (RFQ's).

Lead job walks and bid clarification meetings with internal customers.

Issue clarifications or amendments to the specification or work scope to all bidders.

Complete commercial bid tabulations.

Complete technical bid tabulations including analysis with internal customers.

Negotiate final price and commercial terms.

Make sourcing recommendations to internal customers.

Author and execute materials and services contracts as required.

Manage and execute regional frame agreements as needed

Manage commercial risk for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit :

Identify and address business risks during the bidding and sourcing process.

Verify that all contractors are appropriately pre-screened for safety, and initiate the contractor pre-screening process for new contractors as required.

Verify that hold harmless and indemnification documentation is in place as well as a current certificate of insurance is on file with all contractors. Initiate and negotiate hold harmless and indemnification documentation for new contractors as required.

Verify that critical suppliers are on the approved supplier list, and initiate the critical supplier qualification process for new suppliers as required.

Proactively manage sourcing activity for all major capital, maintenance and plant turnarounds (TAR) :

Attend and actively participate in budget planning meetings for assigned BU or zone.

Actively participate in TAR planning meetings.

Lead TAR procurement planning process and pre-TAR supplier site visits.

Maintain TAR activity tracking sheet for each major TAR.

Maintain current listing of active and upcoming tactical (capital and expense) sourcing initiatives.

Develop business plan strategies / opportunities for BU or zone spend in unmanaged categories

Provide timely and accurate reporting and documentation on sourcing activities :

Document and report all cost savings associated with sourcing activities.

Provide supporting documentation on sourcing activities as backup to purchase orders.

Maintain current listing of contractors utilized in assigned BU or zone.

Support Corporate Supply Chain initiatives and programs :

Champion use of managed suppliers (frame agreements).

Report events of non-compliance (leakage) of frame agreements to appropriate category manager.

Identify opportunities for creation of frame agreements.

Participate in relevant supplier relationship management meetings.

Provide other related value creation services to internal customer :

Manage and resolve quality or performance issues with non-managed suppliers.

Provide on-site sourcing support during major plant turn arounds (TARS).

Facilitate the sale of surplus assets.

Provide support and best purchasing practices to field buyers within assigned BU or zone.

From time to time, handle emergency calls after hours and weekends and take timely required action to address internal customers needs

Are you a MATCH?

CORE COMPETENCIES :

Organizational Commitment

Flexibility

Customer Service Orientation

Communicating Effectively

Teamwork and Cooperation

Developing Others

Managing Competing Priorities

Solution Focused Decision Making

Entrepreneurial Thinking

KEY COMPETENCIES (abbr.)

Listening and RespondingActs to help

Analytical Thinking (AT)Makes complex plans or analyses / creates new models

Information Seeking (INF)Does research / involves others

Concern for Order and Quality (CO)Develops systems

Team Leadership (TL)Promotes team effectiveness

Impact and Influence (IMP)Uses complex influence strategies

Self Confidence (SCF)Presents confidence in own ability

Self Control (SCT)Calms others in very stressful situations

We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.