Remote Vendor Sourcing Specialist
at Lessen
Lessen
πRemote - United States
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Summary
Join our team as a Vendor Sourcing Specialist and play a key role in sourcing, qualifying, and contracting vendors to support the Exteriors department. This full-time, hybrid role requires independent judgment and discretion to locate vendors and negotiate terms.
Requirements
- Excellent Microsoft product skills - high-level experience with Excel and Word required
- Experience/ability to setup/lead meetings or plan remote business events required
- Bachelorβs degree or related experience
Responsibilities
- Interview, identify and qualify new vendors in assigned market and service lines
- Establish and grow relationships with vendors through direct communication to achieve seamless, high-quality service and advantageous pricing
- Negotiate pricing and service terms with vendors for contracted services while maintaining margin requirements
- Communicate with vendors on insurance and other compliance requirements; ensure vendor meets the minimum requirements to work for Lessen
- Ensure proper and timely onboarding of new client accounts; initiate the recurrence of existing seasonal accounts
- Analyze opportunities and risks with vendors and vendor onboarding team; recommends resolution to leadership
- Analyze location alignment and capacity opportunities; recommends improvements to leadership
- Understand varying scopes of work of our clients and convey those requirements to vendors
- Establish and grow relationships with vendors
- Take ownership of complex issues escalated by the client independently and with a sense of urgency; maintains responsibility for ultimate resolution and escalates the most consequential issues to department leadership with actionable recommendations for solutions
- Work with operations team to identify and terminate underperforming vendors
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Facilities, Supply chain, or Procurement preferred
- 3-5 years customer service or related experience preferred
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