Procurement Specialist- Italian Speaking

Company Description

Working at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) is more than just a job. It's a career. It's a community of people who invest in your development and empower you to blaze your own trail. Each of us is here to create real, measurable impact that moves needles. We operate beyond "roles" or "jobs" to realize the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a bigger idea. Because we believe that when you build a workforce that's designed to harness human enterprise, you design a workforce that's built for impact.

At AGS, we help companies all over the world transform their people into a competitive advantage. It's not about filling seats. It's about designing workforces to meet missions and unleash the most transformative power in business today: The power of human enterprise.

With services around the globe, we have a point of view on the future of work that enables us to be a transformative partner in the way work gets done for our clients' organizations. Meeting clients where they are, we design a plan and guide them along a transformational journey, applying bold actions and diverse minds to solve the most complex challenges - from permanent and extended workforce management to services procurement, consulting, direct sourcing and our Universal Workforce Model™.

We also represent over 100 countries and speak dozens of languages. So as you're building relationships and doing your job, you'll be exposed to other cultures and advancement opportunities while expanding your knowledge of global markets and strategies.

Job Description

Our organization serves as the MSP (Managed Service Provider) and assists with all contingent worker needs in the categories of staff augmentation, statement of work (SOW) and Independent Contractors. This role will support the statement of work (SOW) business and assist Managers with all facets of the process: proper work classification, vendor selection, SOW setup, etc. with varying degrees of complexity and/or sensitivity, ensuring that cost, quality, and delivery terms are adhered to and met.

The Procurement Specialist is a key resource and responsible for building relationships with key members within the organization including the business owner/Manager, Procurement, Legal, etc. This Specialist will be selecting and conferring with vendors to service information including price, delivery schedules; coordinate with the representatives from vendor companies and internally to construct, negotiate, and assess all contracts and services.

Responsibilities

• Deep working and demonstrable knowledge of procurement, souring or contingent workforce
• Detailed experience and knowledge of the strategic sourcing process lifecycle
• Maintain, influence and develop relationships with leadership and Executives
• Leading procurement projects including negotiation of contracts & commercial terms consistent with maximizing business value
• Manage customer's expectations through timely feedback and proactive communication
• Identify risk situations and coordinate solutions with management
• Responsible for using independent judgment and making decisions that require a great degree of creative, analytical, and problem solving ability

Qualifications

• Fluent in Italian and English
• Above average organization and customer service skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects and tasks concurrently
• Excellent interpersonal skills (written and verbal) required with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Experience in implementation of processes, policies and methodologies
• High degree of attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills including use of Excel
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and related computer skills
• At least two (2) years of experience in staffing/recruiting, procurement, or sourcing would be beneficial
• Knowledge of VMS systems is helpful
• Proven ability to manage competing deliverables on-time, on-budget, on-quality
• Be organized to handle multiple tasks with differing deliverables and deadlines
• Takes direction well
• Takes initiative and can work independently
• Quick learner

Additional Information

As a workplace, we focus on relationships - with each other, our clients and our candidates - in fact serving others is one of our core values. We support open communication and recognize that giving constructive criticism can be even harder than receiving it. We appreciate the fearless and the passionate, who force us to be better. Everything we do sits on a pillar of diversity - diverse perspectives, backgrounds and ideas drive innovation and make us successful.

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