Sourcing SpecialistIn this job, you'll support the development and execution of strategic sourcing initiatives that enable the energy infrastructure of the future. As a member of the Operational Direct Services Procurement Team, you will collaborate with internal stakeholders and suppliers to deliver procurement solutions that drive value, innovation, operational excellence, and supplier performance. This position supports a diverse portfolio of critical sourcing categories across multiple business lines, including: Line construction, engineering and design services, civil construction, vegetation management, transmission and substation construction, generation services, major capital project construction, environmental services, and corporate real estate support. The Sourcing Specialist will be responsible for developing sourcing strategies, leading competitive procurement events, negotiating commercial agreements, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring alignment with SCE's goals for safety, reliability, sustainability, and cost effectiveness. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to projects that support California's clean energy transition while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver critical infrastructure solutions that power communities and strengthen the electric grid. As a
Sourcing Specialist, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
Responsibilities- Assists in driving innovation, improving ways of working, and enhancing supplier management systems. Aids in executing purchasing and sourcing strategies, addresses short-term and long-term material requirements to achieve the purchasing performance metrics of timely delivery, right quality and optimum cost.
- Assists with the undertaking of analysis supporting the resolution of risk issues and gap identification.
- Participates in the negotiation process to achieve best value and commercial terms and conditions of moderately complex purchase orders, change orders, requests for proposals, and contracts/agreements.
- Aids in training peers and other stakeholders on the procurement process.
- Helps maintain effective stakeholder relationships with internal customers to become a trusted business partner.
- Aids in identifying critical suppliers and creates appropriate engagement plans to ensure the supply chain risk profile and inputs to continuous improvement are proactively managed.
- Helps understand supplier's position, desired outcomes, and leverage points and establishes structured negotiation plans with clarity of desired outcomes, leverages stakeholder input and support where appropriate.
- A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
Minimum Qualifications- Three or more years of experience in supply chain, procurement, and/or contract management.
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
- Experience using SAP software in a purchasing environment, and utilizing Ariba Sourcing, Contracting, and P2P modules.
- Experience of purchasing practices and policies, and knowledge of procurement contracts and standard terms and conditions.
- Experience sourcing services.
- Experience with industry best practices, standards, utility regulations, procedures and compliance as they relate to purchasing.
- Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously, and analyzing information and making strategic decisions regarding scope, impact, policy, development, and implementation.
Additional Information - This position's work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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- Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
- Relocation does not apply to this position.
