Enterprise Sourcing Specialist (ESS)

Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Duration: 2 Months or Duration Expected: 1.5 - 2 years

Visa Status: Any Visa But local to Richmond, VA

Job Description:

Enterprise Sourcing team within Supply Chain Management is seeking an Enterprise Sourcing Specialist (ESS) to be responsible for the sourcing and execution of Enterprise sourcing and contracts for IT solutions, goods and services.

This position assists customers (Commonwealth Executive Branch Agencies and other public bodies) in identifying how to solve IT business problems, and facilitates the process of evaluating, negotiating and selecting solutions that provide the best value to the Commonwealth and align with the Virginia Public Procurement Act (VPPA). This includes leading customers and stakeholders in the development of requests for information (RFI) and requests for proposal (RFP) documents, leading teams in evaluating supplier responses and proposals, negotiating complex contracts with suppliers and executing contract awards.

This position will serve on cross-functional sourcing teams and support the development of IT infrastructure sourcing strategy by conducting proactive market research and data and trend analysis. This position will work with other Enterprise Sourcing team members on a regular basis, including other sourcing professionals as well as financial/data focused groups to enhance automation and continual process improvement.

This position will work collaboratively with commercial contract managers, VITA service owners, financial analysts, the Multi Services Integrator and all other VITA and supplier stakeholders to ensure continual improvement of VITA’s sourcing and market engagement process and effective future sourcing.

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Sr level IT Procurement experience
Required 10 Years
Superior written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate clearly and professionally with all types of stakeholders
Required 10 Years
Experience executing request for proposals (RFPs).
Required10Years
Demonstrated Knowledge of contract development
Required 10 Years
Ability to analyze and negotiate complex high value contracts
Required 10 Years
Ability to interpret procurement law and policies
Required 10 Years
Ability to use existing templates and work instructions to complete tasks
Required 10 Years
Ability to work independently with limited supervision
Required 10 Years
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and work with all levels of staff and the general public
Required 10 Years
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business, information systems, compliance, legal, or related field preferred (or commiserate experience)
Required
Ability to work with Enterprise Sourcing peers to collectively problem solve and brainstorm solutions that can be uniformly applied
Desired 10 Years
State or local VA state agency procurement exp will be beneficial. Professional references a big plus if your candidate has prior VA state agency exp.
Highly desired