Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CBRE is a global leader in commercial real estate and investment services. The Procurement Sr. Analyst in a Lab Services role will manage service contracts, negotiate with suppliers, and provide financial and administrative services to clients, ensuring data integrity and supporting sourcing requirements.
Responsibilities
• Manage service contract renewals
• Provide exceptional customer service and comprehensive financial and administrative services to clients by working closely with Operations Teams and Finance department
• Negotiate terms with suppliers to achieve the best value solution for the client
• Liaise with vendors and the client to assure the alignment regarding service needs and cost
• Understand and interpret service contract needs using data provided
• Maintain data integrity of databases and make changes as required to enhance accuracy, usefulness, and access
• Collect and rationalize complex data from many sources. Conduct advanced financial evaluation
• Ensure data integrity and accuracy. Use data from many sources to create a complete overview that includes improvements and recommendation
• Maintain contract tracker documents with contract renewal information (PO number, date PO raised, final pricing, approval date)
• Present the results of reports along with their relative impacts on the business
• Design, generate, review, and implement reports to support account, client, and global sourcing requirements
• Support new supplier onboarding as required
• Contribute to savings projects and strategies
• Drive implementation of savings opportunities to ensure customer and contractual financial savings
• Point of contact for key processes in subject teams and day-to-day functions
• Review forecasts and investigate trends in general business conditions. Make strategic recommendations to business
• Apply general knowledge of standard principles and techniques/procedures to accomplish assigned tasks and solve routine problems
• Have a broad knowledge of own job discipline and some knowledge of several job disciplines within the function
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. May convince to reach an agreement
• Impact the quality of own work and the work of others on the team
• Work primarily within standardized procedures and practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
• Explain complex information to others in straightforward situations
Skills
• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 2-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered
• Previous experience in Procurement/Sourcing
• Experienced with negotiations
• Understanding of existing procedures and standards to solve slightly complex problems
• Ability to analyze possible solutions using technical experience to apply appropriate judgment and precedents
• Excellent PC based skills, with in-depth experience and knowledge of Microsoft Office products (examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and Smartsheet
• Strong organizational skills with an inquisitive mindset
• Able to track and manage multiple tasks in parallel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to communicate and develop effective relationships with people at all levels across the business
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• High motivation to complete responsibilities timely and accurately with additional focus on comprehensiveness
• Demonstrate the ability to work independently
• Self-motivated, reliable & flexible team player, who is able to work on own initiative
• Calm manner, able to work under pressure and with changing demands and priorities
• Results driven and task-oriented abilities
• Prior experience in managing and overseeing 3rd party service contracts related to lab equipment preferred
Company Overview
• Operating across every dimension of commercial real estate, CBRE sees more so you can do more. It was founded in 1906, and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.cbre.com.