The Assistant, Procurement agent is responsible for sourcing equipment and services and managing vendors. They will be able to perform strategic procurement activities across multiple categories of spend, manage critical lead times, and find more profitable suppliers.  They must be professional, proactive, and positive when interacting with vendors.  They will provide and support our help service our stores.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies

• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness

• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation

• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power

• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking

• Assess, manage and mitigate risks

• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers

• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries

• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand

• Expedite critical and/or late purchased components

• Partner with the Project Managers and Operations lead to identify opportunities for improvement

• May be called upon to assist with special projects and assume responsibility for the development, administration, and promotion of specific projects, as required

• Interface with corporate resources as the administrative support of the facility

• Support the new store/remodel program

• Preform data entry input to create purchase orders and oversee the order process

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be professional, proactive, and positive. Having a passion for exceptional customer service and support is a must. Being sensitive to the unpredictable demands and uncertainties associated with customer service is a requisite to delivering superior results and exceeding the expectations of very demanding customers. Forward thinking and problem solving is a must.

Key skills and abilities:

• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management

• Able to hold vendors accountable to meet pricing and delivery; i.e. not afraid of confrontation

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

• Interest in market dynamics along with business sense

• A knack for negotiation and networking

• Ability to gather and analyze data and to work with figures

• Solid judgment along with decision making skills

• Strong leadership capabilities

• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Good verbal and written skills

• Proven organizational skills

If you need reasonable accommodations to complete the on-line application, please contact the Human Resource Department:

Phone: 1-844-MYHRSC1

Email: myHRSC@bedbath.com

This email address is only to request reasonable accommodation for the application process due to a medical condition. If you do not need a reasonable accommodation for such reason, please use the apply button below to complete an application and upload your resume.