Category Specialist

Adtalem

At Adtalem Global Education, we seek to empower students and members to achieve their goals, find success and make inspiring contributions to our global community. Adtalem is a leading healthcare educator that partners with organizations to proactively address future workforce needs and empowers career development with access to world-class academic curriculums, certifications and training programs across the medical and healthcare industries.

Adtalem institutions and companies include: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Walden University. (NYSE: ATGE; member S&P MidCap 400 Index) For more information, please visit adtalem.com.

Opportunity at a Glance

The role is responsible for purchasing a wide variety of products and services in a timely manner.  Products and services include medical supplies, shipping services, office supplies, computers, laptops, IT equipment, etc.. Applies skills and expertise in specification development for printing requirements, related commodities and services.

Responsibilities

• Buyer responsibilities (30%)

• Purchases and negotiates with Adtalem preferred suppliers.

• Leads Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with preferred suppliers.

• Maintains relationships with Adtalem preferred suppliers and is single point of contract for supplier issues.

• Administers purchase orders in the Lawson system and is SME for Supply Management Office.

• Collaborate with suppliers to identify opportunities for price reductions, rebates, discounts and process efficiencies.

• Works to resolve supplier payment issues with Adtalem Accounts Payable (AP) team.

• Analytics responsibilities (30%)

• Identifies opportunities for supplier consolidation to leverage Adtalem purchasing power; end result will reduce cost while increasing supplier service levels.

• Provides recommendations to internal customers to drive cost savings.

• Analyzes Adtalem supplier spend data by-institution and by-category to identify opportunities to reduce discretionary spend

• Drives Continuous Improvement by decreasing cycle time of requisition-to-purchase-order cycle, streamlining supplier ordering process, etc.

• Lead management and tracking of Minority and Women Owned (MWBE) supplier spend at Adtalem.

• RFP responsibilities (30%)

• Helps manage key $1M+ Adtalem cross-institutional RFP opportunities.

• Leads consolidation of scoring and pricing data from RFP teams.

• Provides analytics on RFP supplier information and develop recommendations

• Collaborates with SMEs at institutions to get their perspective on vendor selection

• Communicates results to business sponsors and executive management team

• Completes other duties as assigned.

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 3 years of experience as a buyer required.
• Experience in negotiating with suppliers 
• RFP experience
• Experience in higher education preferred
• Lawson ERP experience is required
• MS Office software expertise, especially Excel and pivot tables.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate with suppliers, finance, contract managers, campuses.

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $47766.34 and $86253.75. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/us/en/benefits.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. At Adtalem, we welcome everyone and have a strong commitment towards diversity and inclusion. We encourage our Colleagues to be their true authentic selves and support laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.