Category Sourcing Specialist - Remote

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Job Title

Category Sourcing Specialist - Remote

Requisition Number

R6741 Category Sourcing Specialist - Remote (Open)

Location

Arizona - Home Teleworkers

Additional Locations

Alabama - Home Teleworkers, Alabama - Home Teleworkers, Arkansas - Home Teleworkers, Colorado - Home Teleworkers, Connecticut - Home Teleworkers, Delaware - Home Teleworker, District of Columbia - Home Teleworkers, Florida - Home Teleworkers, Georgia - Home Teleworkers, Idaho - Home Teleworkers, Illinois - Home Teleworkers, Indiana - Home Teleworkers, Iowa - Home Teleworkers, Kansas - Home Teleworker, Kentucky - Home Teleworkers, Louisiana - Home Teleworkers, Maine Home Teleworkers, Maryland - Home Teleworkers, Massachusetts - Home Teleworkers, Michigan - Home Teleworkers, Minnesota - Home Teleworkers, Mississippi - Home Teleworker, Missouri - Home Teleworker, Montana - Home Teleworkers, Nebraska - Home Teleworkers {+ 19 more}

Job Information

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG), a AAA insurer, is one of the top personal lines' property and casualty insurance groups in the U.S. Our employees proudly live our core beliefs and fulfill our enduring purpose to help members prevent, prepare for, and recover from life's uncertainties, and we're proud of the culture we create together. As we commit to progress over perfection, we recognize that every day is an opportunity to be innovative and adaptable. At CSAA IG, we hire good people for a brighter tomorrow. We are actively hiring for a Category Sourcing Specialist. Join us and support CSAA IG in achieving our goals.

Your Role:

The Category Sourcing Specialist uses Project Management, Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Negotiations, and Contracting skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with an understanding of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing industry practices., The Category Sourcing Specialist will be responsible for a wide range of Strategic Sourcing and Contracting working support of CSAA business and IT needs, and in support of the CSAA Strategic Sourcing team.

Your work:

• Focuses on standard procurement activities involving suppliers and supplier coordination.
• Facilitates contracting and contract renewal activities supporting the Strategic Sourcing team, including but not limited to Contract Approval Routing in Coupa, and submissions to the Procurement Operations for PO requirements.
• Facilitates negotiations with legal and business/project representatives.
• Sourcing experience and market knowledge related to the appropriate spend categories.
• Finalizes and executes Statements of Work, Orders, Change orders, Basic Master Agreements, amendments, renewals, and extensions.
• Participates in contract negotiations, may occasionally lead the team through the process of contract negotiations. Negotiates price and contractual terms/conditions to help achieve cost savings and risk mitigation.
• Works closely with Legal, senior sourcing personnel, the Sourcing Manager, other internal stakeholders, and business clients, including IT.
• Develops contracts within their category of expertise assigned.
• Proficiently learns and navigates Procurement Technology, particularly Coupa.
• Able to service the Business and answer general Procurement and Sourcing-related questions.
• Supports management of the collaborative supplier relationship.
• Develops RFP's, RFI's and RFQ's integrating requirements from business and technical clients including functional and operational requirements.
• Facilitates the development of the selection scoring methodology and process with business, technical and legal stakeholders. Collects and organizes data (in excel) for team to review and score when handled outside of automated tools.

Required Experience, Education and Skills

• 2+ years procurement experience with an emphasis on RFP, RFI, and RFQ development.
• 1+ years sourcing experience and market knowledge related to the applicable category (Technology, Professional Services, IT Outsourcing or Corporate).

What would make us excited about you?

• Preferred experience in Coupa or other procurement software.
• Actively shapes our company culture (e.g., participating in employee resource groups, volunteering, etc.)
• Lives into cultural norms (e.g., willing to have cameras when it matters: helping onboard new team members, building relationships, etc.)
• Travels as needed for role, including divisional / team meetings and other in-person meetings.
• Fulfills business needs, which may include investing extra time, helping other teams, etc.

CSAA IG Careers

At CSAA IG, we're proudly devoted to protecting our customers, our employees, our communities, and the world at large. We are on a climate journey to continue to do better for our people, our business, and our planet. Taking bold action and leading by example. We are citizens for a changing world, and we continually change to meet it.

Join us if you

• BELIEVE in a mission focused on building a community of service, rooted in inclusion and belonging.
• COMMIT to being there for our customers and employees.
• CREATE a sense of purpose that serves the greater good through innovation.

Recognition: We offer a total compensation package, performance bonus, 401(k) with a company match, and so much more! Read more about what we offer and what it is like to be a part of our dynamic team at https://careers.csaa-insurance.aaa.com/us/en/benefits.

In most cases, you will have the opportunity to choose your preferred working location from the following options when you join CSAA IG: remote, hybrid, or in-person. Submit your application to be considered. We communicate via email, so check your inbox and/or your spam folder to ensure you don't miss important updates from us. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].

As part of our values, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at CSAA IG. We actively celebrate colleagues' different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.

We are always recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the U.S. workforce. The diversity of our team fosters a broad range of ideas and enables us to design and deliver a wide array of products to meet customers' evolving needs.

CSAA Insurance Group is an equal opportunity employer.

The national average salary range for this position is $80,820- $89,800. However, we have a location-based compensation structure. Our salary ranges vary and are calculated based on county of residence. The full salary range for this position across all the states we hire in is $72,810 - $107,900. This role also includes an opportunity for a company-wide annual discretionary bonus, through our Annual Incentive Plan (AIP), of up to 8% of eligible pay.

If you apply and are selected to continue in the recruiting process, we will schedule a preliminary call with you to discuss the role and will disclose during that call the available salary/hourly rate range based on your location. Factors used to determine the actual salary offered may include location, experience, or education.

Please note we are hiring for this role remote anywhere in the United States with the following exceptions: Hawaii, Alaska and California. California exception does not apply to existing CA employees.

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