North America Procurement Assistant

At DuPont, we are working on things that matter; whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. 

If you would like to be a part of a premier multi-industrial company that is delivering sustainable solutions that bring real purpose and value, of a company with collaborative spirit because it believes that we work best when we work together as a team and values the diversity of thought, then DuPont is the company for you!

We are excited to share that on May 22, 2024, DuPont announced plans to separate(1) into three industry-leading, independent publicly traded companies. This strategic move will create focused businesses with distinct investment profiles. We believe the proposed separations will create opportunities for all three future companies to better serve their customers and unlock long-term value for stakeholders. This process is expected to take 18-24 months from the date of announcement to complete. We are committed to supporting our employees throughout this transition and ensuring a smooth and successful separation process. We look forward to welcoming new talent who are interested in contributing to the continued success and growth of our evolving organization.

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Our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter! 

Have the Opportunity to chart your own course, challenge yourself, and acquire new capabilities to build a rewarding and fulfilling career. We reward employees with competitive pay and incentives to recognize skills, competencies, and contributions to business results. 

Get to Experience a collaborative environment where teamwork is celebrated with flexibility that enhances balance and an inclusive atmosphere that is welcoming to all!

Get to know our Purpose and make it yours by bringing innovations to market that improve the world, share a commitment to sustainability that makes our planet better and give back to communities in which we work and live.

North America Procurement Assistant you will be a member of the Global Procurement team. This is a global position instrumental in supporting the procurement agreements and transactional work for sites in North America. This position has numerous varied and complex tasks which must be handled efficiently and effectively to ensure that client, supplier, and buyer needs are met and is the primary interface regarding all matters related to inquiries, purchase orders, invoicing, purchasing documents and any other client service-related items in the handling of Procurement transactional work.

Your key responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparing, negotiating, managing, and coordinating agreements supporting the procurement of various materials and services.

-Buyer of record with execution authority

-Points of negotiation may include, but not limited to - terms and conditions, lump sums, labor rates, mark-ups, and terms of payment

-Create white paper agreements.

• Analyze orders to ensure correct Terms & Conditions are used for the work being performed. As buyer of record, may engage Legal on Terms & Conditions during the negotiation process with suppliers
• Monitor agreements to ensure that they do not expire. Upon expiration, make the decision and/or work with the buyer to address whether the agreement will be extended, canceled, or recreated.
• Serve as a resource to new buyers regarding Sourcing & Logistics policies and procedures.
• After negotiations are complete by buyer, independently lead and handle all end-to-end processes. This includes setting up agreements appropriately, ensuring the correct Terms & Conditions were used by buyer and raising questions/concerns if any found, obtaining authorizations, executing the agreement by getting appropriate signatures, and implementing agreements.
• Collaborate with supply chain and/or contract administrators to ensure agreements are implemented at the site level.
• Serve as key contact to handle day-to-day needs of the sites and suppliers, as well as use discretionary judgment to resolve issues that may arise in the absence of the buyer.
• Respond to critical delivery issues and use judgment to resolve issues in a prompt manner. 
• Resolve supply, and invoicing issues with suppliers. Interface with both internal clients and external suppliers to resolve issues without leadership direction.
• Initiate, develop, facilitate and/or implement process improvements specific to service centers, commodities, and/or site procurement processes.
• Create standard operating procedures and training documents. 
• Participate on global teams to drive standardization across global service centers.
• Participate in ISO 9001 internal and external audits
• Drive to improve KPI performance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related field is preferred
• Strong customer service skills, be client focused and possess very strong interpersonal skills to deal effectively with the varying tasks and demands in this role.
• Strong communication skills, embraces and adapts to change, flexible and has a positive attitude.
• Strong computer (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) capability and procurement systems (SAP) experience.
• Skilled at standardizing and simplifying processes to enable consistency in work practices across the center.
• Strong organizational skills to manage the heavy workload in this position.
• Candidates must be able to work independently, requiring minimal supervision and possess strong time management skills, and have the ability to set priorities and deliver against their yearly goals.
• Being a strong team player who helps to create a positive environment and jumps in to help team members without being asked.
• Experience in more than one buy category.

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(1)The separation transactions are subject to satisfaction of customary conditions, including final approval by DuPont's Board of Directors, receipt of tax opinion from counsel, the filing and effectiveness of Form 10 registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, applicable regulatory approvals, and satisfactory completion of financing.  For further discussion of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could impact the achievement, expected timing and intended benefits of the separation transactions, see DuPont’s announcement.