Vendor Sourcing Specialist

What You'll Do:

• Interview, identify and qualify new vendors in assigned market and service lines; establish and grow relationships with vendors through direct communication to achieve seamless, high-quality service and advantageous pricing.
• Negotiate pricing and service terms with vendors for contracted services while maintaining margin requirements.
• Communicate with vendors on insurance and other compliance requirements; ensure vendor meets the minimum requirements to work for Lessen.
• Ensure proper and timely onboarding of new client accounts; initiate the recurrence of existing seasonal accounts.
• Analyze opportunities and risks with vendors and vendor onboarding team; recommends resolution to leadership.
• Analyze location alignment and capacity opportunities; recommends improvements to leadership
• Understand varying scopes of work of our clients and convey those requirements to vendors.
• Establish and grow relationships with vendors.
• Take ownership of complex issues escalated by the client independently and with a sense of urgency; maintains responsibility for ultimate resolution and escalates the most consequential issues to department leadership with actionable recommendations for solutions.
• Work with operations team to identify and terminate underperforming vendors.
• Must be available to adjust work schedule during high peak periods when necessary.

You Should Have:

• Excellent Microsoft product skills - high-level experience with Excel and Word required.
• Experience/ability to setup/lead meetings or plan remote business events required.
• Bachelor’s degree or related experience.
• Experience in Facilities, Supply chain, or Procurement preferred 
• 3-5 years customer service or related experience preferred
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