Sr Strategic Sourcing Specialist

The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of four years' experience in strategic sourcing or category management of indirect spend within the energy industry, covering areas such as HR, IT, Facilities, Marketing, and Finance/Accounting.

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO LIST ALL OF THE DUTIES THAT ARE OR MAY BE PERFORMED IN THIS POSITION

Primary Duties

Minimum Requirements

Educational/Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related technical discipline with a minimum of four years' experience in strategic sourcing or category management of indirect spend within the energy industry, covering areas such as HR, IT, Facilities, Marketing, and Finance/Accounting. Professional Registration is preferable.

Communication Skills:

Must be able to develop and maintain effective business relationships with internal clients as well as supplier representatives. Effective interpersonal and communication skills are a must. Requires the ability to prepare and give effective professional presentations at all levels of the organization. Must be able to direct, lead and facilitate cross-functional teams. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers in order to obtain and/or provide explanations and/or information on details necessary for strategic sourcing activities.

Numeric Skills:

Must be able to develop and utilize economic total cost of ownership models for the evaluation of vendor proposals. Requires the ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages and simple statistical methods.

Computer Skills:

Requires intermediate computer skills for economic analysis (e.g. MS Excel) and correspondence (e.g. MS Word). Requires knowledge of: integrated purchasing and inventory control databases (Such as: Oracle, SAP, etc.), and contract management / sourcing applications (Such as Oracle, Ariba, Workday, etc.)

Work Conditions:

Works in an office environment with some domestic travel (20 - 30%)

Requires occasionally performing activities including, but not limited to, bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and/or lifting.

Atmos Energy Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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