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Procurement Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Procurement Specialist with expertise in procurement technology, software agreement negotiations, and cost analysis. The role involves working in a fast-paced environment, managing sourcing RFPs, and ensuring effective use of the Coupa system for procurement processes.

Responsibilities :

• Manage and monitor the Coupa system, ensuring all purchase orders (POs) are correctly transmitted and troubleshooting any system issues.
• Review, monitor, and process requisitions, following up with users for necessary approvals.
• Run and update reports for visibility and accuracy, including contract exports and reviews related to spend, stakeholders, categories, and savings.
• Prepare and export procurement quarterly updates and year-end summaries, including Coupa implementation cost updates.
• Conduct monthly Coupa user reviews and provide training for new users.
• Manage PO change requests and record them in SharePoint, while maintaining status logs for vendor management systems.
• Update and maintain the Coupa change management log and ensure SharePoint content is current.
• Conduct supplier status reviews annually, ensuring compliance with expiring contracts, NDAs, MSAs, and supplier agreements.
• Facilitate projects and ad-hoc requests from stakeholders, including acquiring samples for testing and negotiating pricing for cost savings.
• Establish and maintain relationships within business lines, contract managers, legal, and sales groups to complete purchasing requests effectively.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure completion of necessary vendor documentation in accordance with sourcing and procurement procedures.
• Manage contracts and license agreements, ensuring obligations are met and renewals or replacements are scalable.
• Troubleshoot and resolve process issues impacting internal stakeholders.

Essential Skills :

Additional Skills & Qualifications :

Work Environment :

This is a hybrid role requiring three days onsite, with the potential to reduce to one day. The work environment includes free lunch each day, and complimentary beverages such as beer, wine, espresso, coffee, soda, sparkling water, and juice.

Job Type & Location :

This is a Contract position based out of Plano, TX.

Pay and Benefits :

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $45.00 / hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following :

Application Deadline :

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 19, 2025.

About Actalent :

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.