Position Overview:

ICON has an exciting opportunity for Procurement Associate to join its Dublin-based team. You will be working with a team of experienced procurement professionals and managing an annual spend in excess of $100 million across various spend categories with local and global suppliers, who are market leaders in their field.

Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Procurement, you will form part of a global team whilst benefiting from in-person contact with peers and key stakeholders within our IT function, covering hardware and predominantly software subscriptions.

Please note this role is offered on an initial 12months FTC.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Deliver on departmental savings targets:
  • Review and manage assigned vendor/category spend and seek out sustainable cost savings whilst retaining high quality services and building long-term collaborative vendor relationships
    
    

• Vendor / category management:
  • Identify, develop and deploy best practice vendor management, category management and procurement practices which enhance procurement performance, and safeguard the requirements of internal stakeholders.
  • Leverage sustainable, long term commercial advantages for ICON including but not exclusive to cost savings.
  • Manages assigned categories, ensuring adherence to ICON policies and procedures.
  • Benchmark best practices and industry trends.
  • Monitor vendor performance to safeguard a high a quality service to ICON and compliance with all ICON processes and policies.
    
    

• Sourcing / RPF
  • Contribute to strategic sourcing projects, supporting the end-to-end process, from RFI/RFP to contract execution, evaluating the commercial proposals, assessing and identifying all risk factors, safeguarding long-term viability and sustainability of services, presenting recommendations to stakeholders.
    
    

• Contracts
  • Contribute to contract and commercial negotiations, ensuring on time execution and securing advantages terms and conditions for ICON.
  • Contract management – deliver contract execution and renewals on time, in partnership with the legal team and stakeholders
    
    

• Internal stakeholder relationship management:
  • Build strong collaborative relationships with internal teams and stakeholders eg. Finance, IT, Telecoms, becoming a trusted business advisor and a positive ambassador for the Procurement Department
  • Influencing where appropriate as a true business advisor
  • Promote a customer focused approach and stakeholder partnership though collaboration and effective communication.
  • Be a positive ambassador for the procurement department across the organization
    
    

• Procurement Operations / SMP
  • Ensure operational procurement activities are executed seamlessly, to a high standard, on time to comply with all procurement governance and policies and procedures eg new supplier onboarding, purchase order execution, contract renewals and MSA extensions.
    

This role allows for the opportunity to work with creativity, challenge yourself, and grow.

Requirements:

To be considered for this position, you will either have gained some previous experience with Procurement, or have a willingness to learn coupled with transferable skills gained in a global environment (eg Accounts Payable)

Additional requirements include:

• Excellent negotiation, communication and influencing skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and proficiency in MS Office skills (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
• Ability to work autonomously, to manage changing priorities and a busy workload
• Strategic thinking; an ability to recognise and consider emerging opportunities and risks when articulating and communicating on new agreements/proposals.
  
  

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.