[Hiring] Procurement Senior Specialist @CohnReznick

Role Description

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Procurement Senior Specialist – Multi-Commodity to join the Corporate Services team.

The Procurement Senior Specialist – Multi-Commodity will support the continued growth and maturity of the firm’s procurement function. This role will help drive:

• Strategic sourcing
• Supplier management
• Contract review
• Cost optimization
• Procurement governance across a broad range of indirect spend categories

The Procurement Senior Specialist will partner closely with business stakeholders to:

• Understand purchasing needs
• Evaluate supplier options
• Support negotiations
• Ensure procurement activity aligns with firm policies, budget expectations, risk requirements, and business priorities

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing activities across multiple indirect spend categories, including professional services, facilities, office services, marketing, HR-related services, financial services, business operations, travel, supplies, and other business services.
• Partner with stakeholders to define business requirements, evaluate suppliers, compare pricing, and recommend sourcing strategies that balance cost, quality, risk, compliance, and business need.
• Support supplier selection, onboarding, performance management, renewal reviews, and vendor rationalization efforts.
• Negotiate supplier pricing, service levels, commercial terms, and contract protections in partnership with business owners, Legal, Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Review supplier agreements before Legal review to confirm business terms, pricing, service requirements, renewal language, approvals, and procurement documentation are complete and accurate.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cost, consolidate spend, standardize buying channels, improve supplier value, and strengthen procurement compliance.
• Maintain sourcing documentation, supplier records, approval history, savings tracking, and other procurement materials to support governance and audit readiness.
• Contribute to procurement process improvements, tools, templates, workflows, reporting, and automation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations, or a related field required.
• 6+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, or related business operations.
• Experience supporting sourcing events, supplier evaluations, pricing analysis, contract negotiations, and vendor management across multiple indirect spend categories.
• Strong understanding of procurement best practices, contract review, supplier governance, cost analysis, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to analyze spend data, supplier proposals, pricing models, total cost of ownership, and business impacts.
• Strong communication, negotiation, organization, and project management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Procurement or supply chain certification such as CPSM, CSCP, CPM, CPP, or similar.
• Experience in professional services, financial services, tax, audit, advisory, or business services environments.
• Familiarity with procurement, ERP, contract management, or workflow tools such as SAP, Coupa, Oracle, Workday, Ariba, or similar platforms.
• Experience developing sourcing templates, vendor scorecards, savings trackers, procurement policies, or supplier governance models.

Key Competencies

• Strategic sourcing and category support
• Vendor management and supplier performance
• Contract and commercial review
• Cost analysis and value delivery
• Stakeholder partnership and communication
• Procurement governance and compliance
• Process improvement and change support

Benefits

• Generous PTO
• Flexible work environment
• Expanded parental leave
• Extensive learning & development
• Paid time off for employees to volunteer