Vendor Engagements & Purchasing Project Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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Linda Werner & Associates, Inc

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1997

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Linda Werner & Associates, Inc. is a woman-owned technical consulting and staffing firm with over 25 years of experience specializing in placing skilled professionals in technical communication, project management, development, and related consulting roles. The company focuses on personalized, relationship-driven recruitment and consultant placement for client projects, emphasizing cultural fit, long-term relationships, and candidate fulfillment.

📋 Description

• Guide UX Research teams through purchasing and procurement processes, including contract requests and purchase order creation for research projects • Manage procurement initiatives and identify opportunities to improve purchasing processes and operational efficiency • Monitor purchasing queues, vendor engagements, and project timelines to identify bottlenecks and ensure timely resolution • Serve as a resource for purchasing and vendor-related questions, providing guidance and support to internal stakeholders • Maintain accurate vendor documentation, SOPs, team resources, and process guidelines • Independently manage projects from initiation through completion, translating business priorities into actionable tasks, deliverables, ownership assignments, and timelines • Identify operational challenges, investigate root causes, and recommend practical solutions • Coordinate across Engineering, Research, Procurement, and other business teams to resolve purchasing and system-related issues • Track system issues, document defects, coordinate resolutions, and ensure successful follow-through • Gather stakeholder requirements and develop scalable solutions to improve procurement workflows • Develop and maintain AI-enabled automations for purchasing operations, reporting, and workflow notifications • Leverage AI tools to improve productivity and automate repetitive tasks while ensuring accuracy and quality • Build and maintain trackers, dashboards, and reporting frameworks for vendor utilization, purchasing activity, and operational performance • Analyze procurement data to identify trends, process gaps, and improvement opportunities • Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports and leadership presentations with metrics, insights, and recommendations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required • 4+ years of project management experience • Experience in purchasing or procurement operations, including contract management and purchase order workflows • Ability to independently manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast paced environment • Hands-on experience using AI tools to improve productivity, automate workflows, and support operational processes while maintaining output accuracy • Strong proficiency in Google Workspace, particularly Google Sheets, or Microsoft Excel for data analysis, tracking, and reporting • Experience gathering business requirements, identifying operational challenges, and developing practical solutions • Strong analytical, organizational, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and nontechnical teams • Demonstrated accountability, attention to detail, and ability to independently drive projects to completion • Ability to investigate complex issues, recommend solutions, and appropriately escalate challenges • Availability to work Pacific Time business hours • English language required • Must not require sponsorship to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Dental insurance • Health insurance • Health savings account • Life insurance • Paid time off • Retirement plan • Vision insurance • 40 hours per week • Monday to Friday schedule • 8 hour shift

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