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Job Description
Position Summary
TTX Company is seeking a highly organized, analytical, and customer-focused Supply Coordinator Indirect Spend to support procurement activities across multiple indirect spend categories, including office supplies, MRO services, equipment, promotional items, welding, and gas. This role is responsible for strategic indirect category management, including owning RFQs and sourcing support, negotiating contracts, managing supplier SLAs, coordinating with departmental teams to support procurement planning, preparing formal bid presentations, processing purchase orders, supporting supplier onboarding, analyzing spend, and ensuring procurement compliance. The successful candidate will work closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure goods and services are acquired in a cost-effective, compliant, and timely manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage competitive bidding activities, including RFQs, bid evaluations, and supplier communications.
- Process purchase requisitions and purchase orders in accordance with company policies and approval requirements.
- Review supplier proposals, quotations, contract terms, and SLAs to ensure alignment with business needs.
- Analyze spend data and identify and present opportunities for cost savings, supplier consolidation, and process improvement.
- Maintain sourcing, purchasing, supplier, and contract documentation to support compliance and audit requirements.
- Resolve purchasing, invoicing, pricing, and supplier-related issues in collaboration with internal stakeholders and vendors.
- Prepare procurement reports, dashboards, and performance metrics using tools such as Oracle, Power BI, and Excel.
- Build strong supplier and internal customer relationships while delivering responsive procurement support.
- Promote adherence to company purchasing policies, procedures, and ethical sourcing practices.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance procurement efficiency and user experience.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align procurement strategies with business goals.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 2-4 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, sourcing, buying, category management, supply chain, or contract administration.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience reviewing quotes, bids, contracts, and supplier proposals.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, and data analysis.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Agile and flexible mindset with the ability to respond quickly in a dynamic business environment.
Preferred
- Experience supporting indirect spend categories such as MRO services, office and industrial supplies, IT, facilities, HR, or equipment.
- Experience with Oracle Fusion or other ERP/procurement systems.
- Experience with Power BI, SQL, or other reporting tools.
- Familiarity with supplier onboarding, contract administration, strategic sourcing, and spend analysis.
Core Competencies
- Procurement & Commercial Acumen
- Analytical Thinking
- Customer Service Orientation
- Attention to Detail
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Communication & Collaboration
- Compliance & Process Discipline
- Continuous Improvement
- Planning & Prioritization
Physical Job Requirements
(The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
General office environment; may be required to travel. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit (remain stationary within work area) and use hands to finger, handle, feel and reach. The employee is occasionally required to move about (stand, walk). The employee must occasionally lift and/or transport up to 10 pounds. Correctable vision required for close, distance, and color vision capabilities.
The above job description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.
About Us
TTX Company is a leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. TTX’s pool of railcars is ideal for supporting shippers in the intermodal, automotive, paper & forest, metals, machinery, wind energy and other markets where flatcars, boxcars and gondolas are required.
TTX’s generous Total Rewards package includes Paid Time Off, Health, Dental and Vision benefits, and 401(k) with company match. This position participates in Railroad Retirement.
TTX Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
What we do:
Provide reliable, cost effective an innovative railcar solutions for the markets we serve.
- Ensure an injury-free work place.
- Build and develop a highly capable team of subject matter experts and leaders at every level in our organization.
- Bring new product and process innovation to the rail car industry.
- Continuously improve our products, processes and systems in a cost effective manner by using modern design techniques and data analytics.
- Achieve, maintain and support cross company alignment with the TTX company mission statement.
