Job Description
- RFQ / RFP Management
- Develop, issue, and manage RFQs/RFPs across assigned categories.
- Coordinate supplier communication, clarifications, timelines, and evaluation criteria.
- Consolidate responses and prepare structured comparison summaries for category teams.
- Data Analytics & Insights
- Perform spend analysis, cost modeling, price benchmarking, and market research.
- Build analytics dashboards and support category strategy development with insights.
- Validate supplier quotes against historical buys, market indices, and technical requirements.
- Quote Evaluation & Commercial Analysis
- Analyze supplier proposals for cost, scope, lead time, and risk.
- Conduct should cost analysis and identify negotiation levers.
- Facilitate cross functional review sessions with technical and finance teams.
- Contract & NDA Support
- Review low complexity contracts, renewals, and statements of work.
- Resolve redlines for standard terms and escalate high risk items as needed.
- Prepare, track, and execute NDAs to enable smooth supplier engagement.
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Support
- Assist in supplier performance tracking, scorecards, and quarterly reviews.
- Ensure follow ups on open actions, deliverables, and issue resolution.
- Maintain accurate supplier records, risk documentation, and compliance information.
- Template & Version Control Management
- Maintain sourcing templates (RFQ, RFP, scoring sheets, negotiation trackers).
- Manage version control, updates, and standardization across category teams.
- Ensure all sourcing documentation is audit ready and aligned with governance.
- PO & Transactional Support
- Process small scale purchase orders in alignment with sourcing strategy.
- Review requisitions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance to preferred suppliers.
- Resolve minor discrepancies related to pricing, scope, or supplier setup.
- Supplier Onboarding & Graphite Connect
- Lead supplier onboarding requests in Graphite Connect.
- Validate supplier data, insurance, certifications, banking, and compliance documents.
- Partner with suppliers to complete onboarding steps efficiently and accurately.
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with Category Managers to support strategic initiatives and sourcing events.
- Work cross functionally with labs, engineering, legal, finance, AP, and procurement ops.
- Communicate updates, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders clearly and proactively.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or related field.
- 35+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain.
- Strong analytical skills (Excel, Power BI/Tableau preferred).
- Experience with RFQ/RFP processes, supplier evaluation, and contract basics.
- Familiarity with Graphite Connect or similar supplier onboarding tools preferred.
- Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholdermanagement skills.
- Ability to manage several sourcing activities simultaneously with strong attention to detail.
What You'll Experience Working For ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we're still leading the way. From day one, we've blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That's where you come in because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It's a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you'll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we're also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future one where everyone benefits.
Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com
