Associate Specialist, Procurement - Strategic Sourcing - Facilities

Location: Chicago, Illinois; Chicago-area presence required.

Company

hirify.global provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services, serving global institutional and individual clients.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing for facilities, real estate, and workplace-related spend across the global portfolio.
• Analyze spend, demand, contracts, supplier performance, and market conditions to develop category strategies, sourcing plans, negotiation approaches, and savings targets.
• Run concurrent RFI, RFP, and RFQ events, including requirements definition, scopes of work, pricing models, supplier communications, proposal analysis, and award recommendations.
• Lead commercial and contractual negotiations and support supplier onboarding, implementation, service transition, and ongoing governance.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, business reviews, improvement plans, supplier consolidation, demand management, and procurement reporting.
• Partner with Corporate Real Estate, Facilities, Physical Security, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management, including end-to-end sourcing, competitive bidding, negotiation, contracting, and supplier management.
• Chicago-area presence.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, finance, engineering, construction management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• Direct experience with facilities and workplace subcategories, particularly design and architecture, construction, facilities services, physical security, and furniture or workplace solutions.
• Strong analytical, commercial, project management, communication, stakeholder-management, negotiation, and supplier-performance management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex assignments with limited oversight, develop sourcing strategies, make balanced recommendations, and secure stakeholder alignment.
• Advanced Excel capability and practical experience with e-sourcing, ERP, and contract-management platforms.
• Ability to support legal, regulatory, insurance, third-party risk, and business-continuity requirements and maintain accurate procurement records.

Nice to have

• Experience with AIA agreements, integrated facilities management outsourcing, supplier consolidation, complex real estate or capital-project sourcing, or procurement in financial services, professional services, or another regulated industry.
• Knowledge of third-party risk, regulatory compliance, business continuity, and supplier financial fitness.
• MBA or another advanced degree and a professional designation such as CPSM, CPM, CIPS, or CSCP.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment within Global Procurement with a flexible and collaborative work culture.
• Benefits include retirement benefits, including 401(k) and pension, medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, disability coverage, paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, and life and accident insurance.
• Discretionary bonus program may include an equity component.
• Accessible senior leadership, internal mobility opportunities, and an inclusive workplace.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship; visa sponsorship is not available for this opportunity.