This position is located within the Strategic Sourcing Office within Purchase, Pay Travel. Strategic Sourcing is responsible for identifying and managing strategic sourcing opportunities for university-wide savings on purchased goods and services.

Supports senior level roles in a wide variety of complex administrative and office functions as well as specialized technical support for academic or administrative departments.

Supports senior level roles in a wide variety of complex administrative and office functions as well as specialized technical support for academic or administrative departments.

Diverse and Sustainable Sourcing Administrative Assistant is a newly formed position created to assist the Supplier Diversity Sustainability Manager in the pursuit of increased diverse and sustainable spend at the University of Pittsburgh. Successful applicants should demonstrate a history and interest in supplier diversity, sustainable purchasing, procurement, event planning, and administrative tasks. Responsibilities may include:

Coordinate 10-20 annual supplier information sessions ofvarious sizes in coordination with Procurement Specialists and Sourcing Specialists in order to increase small, diverse,and local participating in bidding opportunities.Plan diverse and local supplier outreach and recruiting events on and off campus.Track upcoming request for proposals (RFPs) in coordination with Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing staff.Manage collection of data for sustainability reporting.Track supplier inquiries, support supplier connections with University departments including interaction of departments with suppliersTrack collection go supplier Tier II spend data.

The job duties outlined in this job description includecommon job responsibilities for this title and level of jobs
and are not intended to cover every duty. The University reserves the right to assign other duties