Industrial JobsProcurement Specialist - Labor
The Judge Group
Location
Minneapolis, MN, 55441
Job Type
Full Time
Date Posted
30 May 2026
Role: Procurement Specialist - Labor
Job Type: Fulltime
Location: Plymouth, MN
Responsibilities:
• The Procurement Specialist- Labor team is responsible for the development of vetting, negotiating, selecting and assigning 3rd party labor partners to projects
• The goal of this position is to provide both internal and external customers with the best quality pricing and timely installation of projects while minimizing costs
• Identify and vet additional regional and national 3rd party lighting installers that meet all required licenses and insurance standards
• Develop and maintain relationships with labor partners
• Negotiate with 3rd party labor partners and improve pricing/costs of labor partners to ensure optimal margin results and profitability
• Participate in labor partner program by providing input in performance measures, accountability, utilization, incentives, and best practices
• Manage escalated issues related to labor partner execution
• Create and maintain Intent to Bid documents (ITBs)
• Create POs from awarded labor
• Accountable for data entry and maintaining Salesforce & Oracle
• Creation of Request for Quote packages for Labor Partners including SOW, RFQs, Spec Sheets, etc
• Manage the filing and storage of the RFQ packages
• Maintain labor data in Smartsheets
• Gather data and present at yearly Labor Partner Summit
• Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Expertise in presenting and communicating with labor partners
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong problem-solving, financial management and analytical skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel used for tracking and analysis
• Ability to take direction from multiple people, prioritize work and meet deadlines with limited supervision
• Able to work well in a team environment as well as individually
• Detail-orientated, high degree of accuracy and ability to multi-task
• Labor Partner procurement and negotiations
• Workload planning for labor partners
• The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds
• 10% travel, with some overnights required
Job Type: Fulltime
Location: Plymouth, MN
Responsibilities:
• The Procurement Specialist- Labor team is responsible for the development of vetting, negotiating, selecting and assigning 3rd party labor partners to projects
• The goal of this position is to provide both internal and external customers with the best quality pricing and timely installation of projects while minimizing costs
• Identify and vet additional regional and national 3rd party lighting installers that meet all required licenses and insurance standards
• Develop and maintain relationships with labor partners
• Negotiate with 3rd party labor partners and improve pricing/costs of labor partners to ensure optimal margin results and profitability
• Participate in labor partner program by providing input in performance measures, accountability, utilization, incentives, and best practices
• Manage escalated issues related to labor partner execution
• Create and maintain Intent to Bid documents (ITBs)
• Create POs from awarded labor
• Accountable for data entry and maintaining Salesforce & Oracle
• Creation of Request for Quote packages for Labor Partners including SOW, RFQs, Spec Sheets, etc
• Manage the filing and storage of the RFQ packages
• Maintain labor data in Smartsheets
• Gather data and present at yearly Labor Partner Summit
• Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Expertise in presenting and communicating with labor partners
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong problem-solving, financial management and analytical skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel used for tracking and analysis
• Ability to take direction from multiple people, prioritize work and meet deadlines with limited supervision
• Able to work well in a team environment as well as individually
• Detail-orientated, high degree of accuracy and ability to multi-task
• Labor Partner procurement and negotiations
• Workload planning for labor partners
• The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds
• 10% travel, with some overnights required
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