Jobs in Smyrna Georgia

Job Title: Underwriter - Miscellaneous Medical

Division: Specialty Risks

Reports To: As per Beazley's organisation chart

Key Relationships: Brokers, Underwriters, Claims staff, Coverholders, external Clients and Suppliers

Job Summary: To underwrite a Miscellaneous Medical & Life Sciences account within the Healthcare Team and provide counsel and advice on Underwriting related issues. Provide technical expertise in this business area and maintain and improve market reputation of the Beazley brand.

Key Responsibilities:

Underwriting

• Develop and underwrite a profitable portfolio of Miscellaneous Medical & Life Sciences business as part of the Healthcare team.
• Structure tailor-made solutions by considering the team underwriting parameters and underwriting policy and using underwriting knowledge and experience to win new business and retain existing.
• Monitor premiums, costs and claims ratios per contract and take corrective measures if necessary to ensure long term profitability at account level.
• Evaluate appropriate risk premium by considering the risk costs, reinsurance cessions, capital exposure as well as the underwriting and general administration costs to ensure profitability, using rating models as applicable.
• Monitor peer underwriters in their daily work to ensure profitability as well as efficient and cost effective administration of the French and continental European Miscellaneous Medical & Life Sciences account.
• Monitor and supervise assistants in their daily work to ensure compliance with underwriting philosophy and policy and consistency within the team and Specialty Risks.
• Comply with Beazley's underwriting control standards for business written through Lloyd's, or Beazley's internal MGAs.
• Develop a good working relationship with the claims managers on this class of business.

Client Management

• Advise, assist and service clients on insurance and risk matters to ensure clients' satisfaction.
• Foster positive relationships with clients to get a mutual understanding of both their and Beazley's needs.
• Maintenance of good business relationships with brokers.
• Maintain awareness of overall Beazley product range and take advantages of opportunities to introduce other Beazley products to clients.

General

• Leverage networking opportunities within the business to develop standardised underwriting policy and best practice within Beazley.
• Develop best practice and disseminate business and class knowledge within the Healthcare and Specialty Risks team.
• Work with peers within Healthcare and Specialty Risks to maximise business opportunities and profitability within the department. This will include but not be limited to sharing market information, marketing sources and cross selling opportunities.
• Share and gather knowledge within the Beazley Group to ensure dissemination of best practice and maximise business opportunities and profitability across the Group.
• Production of presentations and marketing literature as required.
• Production of business plans/research documents for the Miscellaneous Medical & Life Sciences account as required.

It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere to Beazley's core values - Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing - as they contribute to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers. We also expect Beazley employees to:

• Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct
• Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system
• Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers
• Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs
• Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley's underwriting control standards, Beazley's claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management
• Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any Beazley committees or working groups

Personal Specification:

Skills and Abilities

• Proficient underwriting skills
• Accurate and numerate
• Computer skills - good working knowledge of MS Office, advanced Excel skills
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
• Able to communicate effectively with others, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritise
• Motivational skills

Knowledge and Experience

• General commercial and financial knowledge
• Experience in insurance industry
• Experience of Healthcare underwriting
• Thorough knowledge of underwriting policy, philosophy and practice
• Advanced knowledge of underwriting processes and systems
• Client service experience

Aptitude and Disposition

• Result focused, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic
• Professional approach to interact successfully with managers/colleagues/external suppliers
• Team worker as well as able to work on own initiative
• Customer focused, with a strong ethic of service and fairness to the customer

Competencies

• Achievement drive
• Analytical thinking
• Strategic thinking
• Service focus
• Team working
• Forward thinking
• Conceptual thinking

• Minimum 5 years of underwriting experience in healthcare-related insurance segments such as Miscellaneous Medical, Allied Healthcare, or Healthcare Professional Liability, including risk assessment, pricing, and portfolio management.
• Advanced analytical and financial skills with the ability to interpret underwriting guidelines, perform exposure evaluations, and make data-driven decisions.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and complex formulas) and strong communication skills for negotiating terms and presenting underwriting decisions to brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders.

Who We Are:

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years' experience helping people, communities and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to inspire our clients and people with the confidence and freedom to explore, create and build - to enable businesses to thrive. Our clients want to live and work freely and fully, knowing they are benefitting from the most advanced thinking in the insurance market. Our goal is to become the highest performing sustainable specialist insurer.

Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions and contingency; covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons.

Our Culture

We have a wonderful mix of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds at Beazley with over 2,000 of us working around the world.Employee's diversity,experience and passion allow us to keep innovating and moving forward, delivering the best. We are proud of our family-feel culture at Beazley that empowers our staff to work from when and where they want, in an adult environment that is big on collaboration, diversity of thought and personal accountability. Our three core values inspire the way we work and how we treat our people and customers.

• Be bold

• Strive for better

• Do the right thing

Upholding these values every day has enabled us to become an innovative and responsive organization in touch with the changing world around us - our ambitious inclusion & diversity and sustainability targets are testament to this.

We are a flexible and innovative employer offering a friendly, collaborative, and inclusive working environment. We actively encourage and expect applications from all backgrounds. Our commitment to fostering a supportive and dynamic workplace ensures that every employee can thrive and contribute to our collective success.

Explore a variety of networks to assist with professional and/or personal development. Our Employee Networks include:

• Beazley RACE - Including, understanding and celebrating People of Colour

• Beazley SHE - Successful, High potential, Empowered women in insurance

• Beazley Proud - Our global LGBTQ+ community

• Beazley Wellbeing - Supporting employees with their mental wellbeing

• Beazley Families - Supporting families and parents-to-be

We encourage internal career progression at Beazley, giving you all the tools you need to drive your own career here, such as:

• Internal Pathways (helping you grow into an underwriting role)

• iLearn (our own learning & development platform)

• LinkedIn Learning

• Mentorship program

• External qualification sponsorship

• Continuing education and tuition reimbursement

• Secondment assignments

The Rewards

• The opportunity to connect and build long-lasting professional relationships while advancing your career with a growing, dynamic organization

• Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related bonus

• Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance

• Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance

• 401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting

• 22 days PTO (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), 11 paid holidays per year, with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs

• Up to $700 reimbursement for home office setup

• Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance

• Up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave

• Up to 2.5 days paid annually for volunteering at a charity of your choice

• Flexible working policy, trusting our employees to do what works best for them and their teams

Salary for this role will be tailored to the successful individual's location and experience. The expected compensation range for this position is $120,000K - $160,000K per year plus discretionary annual bonus.

Don't meet all the requirements? At Beazley we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every requirement and qualification in the job specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.

Job Title: Distribution and Marketing Data Product Manager

Division: Beazley Shared Services - Data Management

Location: Multiple Locations, US

Hybrid Role

Reports To: Head of Data Products

Key Relationships: Chief Data Office, Data Leadership Team, Data Owners, Distribution and Marketing, CRM, Data Governance and Quality, Data Stewards, Data Architects, Delivery Team members, Technology Team, Finance, Underwriting, Operations and other Business Stakeholders

Beazley:

Beazley is a global specialist insurance company with over 30 years' experience helping people,

communities, and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our products are wide ranging from cyber & tech to marine, healthcare, financial institutions, and contingency, covering risks like the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons.

We are a flexible and innovative employer offering a friendly, collaborative, diverse and inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from all backgrounds. Collaboration in office spaces is important and we use a hybrid approach with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week.

We have a wonderful mix of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds at Beazley with over 1500 of us working around the world. Employee's diversity, experience and passion allow us to keep innovating and moving forward, delivering the best. We hire people with wide perspectives, and we have set bold diversity targets as we work towards excellence.

Data @ Beazley:

Our Data team supports Beazley's vision by...

* Being bold through pioneering & championing an exciting vision of how people interact with data

* Facilitating innovation by leading the pace of change in data & analytics, and facilitating the latest capabilities and innovative technologies

* Doing the right thing by providing a controlled working data environment that allows all business domains to thrive independently

* Being the single source of truth for enterprise-wide reporting metrics and KPIs

Our Data team is located at multiple offices across UK, Europe and the US. The specified home office location options provide the best balance for being co-located with key Data Office colleagues and business stakeholders.

The Role:

Data is one of Beazley's greatest assets and this roles is critical to supporting our Distribution and Marketing insights, which includes Customer, Broker and Marketing data. We're seeking a strategic and technically savvy Data Product Manager to lead the strategy, development and evolution of data products and insights that empower our distribution and marketing teams. This role is critical to aligning our data, unlocking insights, and informing growth opportunities across our specialty portfolio. In this role, you will also work to mature data literacy and capabilities as Beazley undertakes a significant investment in modernization, enabling you to embed a culture of data excellence and innovation in our delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with the global Distribution and Marketing team to understand, prioritize and develop data products and insights that support their business strategy.

• Build and own a roadmap to provide regular updates on delivery commitments for data products, insights, enhancements and queries.

• Manage stakeholder relationships to support the growth strategy for Beazley customers, brokers, teams and products.

• Produce insights and key data trendsthat highlight business performance, RoI, efficiencies and game-changing growth opportunities.

• Inspire the adoption and use of insights to drive decisions in investment and operations that improve efficiency and drive growth by leading demonstrations and hands on training sessions.

• Lead a team of Product Owners, Product Analysts, Business Analysts and a development team to deliver and maintain data products and insights; maintaining a backlog of work within Jira.

• Represent the business in data governance discussions, escalating issues as appropriate.

• Ensure that data product development considers policy, methodology and standards, and ensure these are adhered to during product development.

• Evaluate the performance of your data product portfolio against KPIs defined by the business and provide feedback on the value delivered.

• Proactively anticipate business needs and look for opportunities to bring innovation or new approaches into the user design, experience, product development and insights.

• Relentlessly focus on the Distribution and Marketing team as a customer, delivering high quality data and insights that are clear and inspire action.

• Partner with the Data Governance Group and CRM solution team (Customer Relationship Management) to drive improvements in our Customer and Broker data quality through MDM and other tools.

• Provide leadership, direction, development and support to direct reports (including off-shore resources).

Essential Criteria:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics or related field; Master's degree preferred

• Proven experience in data product management, marketing analytics or distribution strategy, preferably in insurance or financial services

• Experience working with data, building data models, and sharing insights

Skills and Abilities:

• Strategic and curious with the ability to design and develop data and insights that support our Distribution and Marketing team's goals, planning, performance and incentives that drive growth

• Understand the specialty insurance market, customer segmentation and distribution channels, with experience in North America, Lloyd's, Retail and Wholesale markets preferred

• Ability to lead workshops that help your stakeholders identify data needs and articulate their desired user experience, with the ability to build dashboards preferred

• Strong organization and communication skills with the ability to direct work, document requirements and present demos

• Advanced technical skills with the ability to dive into the data, identify anomalies, and provide high quality, trusted data

• Understanding of Specialty Insurance principles and key drivers to create opportunities, loyalty and growth

Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience in Data Products, Data Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Economics or related fields in Insurance, Financial or sales organizations preferred

• Strong understanding of MDM and CRM systems and their use with Customer and Broker data

• Proficiency in data visualization (Power BI), analytics platform (Snowflake), dashboard design and data storytelling

• Experience working with insurance data, and in particular a strong understanding of pipeline intelligence for sales growth/ targeting and performance

• Ability to use predictive modeling to drive an understanding of performance, customer behavior, and prospective renewals/ growth to help the Distribution Sales team focus on the best opportunities

• Experience managing relationships and teams of stakeholders, business analysts, data analysts, data architects, data modelers, data engineers and testers using agile processes

• Skills in data engineering technologies like Kafka, Snowflake / Snowpark, DataBricks, Jira and Agile principles

• Experience in managing and manipulating large internal and external datasets

• Knowledge of relational and dimensional database structures, theories, principles, and practices

• Driven and proven team player with ability to work with all levels in a highly intellectual, collaborative, and fast paced environment

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to tailor them appropriately for different audiences, technical backgrounds, and seniority

Who We Are:

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years' experience helping people, communities and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to inspire our clients and people with the confidence and freedom to explore, create and build - to enable businesses to thrive. Our clients want to live and work freely and fully, knowing they are benefitting from the most advanced thinking in the insurance market. Our goal is to become the highest performing sustainable specialist insurer.

Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions and contingency; covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons.

Our Culture

We have a wonderful mix of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds at Beazley with over 2,000 of us working around the world. Employee's diversity, experience and passion allow us to keep innovating and moving forward, delivering the best. We are proud of our family-feel culture at Beazley that empowers our staff to work from when and where they want, in an adult environment that is big on collaboration, diversity of thought and personal accountability. Our three core values inspire the way we work and how we treat our people and customers.

• Be bold
• Strive for better
• Do the right thing

Upholding these values every day has enabled us to become an innovative and responsive organization in touch with the changing world around us - our ambitious inclusion & diversity and sustainability targets are testament to this.

We are a flexible and innovative employer offering a friendly, collaborative, and inclusive working environment. We actively encourage and expect applications from all backgrounds. Our commitment to fostering a supportive and dynamic workplace ensures that every employee can thrive and contribute to our collective success.

Explore a variety of networks to assist with professional and/or personal development. Our Employee Networks include:

• Beazley RACE - Including, understanding and celebrating People of Colour
• Beazley SHE - Successful, High potential, Empowered women in insurance
• Beazley Proud - Our global LGBTQ+ community
• Beazley Wellbeing - Supporting employees with their mental wellbeing
• Beazley Families - Supporting families and parents-to-be

We encourage internal career progression at Beazley, giving you all the tools you need to drive your own career here, such as:

• Internal Pathways (helping you grow into an underwriting role)
• iLearn (our own learning & development platform)
• LinkedIn Learning
• Mentorship program
• External qualification sponsorship
• Continuing education and tuition reimbursement
• Secondment assignments

The Rewards

• The opportunity to connect and build long-lasting professional relationships while advancing your career with a growing, dynamic organization
• Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related bonus
• Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance
• Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting
• 22 days PTO (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), 11 paid holidays per year, with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs
• Up to $700 reimbursement for home office setup
• Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance
• Up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Up to 2.5 days paid annually for volunteering at a charity of your choice
• Flexible working policy, trusting our employees to do what works best for them and their teams

Salary for this role will be tailored to the successful individual's location and experience. The expected compensation range for this position is $130,000-$150,000 per year plus discretionary annual bonus.

Don't meet all the requirements? At Beazley we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every requirement and qualification in the job specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.

We are an equal opportunities employer and as such, we will make reasonable adjustments to our selection process for candidates that indicate that, owing to disability, our arrangements might otherwise disadvantage them. If you have a disability, including dyslexia or other non-visible ones, which you believe may affect your performance in selection, please advise us in good time and we'll make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.

**Contract position**

The Category Manager leads implementation of category procurement strategy, developed in partnership with Category Directors and high-level business stakeholders. This role oversees the execution of the end- to-end procurement process, ensuring excellence in all activities and compliance to policy. The Category Manager is responsible for assisting leadership in identifying workforce planning needs.

This hybrid (2 days in office) position will report to the Agencies and Media Category Lead, based in the Smyrna GA location.

Responsibilities include:

• Partner with business or functional stakeholder leads to develop and align category-specific procurement strategies and contribute to the development of a comprehensive annual strategic plan for the relevant category, incorporating category strategies that align with overall business goals.
• Relay insights and market intelligence from team analysis to Category Lead to inform strategic decision-making, staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and market dynamics.
• Manage strategic value drivers with key category suppliers to secure collaborative partnerships that challenge the status quo to achieve cost savings, optimize processes, and enhance overall procurement value.
• Manage and monitor supplier performance on sustainability and environmental, social, and governance
• (ESG) measures, working alongside suppliers to enhance sustainable and responsible sourcing practices.
• Enable Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) strategies, driving innovation with key category suppliers and collaborating to enact creative and cutting-edge solutions to deliver on long-term business needs.
• Implement mitigation strategies to proactively manage procurement risk across the relevant category, overseeing process and policy compliance.
• Ensure effective project management from initiation to completion, managing and driving cross-functional teams to deliver strategic category-related projects.
• Implement opportunities for process optimization and efficiency gains, leveraging data analytics to develop long-term continuous improvement programs that achieve strategic objectives.
• Assist with the end-to-end procurement process from sourcing strategy to contract negotiation and execution, enabling negotiations with category suppliers and facilitating decisions by conducting required analysis and preparation.
• Monitor and report progress toward performance targets. Identify capability gaps and assist in developing focused action plans to address workforce requirements and team needs.

Accountabilities

Strategic Guidance

• Drive consistent execution of the Category Strategy throughout internal (UCB) and external (supplier) stakeholder interaction; identify any realignment or revisions as needed
• Provide insights from market trends, competitive landscape and the dynamics within Agency Industry, and interaction with the business, to inform evolution of the Strategy
• Develop and evolve supplier segmentation
• Develop commercial relationship models in line with the business strategy
• Ensure standard frameworks for sustainability assessment within the spend category are populated

Stakeholder Engagement and Process Support

• Independently manage Requests for Information/Proposals/Quotes as needed to support US business needs
• Provide fact-based sourcing recommendation for supplier selection, inclusion or exclusion
• Adept in implementing complex projects with a focus on effective change management.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and synergies across the eco-system
• Ensure sustainability is included as a criteria for Supplier selection

Supplier Management

• Strong capacity and experience building and managing collaborative supplier relationships, aligning procurement activities with business need and category strategy.
• Safeguards the KPI’s and SLA’s as negotiated in the contracts
• Supports assessment of commercial performance within the spend category
• Acts as an escalation point for selected suppliers
• Ensure sustainability assessment meets Sustainability targets or flag for improvement
• Identify potential suppliers as Preferred Agencies and facilitate contract modifications to achieve this designation, and support existing Preferred Agencies to maintain designation contracting
• Ensure collaboration with Legal and other internal departments when needed for contract completion
• Negotiate terms and conditions with suppliers
• Ensures risk management strategies are embedded into contracts (when applicable)
• Ensure sustainability is embedded into contracts
• Share and support plans for commercial risk contingencies

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in strategic Procurement roles
• Relevant experience with Agencies (Creative, Medical Communications, Media) or Marketing Category
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred
• Tactical expertise in category management, including market
• analysis, cost and financial assessment, ensuring strategic and informed procurement decisions.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, facilitating empathetic interactions, effective communication, and robust relationship-building across a matrixed organization.
• Able to adapt and thrive in a dynamic team environment, operating in a cross-functional organization
• Strong communication skills and ability to build lasting business relationships
• Project management: overlapping tasks, projects, timelines, and deliverables
• Adept in drafting, negotiating, reviewing and managing contracts; understanding of relevant legal terms and business risks or implications
• Familiarity with procurement and finance tools and platforms [SAP/Ariba, PowerBI, Globality, Icertis (contracts)]
• Proficient in Category data/spend analysis and forecasting, market assessment, forward thinking and “connecting dots”
• Ability to think creatively, influence without authority, promote change with internal and external stakeholders
• Embrace inclusion and collaboration

**Contract position**

The Procurement Specialist will play a crucial role in supporting the US Marketing/Selling & Impact Procurement Team by actively contributing to the execution and evolution of the category strategies that align with company objectives and the business needs of our internal stakeholders.

This position will report to the Agencies and Media Category Lead, based in the Smyrna GA office.

Procurement is tasked with delivering value, optimizing commercial leverage, mitigating risk, promoting sustainability, and managing suppliers, balancing investment with results.

• Categories: Agencies and Media (primary); Data Acquisition and Market Research; and Patient Support Services
• Responsibilities include: Engages in sourcing and negotiation, Supplier Relationship Management, strategic alignment, risk management, cost optimization, and collaborative efforts to enhance industry performance.
• Builds solid relationships with the extended stakeholder eco-system to fully understand the business and their requirements.
• Is responsible for handling end to end sourcing operations.
• Advocates the existing Buying Channels and enables an improved stakeholder experience
• Aligns with the Procurement Lead on execution of category strategies
• Engages with the COE on analytics, and other relevant value adding technology platforms
• Supports the Sustainability (environmental and social) & Risk department in the relationship with the suppliers in their whelm of influence
• Comply with existing regulatory, compliance, and audit requirements work with Associate Procurement Value Lead to facilitate co-ordination across FFG category in the areas of Sustainability, Preferred Vendor, Buying Channel, and Supplier Relationship management.

Accountabilities

• Network Strategy
• Translate the Procurement strategies within the business
• Manage and nurtures selected suppliers’ relationships
• Provide insights from sourcing experience and interaction with the business
• Supplier Segmentation
• Assist on developing supplier segmentation based upon his expertise (contracting/business)
• Develop commercial relationship models in line with the business strategy
• Supplier Selection
• Identify potential suppliers by applying target vendor lists or supporting in the identification of alternatives
• Responsible for maintaining commercial relationship with Suppliers
• Support sourcing recommendation to defined governance groups
• Contracting
• Handle Full RFI / RFQ processes with excellence using the procurement vetted tools
• Consider the market trends, the competitive landscape and the dynamics around the supply markets
• Provide fact-based sourcing recommendation for the supplier selection
• Ensure collaboration with the Legal department for setting up the appropriate terms
• Negotiate T&C with suppliers
• Safeguards the KPI’s and SLA’s as negotiated in the contracts
• Performance Management
• Supports assessment of commercial performance within the spend category
• Acts as an escalation point for selected suppliers

Risk Management

• Ensures risk management strategies are embedded into contracts (when applicable)
• Share and support plans for commercial risk contingencies
• Sustainability
• Ensure standard frameworks for sustainability assessment within the spend category are populated
• Ensure sustainability is embedded into contracts
• Ensure sustainability is included as a criteria for Supplier selection

Other activities

• Approve POs (within threshold), and other compliance activities as defined by different SOPs and governance bodies
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and synergies across the eco-system

Qualifications

• Bachelors
• Relevant operational and/or academic background for the spend
• portfolio under assignment.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in similar strategic Procurement or Sales roles
• Previous Experience in Pharma Industry Companies and/or in
• Mktg/Medical/Media/Mkt Research Agencies working for Pharma industry would be recommended

Competencies

• Collaborative, adaptable, and able to thrive in a dynamic environment
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to build lasting supplier relationships
• Managing procurement projects, timelines, and deliverables
• Proficient in drafting, reviewing, and managing contracts, understanding of legal terms and implication
• Proficiency in data analysis and procurement software.
• Great communication skills - ability to think creatively, engage in effective communication and promote change with internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Team player, fostering diversity and inclusion, capable of operating in cross-functional, cultural teams
• A good knowledge of supplier markets in the assigned portfolio

We’re recruiting for a global clinical research company seeking a Shipping & Receiving Specialist to support their clinical operations team. This role handles domestic and international shipments in a fast-paced, detail-focused environment.

Responsibilities:

• Process and ship domestic and international packages
• Prepare labels, invoices, and shipping documents
• Review and verify paperwork before shipments go out
• Check shipments against manifests
• Maintain shipping databases and supplies
• Stage materials for carrier pick-up
• Keep work area clean and organized

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• At least 1 year of shipping, warehouse, or logistics experience
• Strong attention to detail
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.

ABOUT THE JOB:

The Construction Estimator will be responsible for accurate quantity surveys, preparation of subcontractor and vendor work scopes, quote analysis, and estimating the cost of self-perform work. The Estimator will be a self-starter and work efficiently with some supervision. The Estimator must be able to meet critical deadlines and have the ability to work as part of a team. Other duties include, but are not limited to:

• Aid in developing full-scope cost estimates based on proposal documentation on a variety of negotiated bids, hard bids, design-build and GMP projects for various public and private clients
• Interpret and analyze project drawings and technical specifications, proposals and other documentation
• Responsible for accurate, detailed quantity take-offs from project drawings and technical specifications
• Assist in developing the initial project plan and project execution schedule
• Responsible for the preparation and documentation of project estimate following estimating policy and procedures
• Prepare detailed, comprehensive subcontractor and vendor work scopes
• Solicit subcontractor and vendor quotations
• Analyze and compare subcontractor and vendor quotations. Liaise with subcontractors and vendors for clarification of issues and scope
• Present and promote work product and findings to senior and executive management
• Perform research for means and methods, materials, costs and construction techniques and services
• Perform site visits on pursuits and ongoing projects, attend industry trade and outreach events
• Assist project team with quantity takeoff, pricing and bidding of construction projects and various disciplines of the project

· Shows creativity and resourcefulness to gain better pricing from subcontractors

· Submits 100% of bids and budgets by the bid deadline

· Enters all relevant information into database

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Our ideal candidate will be supportive in a team environment; think “big picture" and take into account long term implications while constantly analyzing ways to improve performance and product
• Bachelor’s Degree - Construction Management, Engineering or similar technical training/experience
• Excellent computer skills, including proficient in Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of negotiated bids, hard bids, design-build and GMP processes
• Experience dealing with subcontracts, subcontractors and/or self-perform work
• Ability to read drawings, modification designs, technical documents and other engineering deliverables to accurately estimate the total cost of projects
• Extreme attention to detail, highly analytical with the ability to meet aggressive deadlines
• Strong follow-up skills and ability to organize timelines
• Strong technical and non-technical written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively
• Strong organizational skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast paced environment
• Strong track record of building and maintaining solid relationships with internal and external customers, subcontractors and vendors
• Self-motivated, able to work independently to complete recurring tasks and respond to department requests and to collaborate with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify quality solutions.
• Working knowledge of all crafts (ability to read and understand specifications and plans for all trades
• US Citizenship (will be verified)
• Drug Free (will be tested)
• Pre-employment background check

Border Patrol Agent (BPA) Entry Level

NEW RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVES!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Duty assignments available at the time of offer may include the Southwest Border, including prioritized locations.

U.S. Border Patrol determines duty assignments at the time of offer based on operational needs, which may or may not align with candidates' first-choice preferences. Relocation may be required.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE INCENTIVES – SEE SALARY SECTION BELOW

The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) offers those interested in a career in law enforcement an opportunity to work with an elite team of highly trained professionals whose camaraderie, pride, and purpose are hallmarks of their daily mission of protecting America.

If you seek an exciting and rewarding job that provides excellent pay, exceptional federal benefits, and job stability, now is the time to make your move. U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), within the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is hiring immediately for these full-time, entry-level, career Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) opportunities.

Salary and Benefits

Annual Base Salary for newly appointed BPAs varies per grade, as follows:

GL-5/GL-7 $49,739 - $89,518 per year

Duty location impacts pay rates; locality pay for federal law enforcement is higher in some locations than others. A fully trained BPA may be eligible for up to an additional 25% of base pay per the BPA Pay Reform Act of 2014. This is a career ladder position with a grade level progression of GL-5, GL-7, GL-9, GS-11, and GS-12. You will be eligible for a promotion to the next higher grade level (without reapplying) once you successfully complete 52 weeks in each grade level.

Border Patrol Agents are eligible to select from an array of federal employment benefits that include health, dental and other insurance plans, a generous annual and sick leave program, and participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement plan akin to a traditional ROTH 401(k) offering.

*Recruitment Incentive* Newly appointed Border Patrol Agents (as defined in 5 CFR 575.102 ) will be offered up to a $20,000 incentive. The first $10,000 will be paid upon successful completion of the Border Patrol Academy, with the remaining $10,000 awarded for accepting a prioritized location. Prioritized locations include Sierra Blanca, TX; Presidio, TX; Sanderson, TX; Comstock, TX; Lordsburg, NM; Freer, TX; Hebbronville, TX; Ajo, AZ.

*Retention Incentive* Newly appointed Border Patrol Agents may also qualify for up to $40,000 in additional incentives distributed over their first four years.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a BPA, you will be part of our 60,000+ workforce that strives to protect the American people by safeguarding our borders, deterring illicit activity, and enhancing the nation's economic prosperity. Being a BPA makes you a valuable member of the Federal Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) profession.

Typical assignments include:

• Detecting and questioning people suspected of violating immigration and custom laws and inspecting documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations
• Preventing and apprehending undocumented noncitizens and smugglers of noncitizens at or near the borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions to include using infrared scopes during night operations
• Interpreting and following tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry of persons or contraband
• Performing farm checks, building checks, traffic checks, city patrols, and transportation checks
• Patrolling the international boundary and coastal waterways using a variety of government assets such as vehicles, horses, vessels, watercraft, off-road vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and motorcycles for the accomplishment of the USBP Mission.

Qualifications

You qualify for the GL-5 grade level if you possess one of the following:

Experience: One (1) year of general work experience that demonstrates the ability to take charge, make sound decisions, and maintain composure in stressful situations; to learn regulations, methods, and techniques through classroom training and/or on-the-job instruction; and the ability to gather concise information through questioning, observation, and examination of documents and records; OR

Education Substitution: A bachelor's degree or successful completion of a full four-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; OR

Combination of Experience and Education: A combination of general work experience AND successfully completed college education. This will be calculated using your resume and official or unofficial transcripts submitted with your application.

You qualify for the GL-7 grade level if you possess one of the following:

Experience: One year of specialized work experience that shows you have the skills necessary to:

• Make sound judgments and decisions in the use of firearms.
• Deal effectively with people in a courteous and tactful manner in connection with law enforcement matters.
• Analyze information rapidly and make prompt decisions where you will be expected to make arrests after the completion of required training and apply these skills in a law enforcement capacity such as criminal code enforcement, determining violations of laws, correctional or rehabilitation work involving criminal offenders, security, military, etc.

The above experience will be applied in connection with the following: Make arrests and exercise sound judgment in the use of firearms; deal effectively with people in a courteous manner in connection with law enforcement matters; analyze information rapidly and make prompt decisions; or develop and maintain contact with a network of informants.

Education Substitution for the GL-7 grade level: A bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement, which is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average (i.e., GPA of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0), or (3) honor society membership. Or will receive a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement. Or one full year of graduate-level education in a field of study related to law enforcement (e.g., criminal justice, homeland security, justice studies, law enforcement, courts and judicial systems, forensic technology, forensic psychology, or corrections and rehabilitation) from an accredited college or university; OR

A Combination of Experience and Education: This will be calculated using your resume and official or unofficial transcripts submitted with your application.

Note: If you have previous or current law enforcement or military law enforcement experience, you may qualify at the GL-9 and or GS-11 grade level. Please refer to the BPA GL-9 - 11 announcement.

Other Requirements

Citizenship: You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.

Residency: You must have had primary U.S. residency (includes protectorates as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years.

Age Restriction: In accordance with Public Law 100-238, this position is covered under law enforcement retirement provisions. Candidates must be referred for selection to the Border Patrol Agent position before reaching their 40th birthday in accordance with Department of Homeland Security Directive 251-03. The age restriction may not apply if you are currently serving or have previously served in a federal civilian law enforcement (non-military) position covered by Title 5 U.S.C. 8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C. 8412(d).

Veterans' Preference: You may also be eligible for an excepted service Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA). The age restriction does not apply if you are Veterans' Preference eligible.

Formal Training: After you are hired, you will be detailed to the U.S. Border Patrol Academy in Artesia, New Mexico, for approximately six (6) months of intensive instruction in immigration and nationality laws, law enforcement and USBP-specific operations, driver training, physical techniques, firearms, and other courses. Border Patrol work requires the ability to speak and read Spanish, as well as English. Border Patrol Agents will be provided training to become proficient with the Spanish language at the Academy.

How to Apply:

Click the Apply button on this site. You will be linked to the CBP Talent Network registration page. For Position of Interest, select Border Patrol Agent, then complete the pre-screening questions.

You'll then receive a link(s) to the BPA Job Opening Announcements (JOAs) on USAJOBS, the federal government's official employment site, to complete your application. Be certain to review ALL details of the job opportunity announcement and follow all instructions in the application process, including items (resume, transcripts, etc.) to submit. You will be evaluated based on your resume, supporting documents, and the BPA Entrance Exam.

If you have questions about the application process, contact a recruiter through the U.S. Border Patrol page: /s/usbp.

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