Procurement Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist the Procurement Manager by offering procurement technical guidance to banks in alignment with established procurement strategies.

• Oversee daily appraisal orders.

• Develop and nurture relationships with a specific group of clients.

• Attend onboarding meetings with clients and provide advice to newcomers.

• Deliver customer service to clients, vendors, and colleagues.

• Engage in client calls or meetings as needed.

• Work with the Customer Success Team to relay client information.

• Respond accurately and swiftly to inquiries and messages from clients and appraisers.

• Escalate challenging, complex, or unique assignments to the Procurement Manager.

• Review new orders for accuracy and completeness, obtaining further information as necessary.

• Choose and assign appraisers in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Support team members with their orders.

• Follow Procurement processes and procedures diligently.

• Address inquiries related to bids.

• Review and present bids to clients.

• Request necessary documents or information to facilitate appraisal orders.

• Source appraisal bids for intricate orders.

• Follow up with appraisers to ensure timely delivery of reports.

• Communicate updates from appraisers to clients.

• Participate in weekly team meetings.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in appraisal within financial institutions and/or real-estate appraisal ordering experience from a financial institution.

• A Certified General appraiser license is preferred.

• Proven knowledge of valuation methods, techniques, and forms.

• Understanding of property rights, including fee simple, leased fee, and leasehold.

• Familiarity with and experience in applying USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice).

• Awareness of laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines governing the appraisal valuation process at financial institutions.

• Knowledge of regulations and guidelines from primary federal financial institution regulators.

• Understanding of state appraisal and appraisal-management-company statutes and board rules.

• A proactive client-service mindset.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficiency in responding to written communications via a computer system.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Technological literacy and adeptness in navigating standard office software.

🏝️ Benefits

• 3 weeks of paid time off (PTO).

• 13 company-paid holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Flexible work environment.

• Medical plans starting the first of the month after 30 days of employment.

• Dental plans starting the first of the month after 30 days of employment.

• Vision plans starting the first of the month after 30 days of employment.

• 401K plans starting the first of the month after 30 days of employment.