P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Advanced
Lead moderate-value procurement projects, negotiate with suppliers, and implement cost-saving initiatives; mentor junior buyers.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Lead moderate-value procurement projects
- Negotiate with suppliers
- Implement cost-saving initiatives
- Mentor junior buyers
- Lead procurement projects
- Negotiate supplier contracts
- Mentor junior team members
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Project management
- Negotiation
- Cost analysis
- Mentoring
- Analytical skills
- Procurement project management
- Supplier negotiation strategies
- Cost-saving techniques
- Stakeholder engagement
- Negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Analytical thinking
What good looks like
- 5–8 years in procurement, including vendor negotiations and project leadership
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field
- Experience in cost-saving initiatives
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations (inferred)