At Infinidat, a Lenovo company, we empower enterprises and service providers with cutting-edge storage platforms that redefine performance, reliability, and cyber resilience at scale. Infinidat is looking for an experienced In-direct Procurement specialist looking to grow professionally in a dynamic leading company. You will be responsible, among other responsibilities, for leading the global Facilities, Marketing, Info Sys, Service Providers, HR categories. As a subject matter expert in these global categories, this position is expected to significantly contribute to the procurement team by working closely with cross functions teams to understand their business needs, identify potential suppliers, negotiate contracts, and manage vendor relationships. You will lead procurement strategies and initiatives to ensure the company sticks to budget and profitability.

Responsibilities:

* Plan, execute and manage the end-to-end procurement process
* Conduct supply market research to provide category intelligence and benchmarks on industry dynamics, trends, and best practices.
* Deal with complexed and challenging legal contracts.
* Build excellent relationships with respective global functions in the organization to understand their procurement needs, act as a subject matter expert and effectively lead procurement initiatives.
* Negotiating with suppliers to achieve best terms and commercial results.
* Identify and lead cost reduction initiatives to achieve financial goals.
* Review existing and new contracts with suppliers to ensure compliance with procurement policies and lead their renewals.
* Build and maintain long term relationships with suppliers and monitor suppliers' performance.

We are responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies as well as
recommending product innovations based on improving technology. The position
requires an interest in market dynamics, negotiation and pricing, manufacturing
processes, on time delivery, vendor management and risk mitigation.
Description
Develop a nuanced understanding of the electronic components landscape to forecast
industry trends and gauge emerging competitive forces. Identify changes in buyer and
supplier power within core materials markets and use industry dynamics to company
advantage. Effectively work with suppliers to negotiate optimal terms for sourcing.
Understand the trade-offs between cost, volume, and quality to strike agreements that
meet company performance criteria and secure on time delivery for R&D commodities.
Collaborate across the organization to ensure business objectives are met. Includes the
ability to rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to senior leaders and to actively
identify potential supply issues that can affect engineering strategy and manufacturing
schedule . Develop an in-depth understanding of value-added manufacturing processes
and costs, reverse logistics, and market intelligence, and apply this knowledge to influence
company new technologies roadmap and sourcing decisions.
Assess and mitigate risks of
the business.
Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to communicate effectively both verbally and
in writing with internal customers and suppliers (English and Hebrew).
Responsibilities
Managing the procurement cycle including sourcing new suppliers and negotiating
Agreements.
Coordinate with cross functional teams to identify opportunities for cost reduction and on
time delivery.
Deep knowledge of the semiconductors market and electronic components
manufacturers and distributers as well as lab equipment vendors.
Working with Contract Manufacturers and understanding the internal operation procedures.
Develop and implement efficiencies, practices and procedures to support the dynamic
requirements of the R&D department.
Sourcing for R&D dynamic needs.