Required Junior Procurement Manager
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As the Procurement Manager II role you will be responsible for supporting review, classification, storage, and reporting of vendor contracts, which will include helping to implement company policy on contractual terms, strategy in contract management, and assisting with contract compliance investigations.
What You'll Do:
Manage the end to end Procurement process for our needs, including intake, document review, approvals, execution, and contractor onboarding.
Prepare, review, execute and manage the process for approval of contracts, renewals, terminations and change orders in assigned categories as needed to support
Procurement goals and objectives.
Partner with stakeholders to plan and conduct low-to-medium complexity sourcing projects, including Requests for Proposals (RFP), Requests for Information (RFI), and Requests for Quotes (RFQ).
Define deal objectives, identify sourcing solutions, and execute negotiation strategies that meet/exceed business objectives.
Lead commercial negotiations as required and in line with business objectives
Ensure financial processes are in place for processing of payments, invoices and work orders for suppliers and contracts.
Maintain relevant financial, operational and service metrics for the Procurement Department to support the goals and objectives of the department.
Review relevant vendor contracts to ensure vendor compliance with service level objectives.
Be a Liaison between vendors and the stakeholders for sourcing-related activities.
Participate in ongoing supplier governance activities. Be a resource to stakeholders for contract management and administration.
Develop and maintain contractual artefacts and participate in supplier reviews. Review SLA and other operational metrics.
Requirements: BA/BS degree. Masters in Business Administration (MBA) or related field preferred. Will accept any suitable combination of education, training and experience.
2-4 years industry experience in Services and Information Technology procurement, sourcing and contract administration
1-3 years of experience negotiating small to medium product and services agreements.
Global experience preferred
Ability to benchmark vendor spend against industry data to ensure that we consistently obtains highly competitive pricing.
Collect and analyze financial market, business, or technical information to draw conclusions and make educated recommendations impacting the sourcing event.
Ability to facilitate/conduct group meetings and presentations for internal and external clients at all levels.
Demonstrated knowledge of spend analysis techniques.
Experience with contract administration, governance and customer relationship management preferred.
Demonstrate strong interpersonal and leadership skills within a collaborative team environment with multiple stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to effectively negotiate with vendors at all levels.
Highly organized with demonstrated ability to manage multiple, shifting priorities.
Ability to maintain confidential and sensitive materials and information.
This position is open to all candidates.