What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Manager position at Apiture?
At Apiture, our mission is to empower financial institutions to know and serve their clients with the care of a traditional community institution at the scale, speed, and efficiency required in today’s digital world. With hundreds of clients throughout the U.S., we deliver comprehensive online and mobile solutions that support banks and credit unions, ranging from small community financial institutions to new, innovative direct banks.
Summary
Apiture is looking for a focused Procurement Manager to oversee our procurement processes and vendor relationships. If you have strong experience in procurement, contract management, and vendor negotiations, and can handle budgets and sourcing strategies efficiently, we want to hear from you.
Location (Wilmington, NC, Austin, TX, Remote):
We have offices in Wilmington, NC and Austin, TX and while some positions need to be office based, we will also consider remote candidates in our preferred time zones of CST/EST.
Responsibilities
Summary
Apiture is looking for a focused Procurement Manager to oversee our procurement processes and vendor relationships. If you have strong experience in procurement, contract management, and vendor negotiations, and can handle budgets and sourcing strategies efficiently, we want to hear from you.
Location (Wilmington, NC, Austin, TX, Remote):
We have offices in Wilmington, NC and Austin, TX and while some positions need to be office based, we will also consider remote candidates in our preferred time zones of CST/EST.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the management of Apiture’s procurement processes.
- Effectively track and manage the budget of the procurement division.
- Lead a team of 2-3 associates.
- Create and manage the RFP process for new vendors and contractual relationships to ensure high quality, capable, financially stable vendors are selected to perform services for Apiture.
- Create standards and tiers for vendors to ensure consistency across contracts.
- Negotiate the most favorable terms possible for Apiture in all vendor contract negotiations.
- Be responsible for managing optimal outcomes for all third-party contracts, including new contracts, renewals, buyouts, and early terminations.
- Develop and implement productive sourcing strategies for Apiture, as applicable.
- Clearly identify and communicate which Apiture senior leader is responsible for each existing vendor/partner relationships or serve as the responsible leader for third party relationships lacking ownership.
- Manage all third-party contracts and sourcing arrangements.
- Negotiate most favorable terms with new and renewed business partnerships.
- Examine and re-evaluate existing contracts.
- Be the “one stop” for contract management on all external vendor relationships
- Adheres to all company policies and procedures
- Cross-organizational influence and communication is critical for success in this role.
- A bachelor’s degree or commensurate industry experience
- 10 years experience in procurement or supply chain
- Experience leading and managing a small team
- 7 years in software, banking or financial services
- Experience negotiating win-win outcomes for multiple parties
- Experience with digital banking a plus
- Preferred experience in Fintech industry
- Project Management certifications a plus
- Strong oral and written communications skills
- Strong internal and external negotiation skills
- Understanding of how the bank makes money
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and proactive thinking skills
- Sense of urgency “always on”
- Strong strategic thinker
- Understands problems on multiple levels (Customer, regulatory, operational, credit, sales, workflow, etc.)
- Creates a “presence” 1:1 and in group settings to drive solutions and establish focus on outcomes