Procurement Manager

Our client has a outstanding opportunity for a Procurement Professional. Onsite 2-3 days per week. Salary up to $130K plus 10% Bonus and Full Benefits.

Procurement Manager will strategize to find cost-effective deals and suppliers and discover the best ways to optimize the supply base. This is a 1 person Department.

• Centralized Procurement Authority: Oversee and support the procurement process, ensuring a streamlined and compliant approach to buying and using goods and services. Educate end users and requisitioners on policy, process and tools.
• Ensure proper input from compliance, legal and information security departments.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams to understand evolving requirements and ensure the procurement strategy and potential suppliers support these needs effectively.
• Vendor Relationship Management: Forge and maintain strategic relationships with vendors, from onboarding to contract renewal, ensuring competitive pricing, high quality, timely delivery of products and services and responsive services.
• Strategic Negotiation and Contract Management: Leverage strong negotiation skills to support and assist functional leaders, and at times lead negotiations, to secure favorable terms with vendors. Perform thorough contract reviews and cost analyses to maximize value from our investments.
• Usage Optimization: Collaborate with our IT team to regularly review usage to align with actual needs, identifying
• Spend Analysis, Market Research and Vendor Sourcing: Scout for new vendors, geographies and procurement channels, assessing opportunities to improve cost-efficiency and operational alignment.
• Compliance and Risk Mitigation: Maintain vigilant compliance with legal and regulatory standards, proactively managing risks associated with procurement.
• Continuous Improvement. Optimize procurement processes and implement technology solutions to improve efficiency.

Qualifications:

• College Degree and 5 years of work experience with increasing responsibility & a track record of accomplishments, preferably within the procurement function of one or more technology companies.
• Spending $10 mil/ year in software.
• Need someone to focus on YOY cost.
• First task is to get an understanding of the annual spend, using our spend management tool that will provided benchmarking data, and negotiating assistance.
• This person will start the function. Policies, procedures, process improvement. Reports to SR director of FP&A
• Good soft skills, working a lot with key stakeholders, sales developers executives.
• They have some consultants in there now doing contract negotiations.
• This person has help with the consultants
• Proven experience in indirect procurement & technology.
• Expertise in procurement automation.