Procurement Manager

Role Overview

• Responsible for managing categories globally to drive savings, process improvement and meet key performance indicators for category, including compliance and monitoring of contracts in alignment with company policies
• Develop RFI’s & RFP’s, conduct in-depth analytics across multiple systems and from various divisions/countries
• Provide category recommendations, counter-proposals, and negotiate to identify and deliver savings to the organization; maintains product quality standards and focuses on reducing costs
• Develop compliance monitoring programs to ensure implementation strategies are measurable and successful
• Review and provide recommendations to the Senior Procurement Manager and Vice President of Procurement, in coordination with business stakeholders, developing best-in-class category strategies
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organizations including local, regional and corporate leadership; understand their unique needs and ensure category strategy addresses/meets their needs
• Support and maintain Procurement policies and processes, including improving vendor payment terms, contract management, driving sustainability initiatives and managing vendors
• Draft and review contracts with vendors including SOW’s, MSA’s and addendums
• Cross functionally operate with legal, finance and operations to ensure company policies and best practices are followed
• Identify and drive continuous improvement processes and reporting
• Establishes strong relationships with vendors, facilitates communication, and works to ensure products or services provided meet company requirements
• Leads the evaluation of suppliers and works to reduce vendor risk by developing scorecards and analyzing vendor performance.

Requirements

• 3-5 Years of full-time experience in vendor negotiations, Company expense analysis and strategic sourcing activities for an organization (public or private)
• Experience with procurement and vendor management systems, including Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Source-to-Pay (S2P), and Spend Analytics
• Minimum 15% Travel requirement.
• Typical office environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances
• 401k plan with 100% match for the first 4% contributed
• 15 days of PTO each year