Job Details
Looking for a Procurement Consultant to provide end-to-end category management support, strategic sourcing, and procurement of professional services and outsourced/technology services on a global scale under general supervision (but will work independently most of the time). This person will work on a global team, with teammates in the UK, APAC, and the US, supporting a $100M category of spend.
Responsibilities
- Professional services management
- Collaborate with Northern business partners to develop and execute sourcing and procurement strategies
- Analyze industry and vendor data / trends and make recommendations to business partners about key insights, trade-offs, and risks
- Collect requirements and specifications from partners and lead competitive bidding processes if applicable (e.g. RFx, eAuctions, etc.)
- Negotiate commercial arrangements and contracts with vendors
- Present negotiation strategies and opportunities to partners and management
- Assist with forecasting / planning processes, demand management, and developing contracts that scale future enterprise needs
- Provide thought-leadership around improvements of global policies, operations, programs and processes
- Drive vendor quality and performance improvement initiatives and harness vendor innovation ideas
- Serve as a key subject matter expert
- Carry out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impacts
- Utilize internal tools and vendor management systems to execute SOWs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor s Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or Finance (MBA preferred)
- 3+ years of relevant procurement category management experience (emphasis on contingent labor/professional services preferred)
- Previous experience with vendor management system (VMS) Beeline, and working with a Managed Service Provider preferred
- Understanding of procurement best practices
- Experience developing and implementing process improvements
- Experience with Labor Contracts, managed services contracts
- Success working with cross functional and diverse teams
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong time and project management skills
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to breakdown complex problems and resolve them through independent research and analysis
- Past experience presenting to executive and senior leadership
- Experience with sourcing and procurement applications, PeopleSoft ERP, Coupa, MS Office Suite and advanced Excel skills