The Procurement Manager will focus on driving savings and managing a category performance of several indirect categories, including, but not limited to: MRO, Facility Categories such as Janitorial/Sanitation, Security, HVAC, Roofing, Yard Maintenance, Plumbing, Safety and Facility Maintenance, IT (primarily software), Professional Services, Document Storage. Key activities include: managing vendors, utilizing a Procure-to-Pay (P2P) system, conducting QBR’s, negotiating contracts and implementing strategic sourcing activities. Key skills/experience: project management, strong analytics, conduct RFP’s and category management.
Responsibilities
Responsible for managing categories globally to drive savings, process improvement and meet key performance indictators 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
Develolp 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 practies 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.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
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