Lead Strategic Procurement Advisor

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Procurement

About Us 

 

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.  

 

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there. 

     

Who We Are 

  

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.  

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them. 

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms. 

What We Do 

 

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs. 

 

Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.* For more information, visit transamerica.com.  

Job Description Summary

Our Procurement Team has an exciting opening for a Lead Strategic Procurement Advisor role in our Finance/Financial Assets/Market Data group. In this role you will lead procurement strategy development, supplier selection, negotiation and contracting, and relationship management for your assigned areas. Additionally, this role will be responsible for managing the contracting process for Market Data services. This lead role will also have opportunities to mentor others on procurement best practices and strategies.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Performs a full range of contracting duties and responsibilities, which include redlining, negotiation and award, gathering subject matter expert feedback, contract modification, resolution of performance problems and complex payment issues, and contract termination.

• Responsible for negotiating legal and commercial terms.

• Creates and administers supplier request for proposals (RFPs).

• Recommends and implements category procurement and commodity sourcing strategies to achieve strategic plans for market data.

• Leads cross functional teams to develop and execute local or global strategies covering categories and commodities across a broad customer base.

• Performs market research and analysis t