Procurement Specialist, Senior - Information Technology

General information

Country United States State Georgia City Atlanta Job ID 47472 Department Finance And Administration Experience Level MID_SENIOR_LEVEL Employment Status FULL_TIME Workplace Type Hybrid

Description & Requirements

The Senior Procurement Specialist will lead strategic contracting and end-to-end Information Technology (IT) procurement for software, hardware, network, cloud, and related services supporting Infor’s Product Management, Product Development, and enterprise technology needs. The role owns the full supplier lifecycle—from evaluation, negotiation, and onboarding through contract stewardship, performance governance, and renewals—ensuring adherence to Infor’s commercial standards, financial guardrails, and risk controls.

As a key liaison across Product Development, Product Management, IT, Legal, Finance, Security, and executive stakeholders, this leader structures and negotiates complex commercial terms and builds long-term, value-creating relationships that scale with the business.

A Day in the Life Typically Includes:

• Lead strategic negotiations for complex IT related Agreements including, but not limited to enterprise licensing, perpetual licensing, SaaS subscriptions, services, Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Own end-to-end supplier lifecycle management, including evaluation, selection, onboarding, contract administration, and renewals.
• Translate product and IT roadmaps into proactive sourcing plans; conduct market analysis; and optimize supplier portfolios for cost, delivery, and innovation.
• Ensure compliance with commercial, financial, legal, security, privacy, and reputational controls; maintain accurate agreement and supplier data across systems.
• Govern supplier performance using KPIs and SLAs; resolve issues rapidly and drive continuous improvement and risk mitigation.
• Interpret and amend existing agreements to meet evolving business requirements, steward software asset management principles and entitlement accuracy.
• Champion (Vendor Management Office) VMO process excellence to improve cycle time, data quality, and forecasting while supporting team operations as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience in IT procurement, sourcing, vendor or product partner management in the software/IT industry.
• Experience negotiating complex software and cloud agreements and enterprise licensing models (SaaS and on-premise).
• Understanding of software de