Procurement Category Manager II (Remote)

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About the Role:

The Procurement Category Manager is responsible for developing the global sourcing strategy for the Technology category across all departments. The person in this position would be recognized as a senior sourcing expert for Technology-related categories, would liaison with legal, act as Procurement ambassador to the business and integrate into the business to ensure a complete alignment and deep understanding of the business goals and partner in developing sourcing strategies. The goal is to be a value-added sourcing partner to the business.  Additional responsibilities include negotiating information technology contracts for software licensing, cloud hosting, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, telecom, co-location services, system consulting, computer and networking hardware, server products, and related maintenance, and support services to be used across the entire company globally. The Procurement Category Manager position involves developing negotiation strategies, advising requestors on contract terms and conditions, monitoring cost and scope of assigned contracts to assure compliance, best value and validate/improve pricing. The Procurement Category Manager will recommend cost saving proposals including alternative sourcing and will exercise independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action.

What You'll Do:

Strategic Sourcing

• Implement global sourcing strategies for the Technology Category across all departments

• Work with various business stakeholder groups to identify and qualify new or existing capable suppliers, initiate requests for proposals/quotations (RFPs/RFQs), advise requestors with respect to contract terms and conditions

• Conduct RFP and lead cross functional teams through the selection process of preferred suppliers with effective scoring criteria to critically evaluate supplier proposals in accordance within company policies

• Lead negotiations on commercial procurement agreements, including, but not limited to, Master Agreements, Statements of Work, Change Orders balancing business deliverables, legal interests and pricing

• Conduct analysis on proposals for supply of software licensing, computer hardware, servers, data center and telecom services in support of various business functions

• Analyze total costs, assist business functions with ROI analysis, price and rate benchmarking and negotiate favorable business terms to leverage company purchasing power

• Provide global contract expertise for sourcing of Information Technology products and services

• Evaluate single sourcing requests and ensure competitiveness

• Research market intelligence to understand cost drivers and market trends

Category Management

• Develop, refine and implement category strategies and tactics that enable the procurement of technology products and services at the highest value benefit to the company

• Add value by being the subject matter expert on Technology categories/commodities and consulting internal clients on industry trends, benchmarking, and best practices

• Assist the asset management team in lifecycle management of various software assets

• Lead cross-functional meetings with various business functions and develop a communication strategy to keep internal clients informed about procurement processes, supplier strategy, and procurement policies

Supplier Management

• Manage supplier relationships with focus on supply risk management, contract risk management and cost management

• Mediate supplier issues and resolve customer / supplier contract disputes if necessary

• Lead and participate in quarterly business reviews with vendors to review performance and support mutually agreed upon improvement programs as required

• Support ad-hoc reporting needs including supplier scorecards