This Global Team is involved in various projects and opportunities across the globe, working on high value deals, strategic sourcing, supplier selection, commercial negotiations, contract reviews, category strategy and analytics.
What is the Enterprise Vendor Management group responsible for
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The Enterprise Vendor Management team supports strategic initiatives and firm-wide objectives through the global management of labor and non-labor vendors for the purpose of delivering high quality vendor products and services to grow our investment management business, while optimizing the total cost of ownership.
What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Procurement Analyst
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You will be a part of the Global team covering a multi hundred-million-dollar Technology Spend Portfolio
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You will be with the Global Tech & Business teams to understand their requirements for services, products, and platforms
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You will work on new opportunities, renewals, extensions, buying additional modules, and services
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You will be responsible for completing the assigned sourcing and contracting requests, while ensuring all records are up to date
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You will follow up on requests during various stages and provide regular updates to stakeholders in the business, technology, legal, infosec and data privacy teams
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You will launch and conduct sourcing events and monitor the intake queues for technology products and services requests
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You will be involved in supplier negotiations (including contracts, commercials, sourcing events)
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You will review, comment, and redline contract documents (MSAs, SOWS, EULA, Order Forms & Others.)
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You will partner with Legal to work through conflicting or difficult positions by thinking critically to provide recommendations or alternative options
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You will manage complex high value sourcing projects from time to time, to ensure optimal pricing and mutually favorable contractual terms, while balancing risk and value
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You will build partnerships with key stakeholders and leverage relationships to influence strategic sourcing initiatives
What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful
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Minimum of 3-4 years of experience in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and/or Vendor Management with a focus in the Technology category. (Financial services industry experience is preferred)
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Minimum of bachelor s degree or equivalent experience
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A reasonable understanding of sourcing and contracting principles & methodologies
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Ability to perform data & spend analytics
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Familiarity in reviewing contracts including general contract provisions, redlines, comments, etc.
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Intermediate excel skills (Pivots, Formulas, Queries, Macros)
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Familiarity in creating sourcing events, contract requests, and contract workspaces
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Comfortable in dealing with ambiguity and navigating through situations without clear directions
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Handle multiple, sometimes competing priorities and managing them with a calm, collected approach
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Familiarity with Coupa, Ariba, Ivalua, GEP, OR other S2P application suites is a plus
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Familiarity with data visualization tools (Power BI / Qlik / Tableau) is a plus