Senior Associate - Sourcing and Procurement

Role & responsibilities

• Support Senior Sourcing and Procurement managers in executing strategic sourcing plans across multiple stakeholder groups with a strong emphasis on non-IT business unit, services including professional and implementation services Admin related procurement, transport, employee benefits, HR category, maintenance contracts, etc.
• Identify sourcing opportunities to reduce costs, increase services and manage company risk.
• Conduct research and benchmarking; collaborate across different teams to provide subject matter expertise related to the specific contractual spend or based on the assigned category spend.
• Support supplier selection process by preparing and running RFx.
• Draft and negotiate assigned contracts up to final authorization under the direction provided by Senior Sourcing and Procurement managers.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Manage the assigned contracts and suppliers in close partnership with the stakeholders.
• Continuously drive to improve program quality, budget adherence, and successful outcomes.
• Support Senior Sourcing and Procurement managers in the end-to-end category strategy mapping and defining an improvement plan for the near, mid, and long term to meet and exceed savings goals.
• Act as subject matter expert in relation to the assigned contracts, drive process improvement, P2P process, and dispute resolution for suppliers under management.

Preferred candidate profile

Years of Experience

5 years of experience in procurement with a strong focus on indirect (non-IT) procurement

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree preferred in Business, Information Systems (or MIS), Economics, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain Management. Four additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified Purchase Manager (C.P.M.) or equivalent certification (preferred)
• Excellent analytical, presentation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Action-oriented and solution-minded team player with a high degree of self-management.
• Focus on process orientation and have excellent attention to detail.
• Experience with support applications like Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Spend Analytics and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Source-to-Pay (S2P)
• Logical reasoning, analytical and problem-solving skills/methodology
• Able to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Able to balance and prioritize multiple high-priority projects.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint required.