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IT Commodity Manager
Milford, MA 01757
Posted: 04/27/2022
2022-04-27
2022-07-29
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Category: Engineering, Professional
Job Number: 62199
Pay Rate: 120,000
Job Description
Overview
We are currently looking for a highly motivated individual to join a dynamic and fast paced organization. If you are someone who’ s looking to bring innovation, contribute ideas, and play a part in building a world class global procurement organization we would like to talk to you.
Experience should include Indirect spend category management, category planning, supplier relationship management, managing strategic sourcing events, leading commercial negotiations, supplier contract management, implementing procurement process improvement, building internal stakeholder partnerships and should possess a working knowledge of industry trends and best practices.
Actively influence and drive change enterprise-wide and globally. Must be results driven about the customer, business cost reductions, growth initiatives, aggregating spend volume, reducing prices/costs, utilizing tools, maximizing compliance and identifying improvement opportunities.
The preferred candidate will have background knowledge in the following Indirect spend categories: Hardware, software, IT services and network/telecom.
Responsibilities
Support the standardization in purchasing methodology throughout the enterprise, in line with strategies, policies, processes and systems
Qualifications
We are currently looking for a highly motivated individual to join a dynamic and fast paced organization. If you are someone who’ s looking to bring innovation, contribute ideas, and play a part in building a world class global procurement organization we would like to talk to you.
Experience should include Indirect spend category management, category planning, supplier relationship management, managing strategic sourcing events, leading commercial negotiations, supplier contract management, implementing procurement process improvement, building internal stakeholder partnerships and should possess a working knowledge of industry trends and best practices.
Actively influence and drive change enterprise-wide and globally. Must be results driven about the customer, business cost reductions, growth initiatives, aggregating spend volume, reducing prices/costs, utilizing tools, maximizing compliance and identifying improvement opportunities.
The preferred candidate will have background knowledge in the following Indirect spend categories: Hardware, software, IT services and network/telecom.
Responsibilities
- Understand the categories and supplier markets, complexities, and has an overall vision of best in class procurement needs and practices
- Manage and execute contracts across the organization within in-scope spend categories
- Create negotiation plans with clear desired outcomes and options
- Provide quantifiable and qualifiable analysis of markets, pricing and savings
- Maintain and adhere to pertinent policies, processes and systems
- Partner with cross functional teams including but not limited to IT, Legal and Finance
- Work with stakeholders to document specific business requirements, and partner to determine the most favorable short- and long-term category strategies
- Demonstrate a collaborative approach in delivering favorable business outcomes
- Proficiently manage RFI/RFP/RFQ processes
- Lead Supplier Relationship Management activities with a focus on maximizing value and minimizing risk
- Conduct strategic business reviews (SBRs)
- Manage supplier performance measures (KPIs, SLAs, etc.)
- Proactively create and manage a project pipeline of category activities
- Effectively communicate issues, action plans and strategies to leadership
Support the standardization in purchasing methodology throughout the enterprise, in line with strategies, policies, processes and systems
Qualifications
- Bachelor’ s degree (B.A. or B.S.) in a related area of Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance or Business Management preferred
- Required Experience: Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and supplier management
- Indirect Sourcing category experience required
- Strong oral, written and presentation skills required
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required
- Solid understanding of contract principles, terms and conditions required