Senior Consultant, Procurement

Responsible for leading and managing critical global strategic sourcing and procurement

projects within the Business Services spend category (>$500M annual spend).

• Leads strategic sourcing events including collecting, analyzing, and presenting data and

recommendations to various levels of management across the organization on

opportunities, risks, and where to prioritize software investments.

• Responsible for contract & price negotiations across the Marketing, HR, Print and Business

Services and Applications categories.

• Thought leader with experience or interest leading Business Services Procurement staff.

• Responsible for Category Management including but not limited to category spend

analytics, multi-year strategic sourcing roadmaps, acquiring and educating the enterprise

on markets, suppliers, and trends.

• Working collaboratively with suppliers to enhance value and innovation.

• Influences and drives improvements of global policies, programs and processes.

• Leads and manages RFx (e.g. Request for Proposal, Request for Information, Request for

Quote) process, including project management, development of RFx, negotiations and

award process.

• Responsible for contract review, drafting and creation of various agreements, including

NDAs, Master Agreements (SaaS, Software License Agreements, etc.), Service Level

Agreements, Statements of Work, etc. leading and facilitating all aspects of contract

negotiations across multiple Risk Control Functions (e.g. Legal, Privacy, Risk) and ongoing

contract administration.

• Supports and monitors supplier adherence to contracts, manage suppliers via supplier

activity reporting and business/performance reviews, support and conduct supplier

scorecards, supplier rationalization and demand management opportunities.

• Manages and supports regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g. OFAC, FCPA, Spend

Analysis, Client Relationships).

• Supports and helps present Procurement performance metrics and projects to senior

management.

• Management of supplier fitness, including analyzing overall business and financial

performance of potential and existing suppliers.

• Establish and maintain relationship with key partners, education on policy/guidelines and

resolving related purchasing issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or Finance and 7 or more

years experience in Sourcing or Procurement related field focused on indirect sourcing

or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

• MBA or other advanced degree and a professional Procurement/ Supply Chain

Management designation (e.g. CSCP, CPM) are a strong plus. In depth knowledge of

supply chain management and procurement

• Strong analytical, sourcing, negotiation and communication skills. Technically adept with

basic application software; proficient in MS Office Suites with advanced Excel skills

• Experience with ERP system/ Peoplesoft, and Source to Pay (Coupa)

• Demonstrated success in time management; superior project management skills,

attention to detail, thorough and organized