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General information
Country
United States
State
Georgia
City
Atlanta
Job ID
47472
Department
Finance And Administration
Experience Level
MID_SENIOR_LEVEL
Employment Status
FULL_TIME
Workplace Type
Hybrid
Description & Requirements
The Senior Procurement Specialist will lead strategic contracting and end-to-end Information Technology (IT) procurement for software, hardware, network, cloud, and related services supporting Infor’s Product Management, Product Development, and enterprise technology needs. The role owns the full supplier lifecycle—from evaluation, negotiation, and onboarding through contract stewardship, performance governance, and renewals—ensuring adherence to Infor’s commercial standards, financial guardrails, and risk controls.
As a key liaison across Product Development, Product Management, IT, Legal, Finance, Security, and executive stakeholders, this leader structures and negotiates complex commercial terms and builds long-term, value-creating relationships that scale with the business.
A Day in the Life Typically Includes:
- Lead strategic negotiations for complex IT related Agreements including, but not limited to enterprise licensing, perpetual licensing, SaaS subscriptions, services, Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Own end-to-end supplier lifecycle management, including evaluation, selection, onboarding, contract administration, and renewals.
- Translate product and IT roadmaps into proactive sourcing plans; conduct market analysis; and optimize supplier portfolios for cost, delivery, and innovation.
- Ensure compliance with commercial, financial, legal, security, privacy, and reputational controls; maintain accurate agreement and supplier data across systems.
- Govern supplier performance using KPIs and SLAs; resolve issues rapidly and drive continuous improvement and risk mitigation.
- Interpret and amend existing agreements to meet evolving business requirements, steward software asset management principles and entitlement accuracy.
- Champion (Vendor Management Office) VMO process excellence to improve cycle time, data quality, and forecasting while supporting team operations as needed.
Basic Qualifications:
- Experience in IT procurement, sourcing, vendor or product partner management in the software/IT industry.
- Experience negotiating complex software and cloud agreements and enterprise licensing models (SaaS and on-premise).
- Understanding of software development lifecycle, pricing and licensing constructs, and supplier performance management.
- Experience in commercial contracting and negotiation skills with the ability to assess financial implications quickly and accurately.
- Demonstrated influence skills and executive presence with internal and external senior stakeholders.
- Organizational skills, disciplined execution, and ability to manage multiple initiatives independently.
- Experience with Microsoft applications, financial controls, approval workflows, and contract administration processes.
- Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience sourcing software, hardware, and network equipment; supplier consolidation and strategic supplier management.
- Demonstrated risk identification and mitigation, continuous improvement, and cost-optimization programs.
- Familiarity with software asset management concepts and reporting/analytical practices; SQL knowledge a plus.
- Professional certifications (e.g., MCIPS/CIPS, project management, Six Sigma) and experience with SharePoint or document management platforms.
- International sourcing experience and multilingual capability (e.g., German, French, Portuguese).
Location: Hybrid – 3 day in office requirement (Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX)
About Infor
Infor is where ambition meets impact. Join a global community of bold thinkers and innovators, where your expertise doesn’t just solve problems. it shapes industries, unlocks opportunities, and creates real-world impact for billions of people. At Infor, you’re not just building a career. you’re helping to build what’s next.
Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry specific markets. Infor builds complete industry suites in the cloud and efficiently deploys technology that puts the user experience first, leverages data science, and integrates easily into existing systems. Over 60,000 organizations worldwide rely on Infor to help overcome market disruptions and achieve business-wide digital transformation.
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