The Procurement Manager ensures products and services are purchased in a cost-effective and timely manner leveraging best practices and providing exceptional customer service. Partners with departments across the organization to manage sourcing, vendor negotiations, and terms.

• Manage the purchasing process from selecting suppliers to providing guidance on sourcing and procurement processes.
• Prepare and process purchase orders and purchase requisitions, and maintain documentation of the acquisition of goods and services
• Controlling the procurement budget and promoting a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.
• Collaborating with IT, create documentation around evaluation, integration, and governance following IT best practices for application adoption, license provisioning, security, privacy, and user on- and off-boarding.
• Develop and track action plans for upcoming renewal dates.
• Assist stakeholders with identifying tools to increase business effectiveness.
• Build and manage the selection of preferred vendors and document the selection process for those vendors
• Sourcing, negotiating, and engaging reliable suppliers and vendors to secure advantageous terms
• Request for Proposals (RFPs) and contracts
• Develop procurement strategies that are inventive and cost-effective.
• Evaluates and analyzes purchasing trend and price trend to identify forecasting demand and minimize purchasing costs
• Reviewing existing contracts with suppliers and vendors to ensure on-going feasibility.
• Building and maintaining long-term relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Coordinate payment, delivery, scheduling, and organization of purchases, and place orders to ensure ongoing supply, if needed
• Performing risk assessments on potential contracts and agreements.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.