Procurement Manager

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Job description

Description:

This temporary position will be responsible for leading assigned Professional Services categories globally procurement excellence and driving best value for the categories, with key focus on cost, quality, and service. This role involves project management across several functions, business units and global sites and collaborating closely with business partners at the senior level to define priorities, establish strategic and tactical objectives, develop a multi-year category roadmap ensuring accurate alignment of requirements and supply base.

What you ll be doing

Collaborate with internal partners on assigned categories and use these relationships to lead category strategies, pipeline items and short/medium/long-term goals to support the ongoing delivery of product pipeline.

Lead the supplier selection, risk assessment and contract negotiation process for key projects.

Ensure that appropriate Supplier Relationship Management programs are in place for strategic and critical suppliers in the concerned categories of spend.

Provide regular progress updates to direct manager, procurement senior leadership and to key internal partners

Lead negotiations across critical supply agreements using value-based techniques

Monitor, track and report on savings and incremental value of sourcing activities

Stimulate and support innovation by using the supplier base, regularly reviewing market developments, and mobilizing the appropriate internal network.

What you ll bring

Bachelor/Master's degree.

Category management experience with multinational organizations.

Previous experience within strategic procurement of Professional Services categories is an asset (Consulting, Financial & Audit Services, Marketing, Market Research/Market Access, Outsourced Business Services).

Proven experience in people, stakeholder and project management.

Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups.

Strong analytic and negotiation skills.

Business sense and ability to develop critical thinking.

Experience in contracting to include but not be limited to Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments and NDAs.

Intermediate understanding of Procurement standard processes, supply markets, suppliers and products.

Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment.

Intermediate understanding of pricing models and contracts terms.

• Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.

• Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.

Benefits:

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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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Rose International has an official agreement (ID ), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).

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