Procurement specialist

IT Procurement specialist

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Global Procurement & Strategic Sourcing Management (GPSM) Advisor to internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a strategic business mindset, establish an executive-level presence, and simultaneously balance the interests of multiple stakeholders.
• Co-authoring and executing category strategies while unlocking potential synergies across categories. Establish/Maintain a multi-year pipeline of opportunities in the relevant categories and functions.
• Lead the execution, through a collaborative and inclusive approach, of a global technology sourcing strategy for assigned categories that meet the priorities of the company's product and business strategy.
• Build and maintain complex analytics models to enable data-driven decisions on complex procurement projects
• Stay up to date on industry trends impacting the technology sourcing strategy through external consulting services, internal resources, and good working relationships with existing and emerging strategic suppliers.
• Participate in and implement improvement initiatives and coach junior team members.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, law or any other relevant discipline.
• Minimum At least 7 years of experience in procurement
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to prioritize multiple projects
• Expertise in global IT infrastructure, cloud services, software, telecom, or technology procurement.
• Strong negotiation and influence skills that can be used to lead teams and build partnerships with internal resources and supplier base.
• Must also have excellent active listening skills.
• DoIt demonstrates a desire to learn and continually evolve.
• Agility, creativity and transformative mindset.
• independent discretion and judgment, can work independently.
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) and facilitation.
•  Must also have excellent active listening skills.