Procurement Contract Specialist - Technology

What You'll Do

• Manage, review, and negotiate a portfolio of assigned contracts with focus on software to deliver savings and mitigate contractual risk.
• Assist with professional/consulting services and contingent labor contracts as needed
• Apply strategic sourcing best practices and category insights to negotiating and executing contracts
• Use standard contracting templates and language to ensure compliance to company standards
• Build and maintain relationships with a range of business requesters/stakeholders across functions and regions
• Provide input and execute to the category strategy and plans
• Identify and implement new opportunities for cost reduction, cost avoidance and supplier-driven value creation
• Manage assigned supplier relationships and risks
• Assist in conduct sourcing events (RFXs) to determine optimal suppliers and solutions with business stakeholders
• Support local and regional procurement requests while working closely with category managers and stakeholders globally
• Contribute to Procurement team projects and improvement initiatives.

Who You Are

• Data Driven – Using analytics and metrics to drive reasoned decisions and actions
• Critical Problem Solver – Constantly seeking opportunities for improvement everywhere
• Negotiator – Sensitive to the needs of all parties to drive for an optimal win-win solution
• Initiator and Owner – Unafraid to take on challenges to see them to the end for business results
• Solution Oriented – Looking beyond challenges and limitations to design a practical, realistic solution
• Collaborator – Always seeking opportunities to partner for perspectives for the best solution

Your Skills and Experience

• 5-7 years of global strategic sourcing experience, including contract management, preferably in software and professional/consulting services
• Contract negotiation and lifecycle management experience
• Management of key suppliers and their associated risk throughout their lifecycle
• Business partner management and procurement planning
• Experience with category management, spend analytics, operational metrics, software asset management tools, and contract playbooks is desirable
• Ready to work in Overlap timing with US time Zone