Jobs in Rutherford, new jersey

Introduction

IBM is seeking highly motivated individuals with prior procurement experience to join our Procurement BPO team of procurement consulting professionals. Our team provides procurement services to IBM’s external clients across all industry segments.

Specifically, we are seeking to fill the role of an Associate Procurement Consultant to support our clients’ procurement and strategic sourcing requirements in indirect spend category of Marketing. This role requires regular business travel to remote client locations based on project requirements.

Your role and responsibilities

• Managing multiple competitive bid events for clients (i.e., Request for Proposal, Request for Quote, Request for Information, Reverse Auctions etc.) within assigned spend categories
• Analyzing client’s historical spend data in one or more categories in order to identify sourcing opportunities, support category strategy development, and measure compliance with supplier agreements
• Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships across all levels of the client’s business, procurement, and legal organizations
• Negotiating commercial terms and facilitating contracting processes with the client’s suppliers
• Analyzing and documenting cost savings versus historical spend to ensure IBM meets or exceeds contractual savings commitments to our clients
• Identifying opportunities to transform the client’s procurement organization and policies, and to support the client in achieving its strategic business objectives
• Supporting Global Category Leaders and Category Managers with development of category strategies and developing sourcing project strategies
• Collaborating with peer consultants supporting our other clients to share and leverage useful templates, strategies, lessons learned, and case studies

Required technical and professional expertise

Preferred technical and professional experience

Procurement Knowledge : Knowledge of Procurement methods, technologies and processes.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.