Director IT Procurement

Job description :

We have an immediate opening for a full time Director, Procurement Information Technology working extensively with our client. As a key member of our Client Services team, you will be responsible for leading and managing varying engagements within our clients Information Technology Spend, in areas such as : IT Services, Software, Telecom, Hardware & Point of Sale. This role will engage with all relevant client stakeholders and sponsors and reports directly to the Managing Director, Indirect Procurement.

Responsibilities :

Develop cost savings and strategic sourcing projects while ensuring business continuity and high level of supplier performance

Manage spend, supplier, and market data from client and our Client's resources to effectively analyze both savings opportunity and value chain impacts

Lead all levels of supplier market RFI / RFP activities, including execution, readouts and business case implications. Meet with potential participants, both incumbents and non-incumbents, answer RFP related questions from vendors, analyze RFP results and support final vendor(s) awards

Drive annual productivity improvements in each category of spend by developing and ensuring implementation of ideas to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) for spend categories

Support development of new policies and procedures to drive savings and lead organizational and operational change management within managed categories of spend.

Leverages our Center of Excellence (COE) category experts through the sourcing process to assess market conditions, spend leverage opportunities, benchmarking data, RFP builds, and related activities

Support as well as lead sourcing events, including vendor sourcing, vendor and contract negotiations

Onboard new suppliers

Bring sourcing efficiency to all activity; define specific roadmaps containing prioritization of sourcing categories as well as expanding e-procurement catalogs

Lead research and analytics efforts to both validate savings projections and enable more precise supplier negotiations

Review major contracts for key areas of spend and act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) resource for planning and leading complex negotiations or re-supply modeling. Create procurement playbook as it relates to cyclical spending.

Consistently monitor and evaluate savings against targets by category, sub-category, and supplier

Develop PPV (product price variance) trackers to ensure improved price / savings baseline analysis

Develop and communicate functional supply chain or sourcing strategy to a diverse group of managers and senior level professionals at client. Create alignment with group and articulate broader procurement transformation.

Support necessary negotiations. Apply both experience and the application of Client's sourcing methodology, ensuring all buying complies with client policies and procedures

Source suppliers and build a best-in-class supply chain; cultivate and manage relationships with best-in-class suppliers. Fully utilize all strategic levers within sourcing process and find new paths to value Establish and implement a supplier management structure and process; audit and vet vendors

Work cross functionally to deliver sourcing and procurement cost savings, risk mitigation projects, and supplier enabled innovation

Aggressive focus on achieving overall category cost savings.

Qualifications :

Candidates can either be US Citizens working out of Seattle but willing to travel to Canada or Canadian citizens willing to work in Vancouver with eventual travel to Seattle. Both scenarios would require one week a month travel once established

Bachelors degree required.

Minimum of ten (10) years experience in indirect procurement, vendor management, and strategic sourcing with deep expertise in Information Technology, including but not limited to : IT Services, Software, Telecom, Hardware & Point of Sale systems.

Experience managing category spend over $50MM annually

Building category strategies

Contract negotiation and contract management

Comfort and rigorous process in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modeling

Ability to drive change management and gain consensus from client stakeholders across several business units company wide

Experience in driving operational redesign process improvement initiatives

Must possess strong overall knowledge and understanding of business / contract issues and broad understanding of competitive products / services, technology, and market and industry issues

Knowledge of supplier ecosystems and markets that serve the above categories.

Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.

Individual needs to be very detail oriented and able to deliver projects on time.

High-levels of supply chain and operational acumen, with demonstrated end-to-end understanding

Proficient in MS Office applications including Excel / financial analysis and PowerPoint / presentations

Proven expertise implementing and managing change across all levels of an organization; prior implementation and adoption of eProcurement systems is a plus

Strong problem solving and leadership skills

Entrepreneurial aptitude with a commitment to client service

Demonstrated ability to develop relationships, communicate effectively and influence

Flexible and adaptable in a changing environment

Why is This a Great Opportunity :

Our client has one of the highest Employee reviews we've ever seen on Glassdoor and they offer the following

• An amazing culture with a team that supports one another, the opportunity to make a direct impact and have fun along the way!
• We are experiencing rapid growth - come grow along with us!
• Competitive compensation and a performance-driven culture that rewards results.
• We work hard but understand the need for balance offering unlimited and flexible PTO.
• Phenomenal health, dental and vision benefits for you and your family (and we pay almost 90% of the premiums).
• Additional options for employer contributions to HSA, 401k match, dependent care FSA, short-term / long-term disability, life insurance and more.