Job Description

The role will be responsible for proactively managing, developing, and executing category and vendor strategies for our technology supplier portfolio; inclusive of managing the ’cradle to grave’ vendor management lifecycle. You should have strong leadership, communication and analytical skills and a proven ability to manage a high functioning and dynamic team of at least 10. You will model teamwork and collaboration skills and have a noticeable positive impact on the velocity and success of your teammates. The ability to build relationships with business partners across the organization to ensure understanding of goals and priorities is a core requirement in this role. You must demonstrate collaboration internally and externally, have a passionate focus on success, and commitment to continuous improvement. You will report to the Global Procurement Lead.

You Will:

• Support Block leadership strategic planning efforts through:
  • Heavy focus on sourcing (via best class sourcing methodologies)
  • Contract negotiation
  • Risk mitigation strategy
  • Ongoing management and performance of vendor relationships
  • Be a trusted partner to the Technology team in developing new strategies in an effort to increase delivery through people, processes, tools, and vendors
  • Ensure smooth performance of daily operations, allowing them to concentrate on more progressive activities
• Oversee complex, Block-wide supplier relations, developing solutions to new problems and using your foresight to anticipate future trends and issues
• Establish partnerships with important business partners aimed at identifying, understanding and fulfilling their requirements
• Lead a network of other authorities, building cross-functional agreement
• Develop selection/negotiation criteria, establish purchasing goals, coordinate resources, and provide category leadership following long-term buying goals
• Collaborate with business partners to lead contract negotiation with suppliers; develop negotiation approaches, fallback positions and acceptable terms and conditions through contract completion and identify important benchmarks to measure contractual arrangements
• Identify and realize cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities and build a culture of long-term savings on procurement costs without compromising supply assurance or quality
• Assist to establish vendor life-cycle strategy to oversee planning, sourcing and selection of new vendors, manage data for vendor performance and manage vendor off-boarding and transition
• Explore new technologies to optimize performance and transparency to business partners
• Support internal and external audit, SOX compliance and due diligence requests
• Support other ad hoc projects

Qualifications

You Have:

• Minimum of 10 years of strategic procurement or vendor management experience; in a high-growth technology environment preferred
• At least 5 years in a software/technology management position
• Ability to project manage, demonstrate project status, key actions, risks and opportunities
• Ability to navigate in unstructured environments while garnering trust with internal customers.
• Experience proactively resolving performance issues with assigned suppliers to ensure resolution
• Experience leveraging technology and financial systems to extract and analyze data
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university preferably in Procurement, Business Administration, Finance, Technology or related field.
• MBA/advanced technical degree is preferred