Procurement Manager

3 weeks ago


Topeka, Kansas, United States Kansas Action for Children Full time
Job Title: Procurement Manager

At Kansas Action for Children, we are seeking a highly skilled Procurement Manager to join our team. As a key member of our procurement team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing procurement strategies that align with our organization's goals and objectives.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and lead competitive bidding activities, including researching and evaluating the supply base, developing detailed response packages, and scoring matrices and criteria.
  • Leverage reporting capabilities of the contract management system to gain insights into the supply base, spend, competitive bidding, and renewal requirements for assigned categories of spend.
  • Lead contract management activities for assigned areas of spend, including negotiating new contract terms and conditions, pricing, and proactively managing the contract renewal pipeline.
  • Act as a primary point of contact between Legal, InfoSec, the business, and suppliers during the contracting, negotiation, and renewal processes.
  • Analyze, manage, and optimize supplier contract spend, resulting in cost savings and avoidance for the organization.
  • Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders, leading collaboration sessions on a regular cadence to gain insights into business needs, provide recommendations on upcoming renewals and RFPs, and proactively partner on initiatives.
  • Manage supplier relationships for assigned categories of spend, including supplier performance reviews, and resolving supplier issues as necessary to support the business.
  • Lead the supplier diversity initiatives in support of our Tier 1 and Tier 2 programs, including third-party reporting, analysis, report preparation, and researching and recommending suppliers.
  • Initiate or support P2P processes on non-strategic purchases.
  • Assist with contract management system training as needed for stakeholders.
  • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to optimize procurement processes.
  • Ensure appropriate business controls are followed to protect our organization.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or Related Field.
  • 5-10 years of procurement experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Strong analytical skills and proficient with Excel/MS Office suite.
  • RFP and RFQ process experience.
  • Contract negotiations.
  • Solid background in financial modeling.
  • Experience and comfortable working with internal/external legal departments.
  • Expertise with indirect procurement categories, such as HR, Marketing, Curriculum, IT, Finance & Facilities.
  • Demonstrable record of cost reductions and working within a target-driven environment.
  • Excellent PowerPoint and presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Marketing, Finance, HR category experience.
  • Experience with NetSuite.
  • Experience with SharePoint.
  • Experience managing projects through the S2P lifecycle.
  • Project Management experience.
  • Experience in the Education industry a plus.
Work Environment:

This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

Compensation & Benefits:

Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position's level and expected contribution, and the employee's benefits elections. We anticipate the salary range to be $70,202.25 - $120,966. Eligible employees may receive a bonus.


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