Senior Procurement Strategist

18 hours ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States EPITEC Full time
Job Title: Senior Procurement Consultant

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Procurement Consultant to join our team at EPITEC. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing critical global strategic sourcing and procurement projects within the Business Services spend category.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead strategic sourcing events, including collecting, analyzing, and presenting data and recommendations to various levels of management across the organization on opportunities, risks, and where to prioritize software investments.
  • Responsible for contract and price negotiations across the Marketing, HR, Print, and Business Services and Applications categories.
  • Thought leader with experience or interest in leading Business Services Procurement staff.
  • Responsible for Category Management, including but not limited to category spend analytics, multi-year strategic sourcing roadmaps, acquiring and educating the enterprise on markets, suppliers, and trends.
  • Working collaboratively with suppliers to enhance value and innovation.
  • Influences and drives improvements of global policies, programs, and processes.
  • Leads and manages RFx (e.g., Request for Proposal, Request for Information, Request for Quote) process, including project management, development of RFx, negotiations, and award process.
  • Responsible for contract review, drafting, and creation of various agreements, including NDAs, Master Agreements (SaaS, Software License Agreements, etc.), Service Level Agreements, Statements of Work, etc.
  • Leading and facilitating all aspects of contract negotiations across multiple Risk Control Functions (e.g., Legal, Privacy, Risk) and ongoing contract administration.
  • Supports and monitors supplier adherence to contracts, manages suppliers via supplier activity reporting and business/performance reviews, supports and conducts supplier scorecards, supplier rationalization, and demand management opportunities.
  • Manages and supports regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., OFAC, FCPA, Spend Analysis, Client Relationships).
  • Supports and helps present Procurement performance metrics and projects to senior management.
  • Management of supplier fitness, including analyzing overall business and financial performance of potential and existing suppliers.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with key partners, education on policy/guidelines, and resolving related purchasing issues.

Requirements:

  • Strong technology procurement experience, coupled with strong Contract negotiation and communication skills.
  • Core Competency is the demonstrated ability to carry out the primary responsibilities of the job, which should be reflected in the essential Support Category Strategies as follows: Implement strategies/projects for reducing supply cost, in collaboration with and under the direction of the Procurement lead.
  • Develop category expertise by conducting Supply Market Analysis, benchmarking, and soliciting feedback from key stakeholders.
  • Assist the sourcing, contracting, implementation, and ongoing category management of various cost reduction initiatives by following the policies, procedures, guidelines, and processes.
  • Provide updates to, and solicit feedback from, key internal stakeholders and end-users to understand internal business requirements and gain buy-in in order to ensure compliance and management support of Strategic Sourcing.

Desired Skills:

  • Strong technology procurement experience, coupled with strong Contract negotiation and communication skills.
  • Core Competency is the demonstrated ability to carry out the primary responsibilities of the job, which should be reflected in the essential Support Category Strategies as follows: Implement strategies/projects for reducing supply cost, in collaboration with and under the direction of the Procurement lead.

What We Offer:

EPITEC offers a dynamic and challenging work environment, with opportunities for professional growth and development. We are committed to providing our employees with the tools and resources they need to succeed in their roles.

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