IT Procurement Specialist

The IT Procurement Lead plays a critical role in the technology purchasing function, executing daily activities with precision and attention to detail. This position is responsible for reviewing technology purchasing tasks, initiating orders, and reviewing vendor contracts. The IT Procurement Lead assists with the ordering of materials and supplies from vendors, researches and interviews suppliers to obtain prices and specifications, and creates purchase orders for the acquisition of materials, confirms receipt, facilitates invoicing, and facilitates payments. Additionally, this role administers license assignments and license adherence, and performs related administrative tasks as assigned.

• Maintain the annual IT budget file under the supervision of IT Leadership.
• Maintain ongoing tracking of actual spend and compare to budget as requested.
• Research spend variances as requested.
• Identify and lead software consolidation efforts as requested.
• Validate monthly credit card expenditures and provide receipts as required.
• Act as licensing administrator on various applications as requested.
• Oversee enterprise software licenses/keys and ensure license validity.
• Remove users for departed associates.
• Monitor application usage to ensure license adherence to contract.
• Enforce license terms and conditions, including geographic and named user restrictions.
• Assist with purchasing and managing IT assets.
• Responsible for product support and warranties, leasing, maintenance, and software contracts, as well as hardware purchases, and license information.
• Maintain contract data and renewal schedules.
• Create purchase requisitions.
• Maintain appropriate levels of consumables.
• Receiving and tagging equipment.
• Entering asset information into asset tracking software system.

• Bachelor of Science or a minimum of 4 plus years of significant work experience working in a high volume fast paced IT environment with high degree of IT procurement responsibility.
• Experience with software licensing and volume purchasing agreements for the major enterprise system software suppliers (e.g., Microsoft, Dell, Autodesk, Adobe...)
• Experience in presenting technology recommendations from a business perspective.
• Experience in planning and carrying out software license audits & reconcilements.
• Certification in Software License Management a plus.

Tait Towers is an equal opportunity employer fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic as outlined by international, national, state, or local laws.