Procurement Manager

• You will be empowered to negotiate incoming contracts focusing on all manner of indirect spend to secure advantageous terms.
• Partner with internal teams to develop strategies for upcoming contract renewals or establish requirements for new purchasing needs.
• Source and engage reliable suppliers and vendors by providing RFI and RFP support to internal stakeholders as needed.
• Partner with Legal and Security to ensure terms are consistent with legal, regulatory, data security, and privacy requirements.
• Create reports and populate systems of record for procurement including systems for purchase orders (Coupa) and contract management (Lexion), and request queue management (Jira).
• Assist with vendor qualication and onboarding processes.
• Assist in driving and identifying potential cost savings across all spend categories.

Required Qualifications

• 5-8 years in an indirect spend procurement role
• SaaS industry experience required
• Self-starting, enthusiastic, entrepreneurial attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to eectively communicate and collaborate with diverse groups
• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills with experience driving six-gure, multi-year contracts to completion
• Solid interpersonal and collaborative abilities
• Strong time management and planning skills required to coordinate and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously while adapting to changes in business requirements
• Technically savvy, including a demonstrated high level of prociency in SaaS technologies and trends
• Ability to demonstrate a strategic mindset to enable persuasive value conversations with vendors at an executive level
• Strong operational business understanding of technology supply chain, including purchase ordering, expense reporting, procurement/sourcing, provisioning and reclamation, renewals, and contract management
• Familiarity with using P2P tools, contract management and software asset management applications a plus