Global Vendor Sourcing Manager

Department: Guidance - Procurement : 30404
Guidance Job Category: Support & Operations Job Code: Job Title: Global Vendor Sourcing Manager Keywords: Number of Positions: 1 Remaining Positions: 1 Duties: Job Description

Exciting career opportunity for a Global Vendor Sourcing manager based in the United States (Remote) with contingent workforce industry experience. This is a chance for a highly motivated individual with professional experience in procurement/strategic sourcing and capable of both hands-on individual contribution and thought leadership. The role will focus on driving adoption and efficient use of the source-to-pay process through system optimization and proactive partner outreach along with sourcing management, contract management, and negotiation support where applicable.

The role will use your procurement and sourcing and industry aptitude, internal stakeholder customer service and data analysis skills to support global teams through the source-to-pay process, driving RFP's, and supporting contract negotiations to optimize our spend. The position will report to the Head of Procurement. We ask that you have a continuous improvement philosophy, strong relationship building and management skills, and ability to share thoughtful education with key stakeholders while maintaining receptiveness with key collaborators on best practices and market trends.

You Will:

• Establish partnerships with key stakeholders aimed at identifying, understanding and fulfilling their requirements.
• Review incoming and ongoing vendor engagement and contract requests.
• Support Business Stakeholders around the Globe through the source-to-pay processes, procedures, and policies.
• Collaborate cross functionally with Legal, InfoSec, Privacy, Finance, IT, Compliance, etc. to help ensure new and existing vendors adhere to relevant requirements in these areas
• Collaborate to conduct RFx, lead and/or actively support contract negotiation with suppliers and agencies; develop negotiation approaches, fallback positions and acceptable terms and conditions through contract completion and identify important benchmarks to measure contractual arrangements.
• Support and influence negotiations with a focus on cost-reductions, spend-optimization, risk mitigation, and process compliance.
• Ensure alignment with appropriate procurement, sourcing, and/or category strategy and corporate policies through continuous dialogue with category, procurement, and business stakeholder leads.
• Will be supporting business partners around the globe including the United States, Canada, Europe/UK, and Australia.
• 100% Remote

Skills:

You have:

• Minimum 5 years of Procurement/Strategic Sourcing experience.
• Highly experienced in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and possesses understanding of contingent workforce industry.
• Experience depth with Source-to-Contract and Procure-to-Pay Practices.
• Superior relationship building, relationship management, and interpersonal communication and influencing skills.
• Communicates effectively, listens carefully, and seeks and values different perspectives of others.
• Capable of prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience using Procurement and Sourcing Tools such as SCOUT, COUPA, Oracle, etc.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree.

Attachments: Location Client Location Country: United States State/Province: California City: Oakland Address: 1955 Broadway, 10095 POSTAL CODE: 94612 Work Location Same as Client Location Other Client Location Work Completed Offsite Schedule Start Date: 09/19/2023 Hours Per Week: 40.00 Est. End Date: 03/15/2024 Hours Per Day: 8.00 Schedule Notes: Days Per Week: 5.00
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