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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in strategic sourcing, vendor management, and contract negotiation while effectively leading cross-functional teams to optimize financial and operational outcomes. Proficient in analyzing financial data and managing supplier relationships to ensure compliance and performance standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Strategic SourcingVendor ManagementContract NegotiationProject ManagementFinancial Data Analysis
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Contract StructuringRFI/RFP DevelopmentCost AnalysisMarket AnalysisSupplier Performance Monitoring
Soft Skills
Excellent Communication SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsTeam ManagementTime Management
Industry Keywords
Professional ServicesNon-Employee CategoriesThird-Party Risk ManagementPurchasing PoliciesVendor Spend Analysis
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Acquire, structure, and negotiate contracts for Professional Services and Non-Employee categories
- Serve as a sourcing subject matter expert and partner with business leaders to optimize financial and operational benefits
- Work with risk managers to mitigate third-party relationship risks
- Establish and implement company policies and procedures for internal purchases
- Work with suppliers to secure the best pricing while reducing incidental and extraneous costs
- Lead sourcing engagements with cross-functional internal teams, including needs analysis, market analysis, competitive intelligence, RFI/RFP development, cost and proposal analysis, deal structuring, contract negotiation, and implementation development
- Develop and execute short- and long-term sourcing category strategies
- Execute multiple medium- to high-risk and complex projects concurrently
- Develop and maintain vendor and supplier relationships
- Establish systems, procedures, supplier requirements, and quality standards
- Review, analyze, and monitor supplier contract performance and compliance
- Negotiate and coordinate agreement additions, deletions, and modifications
- Track and analyze vendor spend and performance
- Evaluate products based on user requirements and ensure purchases align with standards and strategy
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience
- Knowledge of strategic sourcing or vendor management functions and procedures
- Knowledge of client or vendor relations
- Knowledge of project management methods and techniques
- Proficiency to supervise, lead and manage staff members effectively
- Good working knowledge of legal and contracting requirements
- Ability to understand and analyze financial data to support source selection decisions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences at various organizational levels
- Excellent problem-solving, team, and time-management skills while managing multiple deadlines
- Proficiency in evaluating subordinate performance and providing development or corrective-discipline counsel
- Proficiency in projecting future expenses based on cost-effectiveness analysis of past expenditures
- Proficiency in operating independently
- For positions located in the US, conditional offers require a drug test
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary
- Private medical cover
- Dental coverage
- Travel insurance
- Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset
- Professional education opportunities
- Personal development opportunities
- Collaborative, flexible, and respectful work environment