A Sr. Procurement Analyst is responsible for:
Areas of Responsibility:
- Leading IT category management efforts (category is over $100 million in annual spend).
- Serving as a procurement IT subject matter expert. Collaborating with business unit leadership to develop annual category management plans that include an annual sourcing calendar, a supply market overview, summary of business needs and cost drivers, and current supply-base overview (complete with listing of expiring agreements and plan of action).
- Engaging with IT Services leadership as well as broader business unit leadership to help manage IT related spend in a continuously changing environment.
- Personally leading the large, complex sourcing and negotiation efforts as part of the category management plan, leveraging e-procurement tools as applicable.
- Leading and managing sourcing teams, including multiple business units and other PCM resources.
- Manage RFI/RFP development, utilizing standards, as appropriate, while allowing for flexibility in addressing customer requirements. Manage the summary and analysis of responses to RFIs/RFPs.
- Meeting annual category management objectives and targets related to spend under management, spend under contract, spend through approved buying channels, savings and other efficiencies.
- Critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, decomposing high-level information into details, developing spend analytics, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishing user requests from the underlying true needs.
- Leading reporting efforts (spend, category, compliance, etc.) as required by the PCM department and by business clients.
- Staying current with IT industry trends such as core function outsourcing (on-shore/off-shore), cloud environment solutions, telecommunication developments, enterprise resource planning software, industry consolidation/merger risks, etc.
- Participate in software, hardware and services analysis and selection. Provide industry perspective on shortlisted vendors.
- Demonstrating a solutions-based, customer service mindset with the ability to lead and influence business stakeholders toward PCM’s preferred methods for achieving common objectives.
- Possessing strong analytical and project management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translating them into application and operational requirements.
- Ensuring the procure-to-pay process for the category is compliant and in-line with service levels.
- Building and maintaining key business unit and supplier relationships, finding common ground, resolving disputes and driving innovation and continuous improvement.
- Facilitating compliance with AARP procurement policies and procedures by setting an example, educating partners and appropriately escalating issues when required or unsure.
- Setting a leadership example for the broader PCM team – teaching and mentoring peers and less-experienced team members while promoting a learning environment.
- Occasionally leading PCM-wide initiatives beyond the scope of a given spend category (as directed).
- Executing supplier agreements (signing the contract) up to $250k in total value.
Educational Background:
The ideal candidate for this role will possess a college degree, with an MBA preferred,
Skills/Experience:
- 5 or more years of relevant procurement experience – preferably with the majority in the private sector, with more than $50 million in managed spend.
- They must understand category management concepts and frameworks.
- The candidate must show demonstrated leadership and a customer service mindset, and a deep understanding of both the source-to-contract and procure-to-pay segments of procurement operations.
- They need to have experience working with one or more e-procurement technologies, and be adept at leading and managing sourcing events including creating sourcing documents (RFx, evaluation matrices, souring plans, kick-off decks, etc.).
- Experience negotiating with major IT providers such as Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Deloitte, etc. is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of IT professional services, software licensing, hardware and maintenance buying strategies. Additionally, the candidate must demonstrate strong analytical skills and comfort with data manipulation and analysis.
- Key competencies include: leadership; subject matter expertise in the IT category; deep strategic sourcing and contract negotiations experience; relationship management skills and executive presence, and; both analytical and strategic thinking.
Compensation/Benefits:
AARP offers competitive benefits with a 401K, 100% company funded pension plan, health, dental, vision and life insurance, STD/LTD, paid vacation and sick, and other benefits.
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Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jun 14 2018
Active Until:
Jul 14 2018
Hiring Organization:
AARP
industry:
Nonprofit