Director, Technology Procurement

Beaverton, OR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH

As a leader in the Technology Procurement team they will report directly to the Senior Director. They will work closely with peers across the procurement team stakeholders and leaders across multiple business lines in support of technology sourcing needs. This role provides the Director of Technology Procurement the opportunity to interact present and influence Nike senior leadership to gain support for key initiatives and strategies.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

Were looking for a Director of Technology Procurement who will lead a team of dynamic high performing sourcing professionals supporting Nikes strategic technology initiatives. Theyll be a trusted member of a global team responsible for building trusting and meaningful relationships with senior executives across multiple business and services as well as technology functions. They must be able to drive stakeholder alignment with leadership across Nike functions and geographies. It is important they understand Nikes business needs and leverage data and market research to determine and enable strategic objectives. Candidate must have the ability to perform deep market analytics and research to develop expertise across technology categories.

As a team leader you will manage a team of both internal and external sourcing managers and category leads providing coaching and support team in the creation and delivery of category strategies negotiation strategies and lead contract negotiations with the most strategic complex suppliers.

Bachelors degree in business supply chain finance or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.
10 years of experience in technology procurement or sourcing technology software hardware and/or labor function
Work experience directly with Hardware Software Cloud/IaaS and Security (HW and SW) sourcing including experience negotiating strategic multi-year contracts with Tier 1 Technology suppliers (examples include Microsoft Salesforce Adobe Amazon and others).
Experience working with technology VARs and utilizing catalogs and other forms of automation to simplify repetitive purchases
Activitively researches market trends and utilizes best practices to support sourcing activities
Strong analytical skills and the ability to derive 2nd level insights from unstructured data
Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret spend and cost data including understanding of Total Cost of Ownership
Experience using different negotiaton tactics; proven success negotiating multi-million dollar contracts
Experience supporting legal teams in contract development activities including knowledge of standard contract structures and key terms
Expert at resource management; ability to oversee a distributed team of 5 resources working on 100 RFx/contracts at anytime
Proficiency with Microsoft applications including advanced level PowerPoint and Excel
An ability to think Globally and work with an international culturally-diverse team
Passion for the NIKE brand

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON

Nike Procurement Directors advise and support sourcing managers and category leads as they work with Nikes business leaders during all phases of the planning and sourcing life-cycle. The Director will support the team across all facets including category strategies spend analysis risk management RFx creation and delivery contracting cost savings methodology performance reporting stakeholder engagement and proficiency with technologies.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for in-person interviews closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover as you navigate our application process that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

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WHO WILL YOU WORK WITHAs a leader in the Technology Procurement team they will report directly to the Senior Director. They will work closely with peers across the procurement team stakeholders and leaders across multiple business lines in support of technology sourcing needs. This role provides the...

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

Bachelors degree in business supply chain finance or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training.
10 years of experience in technology procurement or sourcing technology software hardware and/or labor function
Work experience directly with Hardware Software Cloud/IaaS and Security (HW and SW) sourcing including experience negotiating strategic multi-year contracts with Tier 1 Technology suppliers (examples include Microsoft Salesforce Adobe Amazon and others).
Experience working with technology VARs and utilizing catalogs and other forms of automation to simplify repetitive purchases
Activitively researches market trends and utilizes best practices to support sourcing activities
Strong analytical skills and the ability to derive 2nd level insights from unstructured data
Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret spend and cost data including understanding of Total Cost of Ownership
Experience using different negotiaton tactics; proven success negotiating multi-million dollar contracts
Experience supporting legal teams in contract development activities including knowledge of standard contract structures and key terms
Expert at resource management; ability to oversee a distributed team of 5 resources working on 100 RFx/contracts at anytime
Proficiency with Microsoft applications including advanced level PowerPoint and Excel
An ability to think Globally and work with an international culturally-diverse team
Passion for the NIKE brand