Technical Service Category Manager

Position Summary

As a central part of their national security strategy the US government is investing in protecting the critical infrastructure of our allies support of this strategy and building on our 25 years as a leader in global threat reduction CRDF Global is implementing large-scale Cybersecurity programs in crucial geostrategic regions across Europe & Eurasia (including Ukraine Moldova and the Western Balkans) and Southeast Asia. CRDF Global is seeking an experienced data-driven Technical Service Category Manager to lead CRDFs technical services (cyber data AI cloud etc.) product space. The candidate should have strong supply chain and procurement skills analytical and financial acumen communication capabilities and a hands-on passion to dive deep into process used in our foreign assistance market area.

As the Technical Services Category Manager for CRDFs Europe and Eurasia Cyber and Digital Resilience division your key responsibilities and focus areas include:

• Category Strategy Development: Define and execute a long-term plan for the category.
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM): Build and maintain strong mutually beneficial relationships with key suppliers. Manage supplier performance quality and delivery and compliance.
• Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation: Lead the sourcing process to find the best suppliers and negotiate contracts to secure favorable terms pricing and total cost of ownership. Perform all tasks in the procurement lifecycle.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks within the category supply chain.
• Cost Optimization: Deliver cost savings through consolidation standardization and/or volume.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working closely with various internal teams to optimize the value reliability and technical effectiveness of the cyber security service offerings available to CRDF and our beneficiaries.
• Compliance: Ensure all procurements are executed with the highest levels of integrity and adherence to business objectives including conducting due diligence maintaining procurement documentation in compliance with audit standards and ensuring proper flow-down of funder terms & conditions.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead initiatives to enhance and optimize the enterprises procurement capabilities.

Skills & Knowledge Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience managing commercial procurement of technology-based services including demonstrated experience managing complex international technical services procurement and supply chain operations with at least 5 years in Europe/Eurasia.
• Preference for 3 years of previous experience managing commercial procurement in compliance with U.S. Government regulations (2 CFR 200 FAR).
• Bachelors degree. Technical or business administration-focused degree is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills including experience working with international partners in challenging geographic areas and across organization.
• Familiarity with cloud-based procurement management systems (Deltek Costpoint preferred).
• Strong critical thinking and analysis planning and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrixed environment and to adapt quickly to new challenges.
• Demonstrated leadership competencies including the ability to innovate and strategize lead self and teams build relationships inside and outside of the organization and focus on strong delivery for donors.
• High level of organization and attention to detail.
• Strong diplomatic and negotiating skills with demonstrated success.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically or internationally.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and another regionally relevant language.

CRDF Global offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

CRDF Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). CRDF Global provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran age or disability status.