Procurement Manager

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Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of the Procurement relationship with Client Account Management Team Vendors C&W Corporate and other key stakeholders.
• Responsible for high and low-range supplier consolidation and supplier diversity efforts.
• Implement programs facilitate supplier audits & QBRs and initiatives to ensure the achievement of all goals metrics and KPIs are met.
• Analyze account-wide spend benchmarking vendors operations and processes to consistently identify opportunities for value creation. Identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize procurement strategies.
• Develop and facilitate various complexity RFPs analyze responses negotiate and use other techniques as to obtain the expected results.
• Interprets contracts SOW coordination negotiates with vendors and ensures appropriate contractual records retention plans are in place on the account.
• Advise management regarding contractual rights COI escalations obligations and other contractual matters such as effective use of resources and legal issues.
• Manage the development installation and maintenance of tracking & reporting mechanisms that yield the appropriate outputs and conform to requested forms and frequencies.
• Maintain organized records to ensure any implemented system of checks and balances is being continually met for service contracts and additional compliance items.
• Employ C&W best practices policies processes tools and templates to include both C&W corporate and Client account specifications as well as engaging with Category Managers and preferred suppliers in the execution of Procurement responsibilities.
• Participate at an appropriate level & frequency in all meetings and exhibit client presentation delivery expertise.
• Generate and distribute all necessary and requested reports.
• Maintain good business practices
• Resolve issues from the client with respect to supplier performance and quality
• Exhibit people management expertise by overseeing all aspects of personnel and roles with a direct reporting relationship.
• Perform other miscellaneous related duties as assigned
• Collect and track saves related to RFPs self performance etc
• Ensure all vendors are in the payment system data base
• Collect and store COIs - resolve discrepancies within COIs with vendors

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Business or a related field is . MBA or related Masters Degree preferred.
• Understanding of the Strategic Sourcing processes and demonstrated proficiency with e-tools such as e-RFPs reverse auctions e-catalogs and contract management systems
• Must possess legal knowledge the ability to prepare/negotiate agreements & amendments and the ability to explain to clients the specifics of the contracts.
• Must possess analytical and quantitative skills with ability to analyze and interpret information data and related documentation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management
• Self-motivated and work independently to find solutions

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