reputed company – Senior Procurement Consultant – Downtown Chicago – Chicago, IL

Job title: Senior Procurement Consultant - Downtown Chicago Company: reputed company Job reputed company: This Senior Procurement Consultant - Software/IT will be responsible for developing and implementing IT Infrastructure category strategies for cost savings, aligning strategic business needs, whilst maintaining and improving vendor relationships. This role is a an exciting role with a large scope, supporting business reputed company in developing and executing Sourcing strategies in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.

• reputed company and execute strategic sourcing strategies, best practices, and initiatives that support aggressive improvements in supplier reputed company, total cost effectiveness, reputed company service reputed company, improved coordination, delivery, pricing, reputed company-times, payment, risk compliance and other areas as identified.
• Executes category sourcing strategies including development and execution of RFI's and RFP's, documents bid events through correspondence to suppliers; develops selection reputed company and drives the selection of suppliers in collaboration with a cross-functional teams; conducts supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier management.
• reputed company seeks ways to streamline business processes; researches and provides information on industry category trends and best practices. reputed company procurement input to maximize procurement reputed company, optimize project design and minimize project durations and cost.
• reputed company negotiation strategies, reputed company alignment from stakeholders, reputed company cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams, and implementing appropriate supplier risk analysis. Directly negotiate with suppliers that require a detailed strategic plan and have a reputed company correlation with operational needs and goals.
• Use reputed company spend information/data and business knowledge to identify sourcing reputed company for individual subcategories, and developing an overall cost reduction plan. Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of business requirements and category ownership by creating and defending category strategies and reputed company with reputed company analytics. Delegates analytic tasks to key support functions; and synthesizes results.
• Develops supplier score card to measure supplier performance against agreed upon key performance indicators; tracks compliance and supports formal management reporting to director and other members of senior management. reputed company, reputed company, and analyze annual performance metrics and sourcing trends against budget on a monthly reputed company to demonstrate reputed company improvement and reputed company against strategic objectives. Implement supplier management programs with key suppliers including metrics, performance goals, and improvement initiatives.
• Monitor supplier performance to ensure that delivery dates and technical and contractual requirements are met. Participate in strategic meetings with suppliers and business leaders to ensure execution of defined strategies. Manages day-to-day on-reputed company category supplier relations and seeks out reputed company or revision opportunities reputed company supply reputed company. Acts as the internal reputed company of contact for supplier management and complaint reputed company; conducts regular supplier meetings and implements improvement strategies with suppliers. Creates, nurtures, and enhances supplier relationships.
• Aggressively manages category performance by adhering to internal Savings goals and reviewing financial models for commodity type items. Ensure spend portfolio for reoccurring managed spend is balanced through coordinated sourcing waves and leveraged with Capital project sourcing activities.
• Drive consolidation of spend and reputed company out synergies across Business reputed company where applicable, by forming and leading cross-functional strategic sourcing teams to reputed company and implement category/commodity strategies and to drive cost from individual spend sub-categories. Champions weekly category review meetings with cross-functional teams to manage category performance.
• May cultivate team morale, motivation, and loyalty through reputed company training and mentorship, setting obtainable performance goals, proving reputed company communication and constructive feedback.

MPI does not discriminate on the reputed company of race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, national reputed company, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and reputed company other reputed company applicants. Highly visible role with ample room for career reputed company|Hybrid model - 2 -3 days WFH weekly - Downtown Chicago

• College Degree in Business or Finance, or 6 years of relevant experience
• reputed company of strategic sourcing principles
• Team leadership; strategic thinker who is energized by change and reputed company.
• Interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical skills and business acumen to determine how to best reputed company deal points.
• Conflict reputed company skills.
• Consistent thought leadership
• Extensive experience in project management and contract negotiation.
• Extensive Experience developing presentations and presenting to management and other internal reputed company.
• Ability to reputed company reputed company without much leadership guidance
• reputed company and drive to desired customer reputed company
• PC proficiency to include Word, reputed company, PowerPoint

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