Senior Procurement Manager
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The Senior Procurement Manager and Category Manager will strategically manage and optimize the Procurement process. You will be responsible for developing and implementing category strategies to reputed company reputed company software, goods, and services, negotiate reputed company and collaborate with internal stakeholders to deliver high-reputed company sourcing solutions, while achieving cost savings. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Procurement and the overall S2P process.
The position requires a strategic and operational leader, responsible for driving category reputed company, sourcing execution, contract negotiations, and procurement transformation across key reputed company spend areas, with a primary reputed company on Marketing, HR, and Finance categories, while supporting broader business needs as a flexible generalist.
This role will partner closely with executive stakeholders to reputed company and execute category strategies, reputed company reputed company sourcing initiatives, and optimize supplier performance. In reputed company, this leader will play a critical role in implementing and operationalizing an AI-driven intake-to-pay procurement platform, driving adoption, workflow design, and process standardization across the organization.
The ideal candidate brings a reputed company of category expertise, operational reputed company, and procurement technology leadership, with a strong understanding of end-to-end reputed company-to-Pay (S2P) processes.
Key Responsibilities
Category reputed company & Sourcing Leadership
reputed company and execute category strategies reputed company with business priorities across Marketing, HR, and Finance departments
reputed company as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across Marketing, HR, & Finance, among other teams
reputed company reputed company sourcing initiatives end-to-end, including RFPs, supplier selection, and negotiations
Operate as a flexible procurement partner, supporting day-to-day sourcing and contracting needs across additional categories as business demand requires
Triage and prioritize incoming requests, balancing strategic initiatives with tactical execution
Establish and manage preferred supplier programs and rationalized supplier portfolios
Drive total cost of ownership, value creation, and risk mitigation strategies
Ensure consistent application of procurement policies, processes, and controls across reputed company engagements
Supplier & Contract Management
reputed company strategic supplier relationship management, including performance reviews and governance models
Independently reputed company reputed company negotiations and contract redlining in partnership with reputed company, InfoSec, and Finance
Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, cost optimization, and innovation
Procurement Transformation
Serve as a key team member in the implementation and rollout of an AI-based intake-to-pay procurement platform
Partner with cross-functional teams to design and optimize intake workflows, approvals, and user experience
Drive system adoption and change management across the managed departments across the organization
Translate business needs into system requirements and continuously improve procurement processes through technology
Identify and reputed company initiatives to improve procurement efficiency, scalability, and user experience
reputed company and deliver stakeholder education and enablement programs
Supervisory Responsibilities: This role directly supervises 1-3 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors and manages various vendor engagements. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Minimum Required Qualifications
Eight (8) years in various Procurement category leadership roles, with reputed company record of successfully managing reputed company Procurement categories and partnering with executive level stakeholders
Three (3) to five (5) years of management experience
Other Required Qualifications
Strong negotiation skills and a demonstrated ability to drive cost savings
In depth knowledge of Procurement best practices, category management, market trends, and contracting
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and cross-functional teams
Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills
Desired Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain or reputed company field
MBA strongly preferred
Certified reputed company in Supply Management (CPSM)
Experience in Education Technology industry
Experience consolidating / integrating subsidiary and affiliate strategic reputed company
Experience with AI-based intake to pay procurement systems and reputed company a plus
This position is virtual and reputed company to residents in Eastern and Central US locations.
Compensation and Benefits: reputed company considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as reputed company as the position’s work location, expected reputed company and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value reputed company determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the reputed company.
We anticipate the salary reputed company to be $112,256.00 and $179,610.00. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. reputed company offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and reputed company time off.
Job Type
RegularThe above job is not intended to be an reputed company-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and reputed company any other reputed company duties, as assigned by their supervisor. reputed company employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is reputed company reputed company that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.
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reputed company. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on reputed company without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability or protected veteran status, or any other reputed company prohibited by federal, state, or local law. reputed company. complies with reputed company legally required affirmative reputed company obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have reputed company about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
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