Director Procurement

Establish best-in-class Procurement
◦Manage alignment and coordination of procurement resources, training, technologies, processes, and change management principles to
◦Maintain awareness of the latest procurement industry trends, concepts, practices, applications, and procedures to identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy of the purchasing operations.
◦Manage the development, maintenance, and deployment of procurement policies, procedures, and standards.
◦Champion continuous improvement within and across the Procurement organization. Develop a roadmap for improvement that creates a competitive advantage for the business through innovation in procurement.
•Track and report success of vendor management and procurement efforts:
◦Manage procurement program status, issues and success metrics for procurement projects. Develop tools and analytics to support project/program success factors.
◦Prepare various reports (compliance, approval tracking, performance metrics, etc.) for executive management reports.
◦Develop proactive measurements to improve customer/user satisfaction.
•Ensure strong contract management, vendor management, and risk management:
◦Oversee the contract negotiation process and compliance with SLAs by risk specialty departments (e.g., Legal).
◦Establish and operationalize a framework for managing the performance and risks of key suppliers, including vendor scorecards and periodic reviews where warranted
◦Leverage senior Project Management expertise/practices that align with business requirements.
◦Effectively communicate across all stakeholders and governance teams.
◦Provide guidance on best practices and standards.
Requirements:
•Bachelor’s degree in applicable field
•Master’s degree preferred
•5+ years procurement experience preferably for a global technology company – must
•Experience in cloud company – must
•Excellent written, oral and presentation skills
•Strong quantitative analytical skills.
•Financial acumen
•Familiarity with large-scale IT systems spanning multiple disciplines and procurement experience tending to the needs of such environments
•Experience in negotiating contract terms and conditions including statements of work (SOWs) and software licensing