Global Indirect Procurement Manager

at  Stefanini Inc

LISTED SALARY RANGES MAY VARY BASED ON EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, AND LOCAL MARKET. ALSO, SOME POSITIONS MAY INCLUDE BONUSES OR OTHER INCENTIVES.

Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers.

• Collaborate with internal partners and use these relationships to lead category strategies, pipeline items and short/medium/long-term goals to support the ongoing delivery of product pipeline.
• Lead the supplier selection, risk assessment and contract negotiation process for key projects.
• Ensure that appropriate Supplier Relationship Management programs are in place for strategic and critical suppliers in the concerned categories of spend.
• Provide regular progress updates to Senior Leadership and to key internal partners.
• Lead negotiations across critical supply agreements using strong value-based techniques.
• Monitor, track and report on savings and incremental value of sourcing activities
• Stimulate and support innovation by using the supplier base, regularly reviewing market developments, and mobilizing the appropriate internal network.
• Be an inspiring leader within the organization on key solutions in the marketplace consistently ensuring that client has line of sight to current trends in cost management.
• Bachelor/Master’s degree.
• Minimum 5 years of category management experience with multinational organizations.
• Proven experience in people, stakeholder, and project management.
• Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups.
• Very strong analytic and negotiation skills.
• Business sense and ability to develop critical thinking.
• Experience in contracting includes but not be limited to Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments and NDAs.
• Deep understanding of Procurement standard processes, supply markets, suppliers, and products.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment.
• Sophisticated understanding of pricing models and contracts terms