Mgr II- Procurement

BAE Systems•Falls Church, VA

5d•$122,400 - $208,080

About The Position

The IT Software Senior Procurement Manager reports to the Director of IT Procurement and manages subcategories covering software, cloud services, IT professional services, and managed solutions. The role serves as a strategic sourcing partner to assigned IT and other stakeholders, aligning sourcing activity with enterprise objectives. It works with IT, Legal, Finance, Risk, Security, business stakeholders, and other functions to deliver timely, compliant, and cost-effective outcomes. The position develops and executes IT subcategory sourcing strategies, supports IT governance, leads supplier and contract negotiations, and advises stakeholders on requirements, statements of work, risk mitigations, and supplier performance. It communicates category strategy, supplier deals, risks, and savings objectives to senior leaders, and tracks indirect procurement metrics and objectives. Operational duties include coordinating funding for enterprise procurements, placing compliant purchase orders using source-to-pay tools, managing purchase order changes, helping resolve invoice and payment issues, maintaining procurement documentation, and following applicable policies and controls.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of related procurement experience.
Knowledge and demonstrated experience sourcing IT products and services.
Extensive negotiation skills and strong business acumen.
Sound commercial and contracting knowledge, including experience working with Legal on terms and conditions.
Ability to interpret complex requirements and develop effective contracting approaches.
Strong problem-solving skills, including evaluating complex issues and making informed strategic business decisions.
Ability to see the big picture while maintaining attention to detail.
Understanding of business processes and ability to contribute to efficiency improvements, best practices, and collaboration.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
Highly developed relationship-building and networking capabilities, with the ability to engage, communicate, negotiate, and influence at multiple organizational levels internally and externally.
Self-starter able to work independently and collaboratively within a larger team.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with unique requirements of US government customers and the defense industrial base.
Experience negotiating large, single-sourced agreements with IT software suppliers, including engineering tools providers.

Responsibilities

Engage cross-functional and cross-business teams to understand IT solution and service requirements.
Develop IT subcategory strategies to minimize risk, leverage spend, support business initiatives, and prepare for future technologies.
Analyze IT categories using spend, market, and supplier analysis tools.
Execute software category sourcing strategies in line with company processes, including supplier due diligence, capability and risk assessments, requirements collection, RFP creation, proposal analysis, negotiations, business case support, contract redlines, and sourcing documentation.
Guide stakeholders through IT governance processes.
Advise stakeholders on statements of work, including requirements, payment milestones, and risk mitigations.
Escalate and address supplier performance issues by reviewing progress and contractual compliance.
Lead negotiations on IT supplier contracts, including NDAs, master agreements, licensing agreements, and statements of work, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders; seek Legal and leadership approval for onerous terms and conditions.
Communicate category strategy, supplier deal status, risks, savings objectives, and cost-avoidance projections to senior leaders.
Own, track, and deliver indirect procurement metrics and objectives year over year and year to date.
Coordinate with sector business and finance stakeholders on funding for enterprise procurements.
Use source-to-pay tools to place compliant purchase orders for IT purchases in accordance with policies and procedures.
Manage administrative purchase order change requests and ensure cost-impacting changes have appropriate approvals and contract documentation.
Assist accounts payable and internal stakeholders with reconciling nonconforming invoices and resolving outstanding supplier payments.
Document procurement files in accordance with procedures and demonstrate consideration of factors essential to effective and economical procurement.
Follow applicable Supply Chain, Finance, IT, and other policies and procedures, including separation-of-duty and delegation-of-authority requirements.