Procurement Manager

Dewberry • Fairfax, VA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Dewberry is currently seeking a Procurement Manager to join our Pricing & Procurement team in Fairfax, Virginia. Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. The Fairfax, Virginia based firm is locally and family-owned. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. By joining our firm, you'll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call "Dewberry at Work," that have inspired our employees to be successful for over 60 years.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in procure to pay for technology, processes and best practices.
• 10+ years’ experience in procurement, subcontract administration, vendor management and accounts payable processes.
• Advanced analytics capabilities (Microsoft Office skills, BI tools, etc.).
• Experience with all contract types and uses to reduce risk.
• Experience developing strategies for sourcing all types of suppliers.
• Experience with supplier prequalification processes and performance tracking to improve quality and reduce risk.
• Experience assessing total cost of ownership to support supplier selection.
• Strong ERP procurement module experience, proficiency using Deltek Vantagepoint is a major plus.
• Proficiency using PowerBI is a major plus.
• Ability to develop data-driven spend analytics and perform analysis to identify over/under spend and recommend changes.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from senior executives, stakeholders, and cross-functional business leaders.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and determine and implement effective action plans.
• Ability to identify supply chain vulnerabilities and develop plans/alternatives to reduce risk.
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with other members of procurement, contracts, accounts payable, and operations.
• Excellent analytical, written, oral, organizational, and presentation skills to provide input and recommendations to company leadership and decisions at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the indirect purchasing team of professionals and directly support the Director of Procurement in driving the strategy, process and evolution of the end-to-end Deltek Vantagepoint procurement processes, ensuring cost-effective, timely, and risk-managed acquisition of goods and services as Dewberry continues to scale and grow.
• Serve as the Procurement Departments champion by partnering with operations to promote Dewberry Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Procurement objectives and work with corporate leadership to resolve issues/non-compliance.
• Promote a strong working relationship with internal stakeholders across operations.
• Support development of budget through forecasting and analysis of historical spending.
• Develop methodologies to control cost and maintain spending within established budget.
• Produce and analyze KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators), dashboards, and other analytics to measure and improve performance.
• Create and/or update existing training materials and procedure manuals.
• Direct departmental training and mentoring processes to maximize team members effectiveness and efficiency.
• Assists with all external and internal audits to ensure complete, timely, and accurate responses to information requests.
• Provide support for special projects, business initiatives, system upgrades etc. as needed.
• Understand all functional aspects of Dewberry’s ERP as a subject matter expert.
• Work with the ERP Team to provide administration in the areas of implementation, application support, process governance and improvements.
• Assist in the design, testing, training and roll out of updated ERP modules as required.
• Manage the end-to-end RFP lifecycle, from initial draft and internal reviews to final distribution and pre-bid meetings. Ensure RFP documents comply with policy and legal standards.
• Provide high quality support to all end users helping them understand the procurement process and how to use basic and advanced features of the Dewberry ERP.
• Train new users on the basics of using Dewberry’s ERP, allowing them to create and approve requisitions and purchase orders.
• Other duties/special projects as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed