Sr. Manager, Procurement

Fortra•US-MINNESOTA, MN

1d•$130,000 - $170,000•Remote

About The Position

The Sr. Manager, Procurement oversees procurement across all global locations. The role drives procurement strategy, partners with executive leadership, ensures successful execution of procurement initiatives and operations, and builds, develops, and manages the procurement team. It also partners closely with Finance, Legal, Security, M&A, People Experience, acquired teams, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to manage vendors, contracts, spending, and purchasing processes. The position is listed as based in Minneapolis, MN (Eden Prairie), which is nice to have but not required. Fortra operates remotely, and its current hiring strategy focuses on building talent communities in Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Eden Prairie, and the New York–New Jersey–Connecticut tri-state area.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Strong professional experience in procurement, contract review, and vendor management.
Strong understanding of financial reports, including variances between actual and budget figures.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a technology company.
Professional credentials such as RPA/FMA or CFM.
Location in Minneapolis, MN (Eden Prairie); this is not required.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Finance leaders and the team to establish global procurement strategy, processes, and procedures.
Partner with Finance to streamline and rationalize the vendor base in pursuit of short- and long-term goals.
Work with acquired teams to integrate their procurement strategy, processes, and procedures.
Help establish a vendor management playbook and oversee its execution.
Collaborate with Legal and Security to ensure strong controls and governance over vendor contract management.
Establish and maintain strong vendor relationships.
Support the business with request-for-proposal processes as needed.
Manage a procurement team responsible for determining key vendors and ensuring universal, centralized management.
Work with Legal to develop and execute a strategy to streamline vendor selection, contract evaluation, and negotiations.
Partner with Finance, M&A, and functional leaders to review post-acquisition expenses and plan cost reductions and transitions to standard vendors.
Align procurement strategy and processes with purchasing and budget-control procedures, including spending authorities, approval processes and limits, and purchase-order requirements.
Recommend, select, and implement tools to improve operational efficiency, such as a vendor management system.
Manage new spend and upcoming contract end dates through a contract management cycle aligned with approved budgets.
Develop productive supplier relationships while maintaining healthy competition in the supply base.
Review and approve purchase-order change management, including increases and decreases.
Assist in reconciling complex invoices to purchase orders to enable vendor payment.
Help develop procurement policies and procedures and train employees to promote organizational consistency.
Partner with Finance to provide accurate and timely vendor and third-party spending data.
Monitor supplier performance, communicate issues, and work with internal and external customers to ensure contract needs are met and issues resolved.
Drive system implementation, enterprise-wide adoption, and optimization.
Manage team performance and productivity, and coach team members.
Collaborate with the People Experience team to ensure career paths and development opportunities for employees.