Sr. Procurement Program Manager

Intermedia Intelligent Communications • United States, CA

6d • $130,000 - $140,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Intermedia is a leading provider of cloud communications and collaboration technology. The Procurement Team leads all procurement activities for the company’s global operations, overseeing nearly $200M in annual direct and indirect spend. We are looking for an energetic, collaborative teammate to maximize efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction in procurement functions including commodity strategies, supplier selection and management, contract negotiations, purchase order management, and spend reporting. This role will interact with team members from Finance, Legal, Engineering, Operations, IT, Marketing, Sales, and Facilities to ensure cost effective and timely delivery of essential goods and services. The position will lead and participate in high level strategic initiatives and support daily business execution, often interacting with senior level management. The role will also apply AI and machine learning to procurement functions, using these tools to create and refine leading edge processes. This role will report to the Senior Director of Procurement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 - 10 years’ experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain management
• Strategic focus and planning acumen in crafting and articulating commodity strategies
• Direct experience negotiating and executing contracts in partnership with the legal department
• Self-starting, enthusiastic, entrepreneurial attitude with a program management perspective
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse groups by displaying solid interpersonal and rapport building abilities
• Demonstrated successful application of AI and machine learning to help build leading edge procurement workflows and operations
• Strong negotiation, problem-solving, and contractual skills
• Strong time management and planning skills required to coordinate and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously while adapting to changes in business requirements
• Demonstrated high level of proficiency in the Microsoft suite of productivity applications such as Word, Excel including large data set manipulation and pivot tables, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Nice To Haves

• Software-as-as-Service (SaaS), Telecom and/or Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) industry experience a plus
• Prior experience with Coupa and/or ServiceNow a plus

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and author commodity strategies for key inbound products and services
• Partner with Legal to ensure terms are consistent with contractual requirements and incorporate those terms into contracts, such as MSAs and SOWs, negotiated with suppliers
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to understand and document details of business and procurement requirements, and use those to identify and select suppliers for everything from security software to engineering services, securing the best possible terms such as price, quality of goods and services, schedule, etc.
• Lead RFI and RFP initiatives, and aid and document cost savings efforts
• Utilize systems and tools such as ERPs (Coupa), PowerBI, Atlassian, ServiceNow, and multiple AI models to create and refine procurement processes
• Create purchase requisitions and orders for stakeholders, reconciling these with supply requests including administering Coupa and assisting Intermedia employees with Coupa processing and reporting
• Reconcile invoices to contractual terms to resolve inconsistencies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior