Buyer Procurement, IT & Marketing

Description

The Information Technology & Marketing Procurement Buyer is responsible for ongoing support in planning, organizing and managing the sourcing of IT & Marketing solutions, whether hardware, and/or on-premise software, cloud subscriptions and services. The incumbent collaborates with the team to develop best practices, deliver cost savings, mitigate risks, and educate others on the benefits of sound procurement principles.

• Conduct sourcing events for technology purchases which include RFP and RFQ’s activities: identifying prospective suppliers through market research, qualifying suppliers, contract management, supplier engagement, supplier performance and score-carding and cost savings analysis
• Review’s SOW’s, Order Forms and Master Agreements for new purchases and negotiate business terms and pricing as necessary
• Act as liaison and partner between internal brand partners (e.g. Legal Counsel, IT security, IT/Marketing partners, finance, and various functional leadership) and the vendor
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with key internal customers; effectively communicate progress, issues and outcomes to multiple stakeholders across cross-functional teams
• Utilize Ariba to create requisitions and purchase orders; evaluate purchase requests against approved PAR’s for appropriateness.
• Provide ad-hoc pricing analyses and service comparisons; become a subject matter expert on many of the vendor solutions in the IT software category
• Assist in the ongoing management of information technology hardware and software manufacturers and value-added resellers by ensuring contract compliance and performance
• Perform contract review, negotiate and establish business terms and conditions on agreements that ensure timely delivery, mitigate risk, and establish service level agreements (SLAs) where applicable
• Escalate contractual points of misalignment for appropriate review
• Ensure comprehensive, error-free, timely execution of key tasks and processes such as, but not limited to: the Delegation of Authority process, contract signatures, contract repository, savings and/or cost avoidance tracking