Senior Procurement Specialist - Information Technology

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Stevens Point, WItime type:
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Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR-140399

We pride ourselves on being the experts in what we do, and we need individuals who are experienced to be able to handle the more complex spend categories and execute procurement actions that support business operations while continually adding value to the organization. You’ll develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, while creating procurement strategies, monitoring the contract life cycles, managing supplier performance, and being a trusted business advisor for the Information Technology stakeholders.
** What You'll Do
** As a
** Senior Procurement Specialist,
** you will:
* Manage complex Information Technology spend categories, including maintaining awareness of current and future needs, monitoring milestones and reviewing contract terms.  Develop and execute action plans based on the identified sourcing strategy, business needs and improvement to ensure standards are achieved at a competitive rate with minimal risk.
* Develop and execute negotiation strategies to determine contract terms and conditions, ensuring a strong product is provided with optimal savings and minimal risk.
* Monitor contracts for assigned spend categories to identify pending expirations and proactively communicate with business stakeholders or junior team members to determine how to proceed with the supplier.
* Conduct research, benchmarking and cost analysist to remain a subject matter expert in assigned categories and make recommendations to the business.  Collaborate with business stakeholders to implement changes that achieve business goals.
* Develop and maintain supplier relationships including developing performance score cards, managing performance, driving cost saving efforts and ensuring adherence to contract terms and conditions.  Lead creation of improvement plans when standards are not being achieved.
* Develop or participate in development of sourcing strategies for Information Technology spend categories to ensure implementation of appropriate procurement approaches and identification of controls to manage risk.
* Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to support business needs and lead complex change management efforts for internal and external processes.
* Maintains knowledge of changing technology, current market conductions and industry trends to identify possible improvements.  Evaluate contracts and identify financial or legal implications to determine current opportunities to make changes, presenting findings and recommendations to management as appropriate.

Additionally, you…