Procurement Specialist

Role Summary

Verint Global Procurement Team is looking to build upon its growth and success by further developing its Global Procurement team. As a Procurement Specialist reporting to the Director of Procurement, you will drive strategies, deliver initiatives, and bring procurement to life across SW, SaaS, Cloud & Hosting IT sub‑categories.

• Assist in contractual and commercial negotiations with new and existing SW, SaaS, and service provider vendors.
• Ensure proper purchasing involvement in all major vendor engagements and execute vendor management practices with strategic vendors of the organization.
• Promote savings and other value‑add through proactive negotiations of new agreements and renewals and lead benchmarking activities to perform market comparisons of supplier rates and cost models.
• Actively participate in the establishment, communication, and implementation of business goals and procurement improvements.
• Establish global cooperation and proper alignment with IT, Finance, Legal, Services and Operations.
• Ensure all procurement activities comply with the Global Procurement policy and procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of procurement experience in sourcing SW, SaaS & IaaS, with strong knowledge of software license and SaaS terms.
• Highly organized with excellent time‑management skills; able to handle multiple tasks, intense workload, short time frames and unplanned requests.
• Demonstrated personal attributes such as independent work, confidence, integrity, determination, and thoroughness.
• Strong ability to work collaboratively in a cross‑functional, complex environment.
• Limited domestic travel to attend business meetings.
• Successful completion of background screening, including employment verification, criminal search, OFAC, SS Verification, and where applicable, credit and drug screening, in accordance with federal and local regulations.

• Experience managing software development and service provider vendors and expenses.
• Professional procurement qualification is desirable.
• Familiarity and/or interest in emerging technology, especially third‑party cloud services and cloud management tools, and ability to make educated recommendations about pricing, vendor selection, competition, market compression, and optimization.
• Prior experience with a leading technology company.

Verint offers a comprehensive benefits program covering health, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more.

Verint Systems Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. Verint has a zero‑tolerance policy against any form of discrimination, retaliation, or harassment in accordance with all applicable anti‑discrimination laws.