Procurement Category Manager, IT Applications

Procurement Category Manager, IT Applications

• Engage with the IT Applications team to understand business requirements, goals and opportunities for value creation.
• Engage with external resources, benchmarks, etc to understand the market conditions related to the portfolio.
• Become the subject matter expert for Application related procurement.
• Lead and facilitate the development of sourcing strategies that combine market expertise, current market conditions, competitive leverage, sourcing processes and tactics into a strategy that delivers the lowest total practical cost.
• Recommend and seek approval for sourcing decisions, which are consistent with those strategies and the business requirements of our Information Technology Applications team. 
• Negotiate the commercial and legal elements of the contracts with suppliers that are consistent with the developed strategy.
• Hold supplier partners accountable for agreed upon performance.  This includes issue resolution and the management of relationships.
• Responsible for the design and successful implementation of key best practice business processes.

• Collaborate with PE’s Information Technology department to assure that the suppliers and the contract strategy deliver the results and requirements of our IT organization. 

• Multi-site, Multi-year, Multi-million dollar contract negotiation experience
• User license negotiation experience
• Strong negotiation skills
• Good consensus building skills
• Previous experience in IT product research, pricing, purchasing, tracking, & justification
• Large single source (e.g. SAP, Microsoft, Oracle) contract negotiation experience
• Proven track record of cost reductions
• Strong analytical ability, highly organized, and detail oriented
• Excellent communication skills

• Bachelor’s degree or an additional 5 years of experience
• 4-5 years of procurement experience
• 2-3 years of IT experience or 2-3 years of IT procurement experience