What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Manager position at AppleOne Employment Services?
Responsibilities -
- Lead Mid to High Level Complex Negotiation / Transactions / Procurement Projects
- Knowledgeable of the Strategic Sourcing process, drafting of contracts, financial reviews and procurement practices
- Lead negotiations and contract drafting for commodity/service to be purchased by the bank. Work with Legal, compliance, finance, the business and other department to minimize risk and obtain the favorable terms for the bank
- Proactively identifies and recommends category sourcing options and partners with stakeholders to implement them
- Determine and recommend alternate supply strategies to create cost savings and/or supply support solutions
- Analyze business plans, spend data, supplier and market data, to determine optimal sourcing strategies across businesses and assigned suppliers and/or commodities
- Contributes to the achievement of defined category performance targets and participates in or leads competitive RFPs as necessary
- Research and stay current on industry practices for product and services within the assigned category(s)
- Lead RFx activity
- Builds and fosters relationships and effectively partners across varied functions with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, and colleagues to influence change
- Manage assigned projects and communicate with the stakeholders
- Ensures compliance with Company policies, procedures, standards, use of Procurement systems in alignment with the stakeholder’s objectives
- Prepare reports for management as requested
- Manages supplier involvement and relationship with the Company
- Manages Supplier audit activities
- Facilitates activities around supplier audits
- Governance of vendor sourcing agreements
- Manages/mitigates vendor risk, business continuity and security
- Acts as liaison with vendors to ensure organizational needs are met
- Prepares and presents strategic sourcing strategies for assigned suppliers and/or commodities to senior management
- Develops / maintains market and technical expertise in assigned buy categories
- Recognized as subject matter experts (SME) of their commodity(s)
- Evaluates existing processes and provide process improvement recommendations in line with best practices and practical experience
- Mines spend data to identify cost savings opportunities
- Recommends to leadership supplier/vendor strategies for existing suppliers and alternatives
- Empowers others to achieve results through motivation, recognition and performance feedback
- Participates with management in development of procurement strategies
Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree is required.
