Procurement Manager

Briarlake Partners is a strategic sourcing-focused recruiting firm. We are working with a Waltham, MA based client looking for a Strategic Sourcing / Procurement Manager. We are searching for candidates with experience managing indirect spend categories such as information services, marketing, professional services, and facilities, and supporting a broad base of business partners through relationship management and identifying strategic business opportunities.

We are only considering local candidates who are willing to spend three days a week in our client's Waltham, MA area office.

Responsibilities:

• Build a new Procurement Model for approximately $100M in indirect spend
• Develop and implement category management strategies across all Indirect Procurement spend
• Develop, implement, and drive strategic sourcing initiatives to support the category management process
• Create and execute Procurement Maturity roadmap
• Select, implement, and manage strategic sourcing tools according to the maturity roadmap
• Develop and implement Strategic Sourcing and Category Management training for the entire Procurement department
• Support the selection and management of external consultants to support the Procurement Department initiatives
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities in procurement
• Manage procurement operations team, including issuing and approving of purchase orders and the selection and operation of eSourcing tools (e.g. contract management system, spend analytics, eSourcing, etc.)
• Develop and implement procurement processes and strategies to ensure that procurement operations run effectively, achieve organizational goals/performance KPI’s, and ensure quality programs/services to our members and customers.
• Provide strategic inputs and supply market information to guide business decisions and act as a conduit for procurement activities
• Coordinate negotiations, contract development, contract implementation, and supplier contract compliance
• Develop, implement, and report to stakeholders meaningful KPIs that accurately demonstrate performance
• Conduct ongoing business reviews to ensure suppliers are performing to contracted obligations and service levels

Requirements:

• 5 years professional of combined experience in procurement, category management, and strategic sourcing, preferably of indirect goods and services.
• Bachelor's degree in a business, supply chain, or technical discipline
• Customer-focused with excellent written, listening, and verbal communication skills
• Detail-oriented, professional attitude, reliable
• Proven record of driving cost savings throughout a complex organization
• Ability to structure and manage complex projects
• Service-oriented mindset, with a desire to ensure client satisfaction
• Ability to think strategically, conceptually, and analytically to assess problems, identify and consider potential solutions, and make timely recommendations
• Talent for data analytics, master data management, and information presentation required to organize and track vendor spend data and master data and measure and report value realized from Procurement activities

Our client requires three days a week onsite in their Waltham, MA office.

We are only considering local candidates at this time.