What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Procurement Solutions and IT Category position at CoreTrust Purchasing Group?
Job Requirements
To succeed in this role, you will need:
To succeed in this role, you will need:
- Strong industry knowledge across the entire IT portfolio and interpersonal skills to build credibility with, and foster professional relationships with senior Technology executives, financial officers, suppliers, and industry advisors
- 15 years of experience structuring complex commercial contracts with IT suppliers, assessing demand, negotiating, and sourcing IT spend to support complex broad portfolio of IT needs across enterprise
- Seasoned negotiator with in-depth knowledge and experience in contract negotiations and understanding of contract terms and conditions
- Deep familiarity with procurement practices and buying behaviors
- Understanding of supplier economics and levers for strong partnership
- Relationship building skills with key buyers, influencers, and suppliers
- Product research and development experience
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong work ethic and demonstrated ability to be nimble, flexible to drive goals/projects to completion
- Ability to work independently, yet take direction and articulate point of view
- Must be willing to travel ~25% of time, as required
- MBA, JD is a plus
