What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Procurement Consultant - Marketing position at IBM?
Introduction
IBM is seeking highly motivated individuals with prior procurement experience to join our Procurement BPO team of procurement consulting professionals. Our team provides procurement services to IBM’s external clients across all industry segments.
Specifically, we are seeking to fill the role of an Associate Procurement Consultant to support our clients’ procurement and strategic sourcing requirements in indirect spend category of marketing. This role requires regular business travel to remote client locations based on project requirements.
Your role and responsibilities
Roles & Responsibilities
- Managing multiple competitive bid events for clients (i.e., Request for Proposal, Request for Quote, Request for Information, Reverse Auctions etc.) within assigned spend categories
- Analyzing client’s historical spend data in one or more categories in order to identify sourcing opportunities, support category strategy development, and measure compliance with supplier agreements
- Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships across all levels of the client’s business, procurement, and legal organizations
- Negotiating commercial terms and facilitating contracting processes with the client’s suppliers
- Analyzing and documenting cost savings versus historical spend to ensure IBM meets or exceeds contractual savings commitments to our clients
- Identifying opportunities to transform the client’s procurement organization and policies, and to support the client in achieving its strategic business objectives
- Supporting Global Category Leaders and Category Managers with development of category strategies and developing sourcing project strategies
- Collaborating with peer consultants supporting our other clients to share and leverage useful templates, strategies, lessons learned, and case studies
Required technical and professional expertise
Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Law, or another applicable field.
Prior experience leading end-to-end competitive bids and supplier negotiations.
Candidates must be willing and able to travel to client locations based on business requirements.
The preferred location for this Hybrid position (minimum 3-days per week in an IBM or client office) is Research Triangle Park / Raleigh, North Carolina. Austin, Texas is also a pre-approved office location for the role.
Preferred technical and professional experience
