What are the responsibilities and job description for the Information Technology Procurement position at National Futures Association?
When you join NFA as a Vendor Procurement Specialist, you'll join a high-performing team of dedicated professionals responsible for managing and onboarding vendors efficiently.
Bring your technical know-how, problem solving skills and an eye for detail.
Beginning your first day and throughout your career, you'll utilize your critical thinking and decision-making skills to support our important regulatory mission.
What you'll do:
The Vendor Procurement Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring staff's technology needs are met and vendors are effectively managed. Specifically, your main responsibilities will include:
- Organizing vendor processes to support IT spending in several areas (e.g., telecom, hardware, software, computer services and consulting).
- Tracking past and proposed spending to ensure consistency with financial objectives.
- Selecting vendors and negotiating terms to optimize both service levels and costs.
- Reviewing and tracking vendor contracts, purchase orders and invoices.
- Confirming that contracts are reviewed and security vetting is completed by appropriate staff during onboarding process.
- Managing contract renewals, term extensions, warranty tracking and vendor cancellations.
- Addressing IT vendor challenges and improving practices.
What we’re looking for:
Diligent, detail-oriented individuals thrive in this role. If you're eager to apply your technical abilities to serve a public good—supporting the integrity of the derivatives markets—and meet the qualifications below, we encourage you to apply to join our team as a Vendor Procurement Specialist.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, supply chain, finance, information systems, business or related field
- Familiarity with creating and refining IT vendor management processes
- A minimum of five years in IT vendor management or procurement experience
- Excellent analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders
Salary range: $88,400 - $147, 400
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Please note: NFA cannot provide any form of sponsorship or transfer sponsorship for this position. This means candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. Additionally, NFA offers a flexible work environment to support our employees. This position follows a hybrid model, allowing team members to work remotely two days per week while collaborating gin the office on other days.
NFA is not seeking assistance from external staffing agencies or third-party vendors at this time.
Salary : $88,400 - $147,400
