Procurement Manager - Global Data Center team

This procurement role supports Oracle's cloud businesses by contributing to and managing a professional staff that conducts contract negotiations, best value analysis, supplier and contract management in a dynamic, fast paced and exciting business environment support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, NetSuite,  Oracle Global Business Unit (GBU) Cloud Services, and Oracle Data Cloud.

Desired skills and training include:

• Leadership experience including hiring and managing a professional staff,  setting objectives, measuring and improving performance, establishing best practices, developing and enforcing policy, and making key decisions.
• Ability to develop Key Performance Indicators to measure performance and demonstrate service value proposition.
• Ability to deal with potentially confrontational situations with patience, diplomacy and tact.
• Confidently and appropriately exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to meet business critical deadlines and able to work effectively in team environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to work effectively with both internal and external stakeholders on a regional, global, and/or virtual basis.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to successfully build relationships and influence individuals both up and down the organizational hierarchy.
• Knowledge of the Data Center and Telecommunication (network) industry is preferred.
• Project management experience managing global programs/projects, meeting deadlines, and driving business process improvement and automation.
• Successful, meaningful, experience in identifying, proposing, and implementing business process improvements.
• Strong organizational skills to manage and successfully complete tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong contract, negotiation and procurement skills and experience.
• Procurement experience including sourcing, cost/price analysis, contracting, and supplier management.
• Understanding of corporate structures and experience managing contract novation, assignment, and assumption in a merger and acquisition context.

Career Level - M2

Qualifications:

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $87,000 to $178,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Responsibilities:

As a member of Oracle's International Electronic eBusiness Center, you will review and approve purchases up to a specified dollar amount. Directs the activities of buyers to meet company objectives. Develops and implements policies and procedures for the operation of procurement activities. May negotiate major contracts involving large dollar amounts. Interacts with suppliers to resolve issues and maintain the Oracle/Supplier relationship. May analyze and summarize global commodity spending trends to identify cost saving opportunities. Monitors activities to ensure Oracle's Global Purchasing/Finance policy objectives are met. May review standard and nonstandard contracts. Identify, propose and initiate implementation of process efficiencies/improvements.

Specific responsibilities include: 

Staff Management

• Manage 4 employees based in the United States. 
• Assist in driving and enabling the roadmap for Data Center programs with a focus on contracting, risk management, and compliance. 
• Develop and enforce corporate policies and monitoring activities to ensure that policy objectives are met. 
• Identify, propose, and implement business process improvements.
• Analyze spend trends to identify cost savings opportunities.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to measure performance and demonstrate service value proposition.
• Identifying key strategic suppliers together with Oracle’s Lines of Businesses.
• Set up supplier performance metrics supporting Supplier Relationship Management programs. 
• Work closely with Procurement teams in the all region relative to global strategies and initiatives.
• Manage regional/global projects and drafting business summaries and/or executive approval requests. 
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the Global Procurement Contracts Team, Legal Department, and other internal business units. 
• Review and disposition supplier agreements inherited from Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activities.

Contracting & Negotiations

• Manage master agreement contract negotiations for Data Center, Colocation and Network Services, and other contract instruments focusing on commercial and business terms.
• Support RFX activities as requested by Line of Business.
• Support Data Center and Colocation cost control, schedule, delivery, and cost management.
• Negotiate, draft and prepare contract and service order documents.
• Review and approve Purchase Requests and create and issue Purchase Orders.

Contract Management

• Manage Service Order and Purchase Order contracts.
• Support financial contract reporting obligations.
• Support insurance and risk management business requirements.
• Conduct and support contract audit requests.
• Support business supplier management  functions by conducting contract review and analysis to determine contract obligations, requirements, remedies.
• Support ad hoc special process improvement and business optimization projects.

Contract Reporting

• Monitor and update all assigned activities and provide timely and accurate reporting (Master Agreement negotiations, Service Orders, Purchase Orders, Contract Management, Projects, RFX activities).

RFX Support

• Perform cost/price analysis, determine best value for Oracle and negotiate favorable pricing and commercial terms.
• Perform proposal reviews and analyses to determine contract obligations, requirements, remedies.

Project Management 

• Develop and manage procurement and category management programs/projects and business process improvements.
• Work cooperatively with internal stakeholders to meet business operation and cost objectives.

 

Salary : $87,000 - $178,100