What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Manager position at Zipcar?
We are seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to join our Finance team! This role would report to our Director of Finance and liaise with key stakeholder to determine product and service needs.
What you’ll do:
- Own and drive the complete procure-to-pay lifecycle for all suppliers
- Review current vendors and services to analyze if they meet current company needs & goals
- Negotiate with vendors to secure advantageous prices, terms, timeline, flexibility & security
- Coordinate with the legal review team on contract language
- Research and establish relationships with new vendors when needed
- Analyze invoices to ensure accuracy of goods delivered
- Accurately track and report key functional metrics
- Resolve vendor issues quickly and efficiently
- Manage the completion of all routine procurement activities including approving purchase orders and invoice reconciliation
- Primary point-of-contact to parent company Procurement & Legal teams
- Assist in the preparation, review and analysis of the forecast, budget and variances where necessary
- Lead a team to facilitate P2P process
What drives success for this role:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, law or equivalent combination of training, education, and experience. MBA a plus
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in procurement department with vendor, logistics and/or transportation
- In-depth knowledge of preparing and reviewing contracts, invoicing, and negotiation terms
- Requires excellent analytical ability, attention to detail, and to work collaboratively.
- Well-developed negotiation techniques and communication skills
- Ability to effectively manage multiple contracts, assignments and priorities
- Must have the ability analyze issues and problems systematically, gather broad and balanced input, draw sound conclusions and translate conclusions into timely decisions and actions
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, collaboration applications (SharePoint preferred), DocuSign, Electronic Resource Management tools, Contract Lifecycle management tools, etc.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to provide service and work effectively with diverse groups of people at various levels within the organization
- Proven ability to lead a successful team and develop internal talent effectively
What You’ll love about being a Zipster in Finance
- Opportunity to make an impact, and develop and grow outside the normal lines of your role to help the business, empowerment and ownership of your work
- Collaborative, bring your whole self to work, authenticity, humility, diverse, respect one another, supportive of each other’s successes, friendly, FUN, talented in and out of the office, we have thought leaders in our midst
- Exposure to and detailed working knowledge of a broad-spectrum of leaders and departments across the company and Avis Budget Group; ability to be highly influential to the growth trajectory of Zipcar
