Procurement Advisor

Accountabilities: Strategic Sourcing and Procurement: Partner with internal stakeholders to define business requirements, budgets, timelines, evaluation criteria, and sourcing strategies based on business priorities, spending levels, complexity, and risk. Competitive Sourcing Management: Lead Request for Information (RFI), Request for Quotation (RFQ), and Request for Proposal (RFP) processes. Research potential suppliers, evaluate proposals, compare commercial offers, and prepare recommendations. Document business justifications for sole-source purchasing when competitive sourcing is not feasible. Commercial Negotiations: Negotiate pricing, discounts, payment conditions, renewal increases, service levels, and contractual terms using historical spending, market benchmarks, supplier alternatives, and commercial analysis. IT Procurement: Manage sourcing activities across software, SaaS subscriptions, cloud services, hardware, IT infrastructure, technical support, data subscriptions, and professional technology services. Assess licensing structures, usage forecasts, cloud commitments, and implementation requirements to optimize costs and contractual arrangements. Cross-Functional Procurement: Support purchasing activities across Finance, Sales Operations, and Marketing, including financial platforms, consulting services, CRM systems, sales enablement tools, marketing technology, digital services, research, and agency partnerships. Contract Coordination: Coordinate supplier agreements and collaborate with Legal, Privacy, Security, Finance, technical teams, and business stakeholders to complete required reviews, negotiate commercial provisions, obtain approvals, and manage signatures. Supplier and Contract Lifecycle Management: Oversee renewals, amendments, extensions, expansions, reductions, and contract terminations. Monitor supplier performance and value while maintaining accurate contract, pricing, and renewal documentation. Purchase Orders and Supplier Onboarding: Review procurement requests for completeness, budget availability, approvals, and supporting documentation. Coordinate requisitions, purchase orders, and supplier onboarding activities. Procure-to-Pay Support: Work with Finance and Accounts Payable to resolve purchase order, invoice, payment, and supplier-related issues. Track requests through completion and maintain accurate information in procurement, contract, and supplier management systems, including Oracle and ServiceNow. Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure procurement activities comply with internal policies, approval procedures, and documentation requirements. Identify and escalate significant commercial, contractual, supplier, regulatory, and business continuity risks. Stakeholder and Supplier Relationships: Build effective relationships with internal teams and external suppliers, providing clear visibility into sourcing activities, contract status, renewals, purchase orders, risks, and outstanding actions. Cost Optimization and Process Improvement: Analyze procurement and financial data to identify savings opportunities, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, and additional commercial value. Contribute to improving procurement processes, reporting, controls, automation, and standardization. Requirements Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Finance, or a related discipline, with at least 10 years of relevant professional experience; alternatively, a master's degree in a relevant field with at least 7 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience. Significant experience in corporate procurement, strategic sourcing, purchasing, vendor management, or supply chain management. Proven experience managing competitive sourcing processes, including RFQs and RFPs, from supplier identification through evaluation and selection. Demonstrated experience sourcing and negotiating technology-related products and services, particularly SaaS solutions, software licensing, cloud services, IT professional services, or similar categories. Strong commercial negotiation and analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate supplier proposals, pricing structures, licensing models, subscriptions, and contract renewals. Experience managing supplier contracts and coordinating cross-functional reviews with Legal, Finance, Security, Privacy, and business stakeholders. Solid understanding of procurement operations, including requisitions, purchase orders, supplier onboarding, approval workflows, and procure-to-pay processes. Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple sourcing projects, contractual deadlines, and supplier renewals simultaneously. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and present clear commercial recommendations. Preferred Qualifications: Extensive IT procurement experience covering software licensing, SaaS subscriptions, cloud consumption and commitments, hardware, technical support, data services, and technology consulting. Experience managing multiple indirect procurement categories, particularly IT, Finance, Sales Operations, and Marketing. Familiarity with enterprise procurement, ERP, and workflow management platforms such as Oracle and ServiceNow. Proven ability to identify, measure, and document procurement value through cost savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, and process optimization. Experience improving or automating procurement and procure-to-pay workflows. Professional procurement or supply chain certifications, such as CPSM, CIPS, or an equivalent qualification. Benefits Competitive annual base salary: $126,690–$190,035 USD, depending on experience, qualifications, skills, and role requirements. Remote-first working culture with work-from-home flexibility. Flexible vacation policy to support work-life balance and personal well-being. Paid leave benefits. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. 401(k) retirement savings plan. Infertility benefits. Tuition reimbursement to support ongoing professional development. Life insurance coverage. Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Additional benefits and wellness resources.