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Company

Zoom · 2 days ago

Procurement Category Lead, Hardware and Data Center

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$122K/yr - $266K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Developing stakeholder support and cooperation on assigned commodities.

Designing, conducting and synthesizing supplier, industry, and market research for assigned commodities to develop sourcing strategy.

Processing of data collection and analysis of spend data for assigned commodities.

Ensuring commodity spend is under management and contract compliance.

Developing sourcing strategy to support strategic commodity planning and savings.

Establishing metrics and tools to monitor progress and supplier scorecards.

Implementing agreements to consolidate suppliers/spend.

Providing analysis of existing requirements/pricing to ensure cost-effective options.

Analyzing historical spend as well as forecast to track savings by commodity.

Developing solid understanding of cost drivers and contracts by commodity.

Maintaining day-to-day supplier relationships; act as the lead point of contact on all commercial issues.

Identifying and negotiating commercial cost reduction opportunities.

Supporting Product/Engineering to identify suppliers available for sourcing.

Issuing RFx for sourcing assigned commodities.

Reviewing, analyzing and clarifying quote packages from suppliers.

Negotiating, evaluating and issuing PO’s for assigned commodities.

Working on 'Lean' initiatives and identifying other sourcing efficiencies via benchmarking, VA/VE, competitive quotes and resourcing.

Qualification

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Datacenter hardware procurementStrategic sourcingContract negotiationsColocation servicesVendor managementExcel skillsOpportunity analysisBusiness process improvementLean initiativesSaaS experience

Required

Have five years experience in procuring datacenter hardware/Colocation

Have understanding of hardware, Colocation professional services and vendors and related contracts

Experience in working with datacenter hardware vendors and/or service providers

Have hi-tech, SaaS experience

Have excellent Excel skills

Have strategic sourcing, opportunity analysis, and contract negotiations experience

Have demonstrated ability to identify business process issues and drive improvement.

Have organizational skills to manage and track transactional details

Have the ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time

Benefits

A variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health; support work-life balance; and contribute to their community in meaningful ways.

Company

Zoom

Zoom is a software company that offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing.

Founded in 2011

San Jose, California, USA

5,001-10,000 employees

http://zoom.us

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