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Managed Staffing, Inc. · 2 days ago
Procurement Category Manager
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level
8+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Category Management: Support all assigned categories using assessments for recommendations and decisions, including onboarding new suppliers.
Contract Negotiations: Collaborate with business partners on contract negotiation strategy, lead negotiations with vendors, manage the contract redlining process, and engage QuidelOrtho subject matter experts regarding special contract terms.
Savings Initiatives: Drive saving initiatives, quantify results, and track performance to ensure savings are realized.
Procurement Process Management: Lead the entire procurement effort from strategy development, bidders list creation, proposal evaluations, supplier selection, total cost analysis, and savings calculations.
Spend Analysis: Conduct spend analytics, benchmarking, industry research, procurement strategy development, and stakeholder meetings.
Strategy Development: Develop strategies to effectively control spend, reduce risk, and improve overall value to the organization using tools such as spend analytics, industry data, and other best practices.
Project Tracking: Track projects on an ongoing basis and ensure savings are reported in a timely fashion.
Continuous Improvement: Participate in or manage business reviews, address underperforming suppliers, and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s degree or related work experience within a similar role.
8+ years of procurement experience, ideally with 4+ years of experience in assigned categories.
ISM CPSM certification is required.
Extensive experience with supplier management, contract negotiations, strategy development, and spend analysis.
Demonstrated written and verbal communication/presentation skills appropriate for executive level management.
Exceptional customer service skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with a global cross-functional team including Legal, Finance, Compliance, etc.
Experience working in a healthcare or other regulated environment and following procedures within a quality management system.
Experience working in a global environment and conducting business across multiple time zones and cultures.
Skilled at leading multiple procurement strategies such as competitive bidding, direct negotiations, gainsharing, reverse auctions, and buying consortia.
Strong organization and project management skills to keep multiple high-priority projects moving to completion.
Ability to view problems from a strategic perspective and identify critical areas for detailed analysis. Quickly structure approaches to solve complex problems while making quick but educated and thoughtful decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Strong analytical skills to utilize various data sets to analyze savings opportunities, vendor consolidation, spend patterns, and contract performance. Ability to identify anomalies, inconsistencies, and errors.
Ability to maintain a balanced and flexible approach and anticipate risks or downstream effects from corporate changes, adjusting direction as necessary.
Company
Managed Staffing, Inc.
Managed Staffing Inc (a Spin off from Adea) – is a Dallas, TX based firm that specializes in permanent and contract Staffing Services, in both IT and non-IT areas.
501-1,000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2022 (4)
2021 (1)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
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Abid Abedi
Founder and Chairman
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