Senior Manager, Procurement - South-east Location

At Promethean... We're on a mission to transform the way people learn and collaborate around the world. For over 25 years, we've been empowering educators, innovators, and business leaders with our award-winning interactive displays and software solutions that transform learning and workspaces into connected, creative environments. Our company is rooted in our values, igniting a culture that fosters collaboration and innovation, as well as promoting an inclusive environment. As a global leader in edtech, we are also passionate about four key areas where we can make a difference: growing access to technology for underserved communities, encouraging our employees to take an active role in improving our world, promoting diversity and inclusion, and reducing our carbon footprint. Discover more about our corporate social responsibility initiatives. As a member of #TeamPromethean, you'll have the opportunity to change lives with technology and directly impact education and the workplace for countless people every day. If you're passionate about education, collaboration, and making a positive global impact, we want to hear from you. Join us on our mission to transform the world, one student, one teacher, and one community at a time. As Promethean’s Senior Manager, Procurement, you will be the leader and key decision maker in the development and implementation of category strategies and improvement plans that support the organization's overall business goals. You will be responsible for identifying areas of opportunity for cost savings, supplier performance evaluation, and ongoing optimization of procurement processes. You will be responsible for evaluating and maintaining supplier relationships, ensuring that they meet the organization's standards for quality, compliance, and performance. Additionally, you will research and recommend new suppliers in a highly regulated environment, monitor market conditions, and provide input on strategic decisions that affect the organization's procurement program(s) to ensure the organization receives the best value for their purchases. In this role, you will lead the indirect sourcing including but not limited to Marketing & Sales, Product & Engineering, IT, Travel & Expenses, etc..  Responsibilities:

Influence and implement a strategic plan for specific indirect materials and services category spend such as professional services, facility services, MRO, utilities, human resources, IT/Telecom, travel etc. to support overarching category plans (short term plan?)

Manage a clear framework for cost savings, spend analysis, contract reviews, pricing, supplier management, and purchasing on an enterprise scale to standardize indirect purchasing policies and approach

Drive procurement impact and value through strategic initiatives and directly improve the Procurement experience for all cross-functional stakeholders and provide one voice to suppliers

Align with Finance and key stakeholders on indirect spending, budgets and savings pipeline

Partner with stakeholders to prepare corporate-wide bid packages utilizing RFI’s and RFP's

Build vendor partnerships and short-term procurement strategies with key stakeholder groups with (Finance, Legal, HR, Operations, Marketing etc.)

Be a strategic thought partner to senior leaders across the global corporate services organization while aligning on business objectives, challenges, projects, and requirements

Establish and monitor key performance metrics, status on deliverables, Dashboards, Market Intelligence, and ensure visibility and adoption of preferred supplier programs

Provide progress status briefings to management, project teams, and leaders , proactively highlighting issues with projects, timelines, etc., that require awareness or attention

Identify specific cost improvement opportunities and present them to the leadership for prioritization, resourcing, and implementation; align with corporate service teams on the implementation plans and drive execution and adherence to the strategy

Provide category expertise to stakeholders on industry best practices for Consulting and Contingent Labor categories

People development and management

Requirements:

8-10 years relevant work experience managing Professional Services categories plus a BS/BA or relevant work experience or MBA in a corporate environment, preferably in areas or travel, procurement and supplier

Experience in Global Procurement transformation projects working directly with business partners to execute on defined scope, budget, and transformation results

Strong interpersonal communication, cross-functional collaboration, and effective business partnering capabilities -Influence without authority mindset

Track record of applying procurement principles, concepts, best practices, and standards along with an in-depth knowledge of industry practices required

Experience working with and leading multiple projects and virtual teams simultaneously across an organization

Demonstrated ability in problem solving for unique challenges

Strong understanding in spend management, procurement best practices and business systems