Job#: 2078546

Job Description:

Client: Activision

Job Title: Procurement Manager

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 months

Job Description:

The role will be responsible for leading the charge to evaluate new suppliers, to negotiate current contracts with an emphasis on price, terms, quality, and to execute on consolidation opportunities.

This individual would work closely with key stakeholders across the organizations to develop effective cost optimization strategies and implementation plans. The ideal candidate is an independent, self-motivated leader with a proven track record of proactively identifying process efficiencies, anticipating business needs, and implementing solutions across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong trusted relationships with senior internal stakeholders across technology teams. Build and maintain ongoing relationships with active suppliers and build relationships with potential future suppliers. Communicate and set expectations with stakeholders regarding requirements, anticipated timelines, savings, contracts and amendments.

• Obtain stakeholder requirements, validate current understanding of business needs including current license entitlements, license usage, and cost allocation model. This requires a comprehensive understanding of complex business objectives and a high level of attention to detail.

• Create models and perform cost analysis to determine a negotiation strategy, comprehension of complex business objectives and maintain a high-level of attention to detail for the spend you are responsible for.

• Negotiation and management of Infrastructure, Software and SaaS contracts of varying complexity, including financial, contractual (Terms and Conditions), and commercial terms. Lead the negotiation process for Software and SaaS contracts, including engaging with suppliers, finance, functional leaders, legal team, subject matter experts, leadership, as required.

• Oversee the end-to-end procurement process for assigned requests ensuring the accuracy of contractual metadata within the Contract Repository

• Expectations to generate cost savings (hard and soft) on assigned transactions

• Present findings and progress to leadership as necessary

Requirements

• 5+ years of Technology Procurement and Contract Management experience, leading medium to large-scale, complex, and/or regional/global categories of spend at the enterprise level. Experience negotiating and managing contracts for hardware, telecommunications, and colocation services for a global organization OR 5+ years of Technology Procurement and Contract Management experience for leading large-scale, complex and/or regional/global categories of spend at the enterprise level. Experience negotiating and managing contracts (MSA and Commercial) for Software, SaaS, and Hosting agreements for a global organization.

• 5+ years of Technology Strategic Sourcing (not transactional) experience with a focus in Software at a global company. Category Management experience with an emphasis in Software, SaaS and Hosting including but not limited to various type of Software and related services including perpetual, term, subscription, and maintenance and support OR 5+ years of Technology Strategic Sourcing (not transactional) experience with a focus with infrastructure services including but not limited to, Colocation (i.e. Retail/Wholesale), Telecommunications (Data/Voice), Content Delivery Networks, Hardware (compute/storage/network hw)

• 2+ years of Technology Strategic Sourcing and Category Management (recent and not transactional) experience with an emphasis in Software, SaaS and Hosting including but not limited to various types of Software and related services including perpetual, term, subscription, and maintenance and support

• Demonstrated strategic mindset, solid analytical skills, with a high level of attention to detail

• Quantitative Analysis (financial or price modeling-both creation of model itself and performing the analysis from which a negotiation strategy is determined, requires comprehension of complex business objectives and a high level of attention to detail) is required

• Strong negotiation, verbal, and written communication skills

• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders across the organization

• Ability to work independently, with limited direction and the capacity to take ownership of tasks

• Experience in various procurement tools, including Oracle, ServiceNow, and Salesforce

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.