IT Procurement Manager

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Full Time

Skills

Accountability
Benchmarking
Business Cases
Category Management
Continuous Improvement

Job Details

Job Title: IT Procurement Manager
Job Location: Oakland, CA
Job Type: Full Time / Perm / Direct Hire
Job Description:
Pay Range: $140000Years - $140000Years
Responsibilities:
  • Develops strategic portfolio and category plans to generate cost savings, deliver service excellence, optimize diversity spending and total cost of ownership for key lines of business.
  • Ensures the overall governance of the contract approval process from contract creation through contract award.
  • Oversees contract spend across multiple spend categories.
  • Develops short- and long-term strategies for all spend categories within portfolio
  • Leads complex cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives.
  • Manages spend analysis, needs assessment, benchmarking and business case development.
  • Leads development and execution of negotiation strategies.
  • Monitors and maximizes customer satisfaction using standardized client service level agreements.
  • Manages continuous improvement-based relationships that deliver mutually beneficial results for PG&E and its suppliers.
  • Establishes service level agreements to hold suppliers accountable for performance
  • Approves purchase orders and contracts from $500,000 to $10 million
  • Directly supervises Sourcing Supervisors, Category Leaders and Sourcing Specialists.
Background Qualifications Minimum:
  • Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience required (one year of experience for every one year of college).
  • 8 years of total sourcing or related industry experience; some positions may require technical/category experience.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to identify and resolve problems and implementation barriers.
  • Demonstrated leadership and management skills.
Desired:
  • MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
  • Project Management experience, Utility industry experience.
  • Demonstrated category management and procurement transformation experience
  • 2-3 years of supervisor experience.
  • SAP/SRM proficiency.
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