Procurement Manager III

Procurement Manager III

Requirements

• BA/BS degree. Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) or related field preferred. Will accept any suitable combination of education, training and experience.
• Five – seven years industry experience in product and services procurement, sourcing and contract administration.
• Minimum of three years of experience negotiating medium to large size IT product and services agreements, including negotiation and management of Cloud (IAAS, SAAS) agreements.
• Ability to benchmark vendor spend against industry data to ensure that ZoomInfo consistently obtains highly competitive pricing.
• Collect and analyze financial market, business, or technical information to draw conclusions and make educated recommendations impacting the sourcing event.
• Demonstrated knowledge of spend analysis techniques.
• Experience with contract administration, governance and customer relationship management strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively negotiate with vendors at all levels.
• Highly organized with demonstrated ability to manage multiple, shifting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end to end Procurement process for ZoomInfo Procurement activities, including intake, document review, approvals, execution, and contractor onboarding.
• Prepare, review, execute and manage the process for approval of IT contracts, renewals, terminations and change orders to support Procurement goals and objectives.
• Partner with stakeholders to plan and conduct medium-to-high complexity sourcing projects, including Requests for Proposals (RFP), Requests for Information (RFI), and Requests for Quotes (RFQ).
• Define deal objectives, identify sourcing solutions, and implement negotiation strategies that meet/exceed business objectives.
• Lead commercial negotiations as required and in line with business objectives.
• Ensure financial processes are in place for processing of payments, invoices and work orders for suppliers and contracts.
• Develop and maintain relevant financial, operational and service metrics for the Procurement Department that demonstrate the goals and objectives of the department.
• Manage and resolve contract disputes in collaboration with legal and finance teams.
• Collect and regularly review relevant vendor contracts ensure vendor compliance with service level objectives.
• Be a Subject Matter Expert to stakeholders for Procurement processes and best practices, vendor management, and contract management and administration.
• Act as a Liaison between vendors and the stakeholders for sourcing-related activities.
• Participate in the establishment of ongoing supplier governance activities.
• Develop and maintain contractual artefacts and facilitate and participate in supplier reviews. Review SLA and other operational metrics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Global experience preferred