What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. IT Procurement Manager position at ECOLAB?
Ecolab has an opening for Sr. Procurement Manager on our Global Procurement Team located in St Paul, MN or Naperville, IL. If you are a passionate professional that is seeking opportunity, advancement, and a rewarding career we invite you to apply. This is a great opportunity to join a highly recognized global growth company offering competitive compensation and benefits in addition to career growth.
Job Overview: This take-charge leader will lead the development of sourcing strategies within our Indirect Procurement group for IT including Software Platforms, Security solutions, Mobile and Digital Development within a global team. The strong performer will be recognized as procurement strategy expert and will collaborate with teams developing commercial IT solutions to accelerate our growth, which may include IT, supply chain, logistics, sales, marketing, HR, and suppliers to identify and drive total delivered cost savings, security of supply, innovation, and process improvements. The strong performer can expect further career advancement with Ecolab and will have the opportunity to move into other procurement and supply chain leadership roles within the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to advance your career with a stable growing company!
Main Responsibilities:
Identifies, develops, and implements global and regional sourcing strategies to reduce total delivered cost by driving savings or avoidance to meet goals.
Facilitates Total Delivered Cost activities (RFI, RFX, Direct Negotiations).
Provides leadership, coaching and feedback on the Total Delivered Cost sourcing process to build capability and mature practices across a global team
Effectively communicates strategies, results, and metrics to senior executives.
Conducts global calls with procurement around the world to communicate global strategy and ensure regional implementation and local execution.
Manages spend for approximately $75M dollars annually
Facilitates and conducts supplier business review scorecard process
Stays abreast of industry trends for assigned categories. Provides guidance and recommendations to business to ensure Ecolab is maintaining competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Create bid templates, collect, and analyze bids to inform supplier selection process with stakeholders
Assist stakeholders with developing requirements (Statements of Work) to complete contract process
Partners with legal team to complete contract negotiation and work through contract redlines
Manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously
Actively maintains contract roadmaps and financial trackers to communicate project and spend forecasting
Leads, coaches, and develops direct reports or cross functional teams to ensure strong performance
Interviews, identifies, and recommends strong talent for the organization
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field
7 years of experience in procurement, IT, RDE, finance, or supply chain
Experience with structuring and leading complex negotiations with suppliers like: Verizon, AT&T, VAR's, TEM's, NTT, CDW, etc.
Immigration Sponsorship is not offered for this role
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field
Demonstrated history of leadership, teamwork, and project management skills
Demonstrated competitive drive and strong orientation for results and achievement
Demonstrated skills in clear communication and presentation
Demonstrated professionalism and strong presence in interactions with others
Demonstrated ability to deliver savings and avoidance through complex contract negotiation
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