Sr. Procurement Program Manager
Full Time $145,000 - $155,000 / yearJob Overview
About Intermedia
Are you looking for a company where YOUR VOICE is heard? Where you can MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Do you THRIVE in a FAST-PACED work environment? Do you wake every morning EXCITED to work with GREAT PEOPLE and create SUCCESS TOGETHER? Then Intermedia is the place for you.
Intermedia has established itself as a leading provider of cloud communications and collaboration tech that allows companies to connect better. We have a strong track record of growth, profitability, and creating an environment where everyone matters. Everyone. While we are fast-paced and admittedly a bit intense, we promise that you won’t be bored. You will find Intermedia is a place where you can indulge your passion for creating and supporting great cloud technology. What’s more, we always look to promote from within and have many employees who have been with us 10, 15, and 20+ years!
Culture at Intermedia is built on teamwork and transparency. We hold each other accountable and always have each other’s back!
Are you ready to make your mark?
About the Role
The Procurement Team leads all procurement activities for the company’s global operations, overseeing over $150M in annual direct and indirect spend.
We are looking for an energetic, collaborative teammate to maximize efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction in procurement functions including supplier selection and management, contract negotiations, purchase order management, and spend reporting. You will interact with team members from Finance, Legal, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Facilities to ensure cost effective and timely delivery of essential goods and services. You will lead and participate in high level strategic initiatives and support daily business execution, often interacting with senior level management. In short, you’ll support the continued success of Intermedia by supplying first-class procurement services to its internal and external partners.
What you will be doing:
- Negotiate supplier terms such as price, quality of goods, deadlines, expectations, etc.
- Partner with Legal to ensure terms are consistent with contractual requirements and incorporate those terms into contracts, such as MSAs and SOWs, negotiated with suppliers
- Work closely with senior stakeholders to understand and document details of business and procurement requirements, and use those to identify and select suppliers for everything from security software to engineering services
- Interact with supplier senior level management to secure best possible terms
- Liaise with suppliers and internal business partners regarding updates of goods and services and the contracts that govern them
- Lead RFI and RFP initiatives
- Aid and document cost savings efforts and proactively identify new opportunities
- Support dashboards of supplier metrics, spend, contracts, etc. and organizational initiatives in general
- Support the vendor qualification and onboarding processes
- Aid and document cost savings efforts and proactively identify new opportunities
- Create purchase requisitions and orders, and reconcile these with supply requests, including administering Coupa and assisting Intermedia employees with Coupa processing
- Reconcile invoices to contractual terms to resolve inconsistencies
What you will bring to the role:
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5+ years’ experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain management
- Direct experience negotiating and executing contracts in partnership with legal department
- Software-as-as-Service (SaaS), Telecom and/or Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) industry experience a plus
- Self-starting, enthusiastic, entrepreneurial attitude with a program management perspective
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse groups
- Strong negotiation, problem-solving, and contractual skills
- Solid interpersonal and rapport building abilities
- Strong time management and planning skills required to coordinate and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously while adapting to changes in business requirements
- Technically savvy, including a demonstrated high level of proficiency in the Microsoft suite of productivity applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Visio with familiarity with enterprise financial systems
- Familiarity with Coupa, NetSuite, and/or Concur a plus