Procurement Senior II-Information Technology

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Houston, Texas, USA

Job Category
Procurement/Supply Management

Full-Time/Part-Time
Full-time

Job Description
Primary Purpose
Negotiates favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers and prepares and processes requisitions and purchase orders for the procurement of goods, services and supplies for customer-related business processes or for internal use as a generalist or in a combination of Purchasing Disciplines.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage the sourcing of IT products and services, including negotiating and redlining IT contracts.
• Negotiate and redline IT other indirect services contracts as needed.
• Manage the sourcing of other indirect services as needed.
• Champions innovation in procurement practices and leads efforts to enhance systems and tools for managing supplier performance.
• Ensures service is reliable and cost efficient in alignment to various energy supply agreements.
• Ensures that purchasing activities align with organizational standards for risk management, quality, ethical sourcing, environmental responsibility, and legal compliance.
• Identifies key suppliers and leads initiatives to strengthen relationships, reduce risk, and drive ongoing performance improvements.
• Provides strategic guidance on purchasing plans that support business goals and meet regulatory and customer expectations.
• Resolves complex issues related to contracts, delivery timelines, and product or service quality to maintain smooth operations and ensure supplier accountability.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements
Education

• Typically requires a 4-year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Experience

• Typically requires 8 years of related experience.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Commercial Negotiation - The planning, reviewing, analysis and other activities that a buyer and seller conduct to reach an agreement.
• Contract Management - Streamlining the creation, execution, storage or renewal of contracts, with a focus on compliance, often via software or other automated means.
• Cost Optimization - Analyzes, plans and manages costs for cost efficiency and expense reduction.
• Invoice Management - Also known as invoice processing, invoice management is the method by which companies track and pay supplier invoices.
• Purchase Order Management - An internal procurement process adopted by organizations to ensure that each and every purchase is necessary, justified and optimized for costs.
• Quality Management - Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service is consistent. It has four main components: quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement.
• Regulatory Compliance - Ensuring an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business processes.
• Strategic Sourcing/Procurement - The identification, evaluation, and selection of suppliers and the negotiation of contracts and agreements to ensure the timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services.
• Supplier Evaluation - Assesses suppliers' performance against supply chain requirements.
• Supplier Management - Identifies, acquires, and manages resources and suppliers that are essential to the operations of an organization.