IT Procurement Specialist

Posted 12hrs ago

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IT Procurement Specialist managing IT hardware, software, suppliers, contracts, and licensing for 11:11 Systems. Optimizing procurement costs, logistics, renewals, and supply-chain operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Procure IT hardware, software products, services, and other offerings from various suppliers
  • Negotiate pricing and contract terms, monitor price changes, maintain pricing histories, and manage standard configurations
  • Follow, update, and provide input on procurement processes and policies
  • Understand and present technical differences between products and services to decision makers
  • Track contract and license expirations and plan renewal negotiations
  • Manage product lead times, capacity, logistics, and international logistics capability
  • Establish multiple supplier sources to build supply-chain redundancy and diversity
  • Understand and manage usage and licensing types, billing, and reporting
  • Resolve supplier product, usage, and licensing issues and manage disputes
  • Review invoices for accuracy
  • Analyze supplier spending trends to identify savings and improvement opportunities
  • Track and report key functional metrics
  • Collaborate with internal teams across the end-to-end procurement-to-delivery process
  • Control spend and promote long-term procurement savings
  • Handle company data responsibly and comply with company values, policies, and procedures
  • Perform additional duties as assigned
  • Report to the IT Procurement Manager

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in IT field, procurement, supply chain management, logistics, or related field
  • 5+ years working in procurement or supply chain, preferably within information technology resources
  • Superior knowledge of contracted IT services, including SaaS applications, outsourced data center services, carrier services, and software licensing
  • Excellent contract and pricing negotiation skills
  • Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers
  • Experience collecting and analyzing data, then reporting on data to decision makers
  • Ability to build strong relationships with key vendors
  • Must be legally eligible to work without visa sponsorship
  • Prior experience working in license management or other applicable accounting experience preferred
  • Working knowledge of contracted IT services preferred
  • Ability to perform each essential function satisfactorily
  • Ability to comply with company data handling agreements, work procedures, policies, data privacy practices, annual compliance training, and policy acknowledgements

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive healthcare plan options
  • Retirement plan with company match
  • Life and other supplemental insurances
  • Paid time off and company holidays
  • New Parent Leave
  • Wellness programs
  • Variable incentives such as bonuses or sales commissions may be available