Senior Buyer - Procurement

About this role

• Vendor Management: Manage maintenance/service agreements across software and Software Services.
• Contract Analysis: Understand overall cost drivers in a contract and quantify them as value to be negotiated or structure it as a cost.
• Risk Management: Define accurate cash inflows of a deal, set penalties on failures, define deliverables, milestones, and ways to overcome probable risks in a contract.
• Market Analysis: Validate market trends in software licensing and submit innovative ideas to remodel the licensing metrics.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with IT Teams and other departments to negotiate terms with vendors, to mitigate risk and maximize price efficiencies.
• Invoicing and Payment: Work closely with IT and Finance departments to ensure that invoicing and payment occur on a timely and accurate basis.
• Contract Negotiation: Conduct negotiation of pricing to leverage volume purchasing and achieve highest cost savings.
• Agreement Monitoring: Proactively monitor when the terms of agreements are nearing expiration. Discuss on-going requirements with IT Management.
• Reporting: Develop and maintain central tracking and reporting mechanism for all contracts and agreements within the responsibility of IT Procurement ensuring annual renewals are completed.
  
  

• A bachelor’s degree in business management, economics, commerce, supply chain management, or Computer Science.
• 10-12 years of IT Procurement/Sourcing support experience.
• Must have Software procurement licensing experience and related Software agreement and understanding in IT networks and infrastructure, data centre technology, end user, mobile, web and social media technology and terms.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical contractual aspects to senior leaders within and external to the IT Organization.
• Excellent customer service, decision-making, and organizational skills.