Commodity Manager II

­Job Description:

Looking for Commodity Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct RFP and lead cross-functional teams through the selection process of preferred suppliers with effective scoring criteria to critically evaluate supplier proposals in accordance within company policies.

• Collaborate with IT/Legal stakeholders to assess, understand, and prioritize business needs to optimize value with WD's supply base.

• Conduct spend/contract/proposal analysis for supply of software licensing, computer hardware, servers, data center and telecom services and present recommendations to Procurement and IT leadership team.

• Lead negotiations on commercial procurement agreements, including, but not limited to, Master Agreements (MSA's) , Statements of Work (SOW's) , Change Orders (CO's) balancing business deliverables, legal interests and pricing.

• Analyze total costs, assist business functions with ROI analysis, price and rate benchmarking and negotiate favorable business terms to leverage Client power.

• Research market intelligence to understand cost drivers and market trend.

Category Management

• Develop, refine and implement category strategies and tactics that enable the procurement of technology products and services at the highest value benefit to the company.

• Cultivate, enhance, and deepen cross functional stakeholder relationships at all levels serving as the subject matter expert on behalf of the procurement organization.

• Actively monitor internal/external trends, synthesize and distill the business intelligence into actionable opportunities and pipeline projects that can and will be delivered Client's bottom line on an ongoing basis.

Contract Management

• Evaluate processes and recommend improvements to standardize lifecycle contract and sourcing processes and systems.

• Ensure pricing & deliverables as negotiated are included in the contract; coordinate comparison of proposals and final contract terms.

• Act as liaison between Legal and the business.

Required Skills:

• Contract Negotiation / Vendor Mgmt. / Influencing skills required

• Experience and expertise with sourcing.

• Ability to work well in a high-pace dynamic environment, handle multiple projects simultaneously, and ensure task completion and deadlines are met as required.

• Demonstrated skills in negotiating and formulating technology contracts, understanding cost models and various price structures, management of contractual, IP and labor law risks.

• Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills required.

• Excellent team facilitation and presentation skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Education:

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ of experience in indirect strategic sourcing with a multi-national organization with an emphasis in software, hardware

• MBA or BS preferred.

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