Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client helps companies worldwide improve the performance of their sales teams by turning strategic initiatives into business outcomes. Our unified sales enablement platform gives revenue teams a single solution to elevate customer conversations and drive repeatable revenue, bringing together native content and guidance, training and coaching, and engagement intelligence – all supported by actionable analytics.

Job Title: Procurement Manager

Location: Seattle, WA

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Remote

Description

About the Role

We are looking for a remote-based Senior Procurement Manager to support our internal business teams with SaaS software contract rationalization and negotiation. Ensuring that our teams have the items they need to perform at their best is key to our success, and we're looking for someone who can partner with those teams to develop strategies to support them with existing or new vendors. You will partner with internal teams to ensure that vendor requests meet our requirements to ensure security and privacy of information along with meeting our legal requirements. This role will also represent the company in discussions with our vendors to ensure that we are maintaining those key partnerships and effectively managing the negotiations with them. You will play a key role in building and sustaining our vendor relationships while driving savings and value for our internal business partners. You will be empowered to negotiate incoming contracts focusing on technology products (IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS) to secure advantageous terms. Dive deep on our software and technology platforms to understand usage, cost drivers, and ROI to serve as a trusted advisor to internal teams related to procurement of those tools. Partner with internal teams to develop strategies for upcoming renewals or establish requirements for new technology needs. Source and engage reliable suppliers and vendors by providing RFI and RFP support to internal stakeholders as needed. Partner with IT, Legal and Security to ensure terms are consistent with legal, regulatory, data security, and privacy requirements. Assist with vendor qualification and onboarding processes. Assist in driving and identifying potential cost savings.

Deliverables

Your Background

• 8+ years in a technical procurement role.
• SaaS experience required.
• Self-starting, enthusiastic, entrepreneurial attitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse groups.
• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills with experience driving six-figure, multi-year contracts to completion.
• 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 core SaaS technologies and trends.
• Familiarity with Zip and Ironclad a plus.
• Ability to demonstrate a strategic mindset to enable persuasive value conversations with vendors at an executive level.
• Strong operational business understanding of technology supply chain, including purchase ordering, expense reporting, procurement/sourcing, provisioning and reclamation, renewals, and contract management.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.