Procurement Professional, Client Facing – IBM Procurement Services

Job description

·  Supporting and managing competitive bid events for client(s) (i.e., Request for Proposal, Request for Quote, Request for Information, Reverse Auctions, etc.) within assigned spend categories.
·  Managing tactical buying request queue with requests ranging from $50k-$500k from multiple client stakeholders, achieving savings targets and maintaining high client satisfaction.
·  Analyzing client's historical spend data in one or more categories to: support category strategy development, measure compliance with supplier agreements, and identify sourcing opportunities.
·  Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships across all levels of the client's business, procurement, and legal organizations.
·  Understanding commercial terms and facilitating contracting processes with the client's suppliers.
·  Analyzing and documenting cost savings versus historical spend to ensure IBM meets or exceeds contractual savings commitments to our client(s).
·  Supporting Global Category Leaders and Category Managers with development of category strategies and developing sourcing project strategies.
·  Collaborating with IPS Procurement Consultants supporting our other clients to share and leverage useful templates, strategies, lessons learned, and case studies.
Auto req ID

333762BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Procurement Professional
State / Province

NORTH CAROLINA
Primary job category

Supply Chain
Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 75% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)
IBM Business Group

F&O
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

Research Triangle Park
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Client Relationship Management : Ability to build rapport with clients and maintain professionalism in communications with all levels of client stakeholders. Delivery of high-quality analyses and presentations on time and with the level of quality the client expects.
Data Analysis: Ability to utilize procurement and financial data to understand spending trends within a business, and to leverage that information to identify procurement insights that result in process efficiencies or cost savings for the client.
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy and attention to detail; ability to process information with high levels of accuracy.
Dealing with Disorder: Knowledge of tactics and ability to function effectively in the face of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.

Country/Region

United States
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or another applicable field.
·  Prefer previous experience in a client facing / consultative role.
·  Microsoft Office : Strong knowledge and proficiency of Microsoft Office suite. Ability to efficiently and accurately analyze procurement data using Microsoft Excel, and to build client-ready presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Secondary Job Category

Procurement
Eligibility Requirements

·  None
Position Type

Professional
Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire
Location Statement

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
New Collar Role

No
Introduction

IBM is seeking highly motivated individuals with 0-3 years of procurement experience to join our IBM Procurement Services (IPS) team of procurement consulting professionals. IPS provides procurement services to IBM's external clients across all industry segments.

Specifically, we are seeking early professional hires to fill the role of a Procurement Professional to support our clients' procurement, tactical buying, analytics and strategic sourcing requirements in indirect spend categories.

This role requires regular business travel to remote client locations based on project requirements and is based in Research Triangle Park (Raleigh), NC.
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