Associate Procurement Consultant - Technology

sourcing opportunities, support category strategy development, and measure compliance with supplier agreements

• Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships across all levels of the client's business, procurement, and legal organizations

• Negotiating 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 clients

• Identifying opportunities to transform the client's procurement organization and policies, and to support the client in achieving its strategic business objectives

• Supporting Global Category Leaders and Category Managers with development of category strategies and developing sourcing project strategies

• Collaborating with peer consultants supporting our other clients to share and leverage useful templates, strategies, lessons learned, and case studies

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Law, or another applicable field.
• Prior experience leading end-to-end competitive bids and supplier negotiations.
• Candidates must be willing and able to travel to client locations based on business requirements.

The required location for this position is Toronto, ON

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Prefer previous experience supporting the Information Technology Category including experience in sub-categories such as: Hardware, Software, Telecom, and IT Services.

• Client Relationship Management: Ability to build rapport with clients and maintain professionalism in communications with all levels of client stakeholders. On-time delivery of high-quality analyses and presentations.

• 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.

• Strategic Thinking: Understanding of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning. Ability to apply business acumen to focus on key success factors for the organization.

• 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.

• 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.

• Procurement Knowledge: Knowledge of Procurement methods, technologies and processes.