Strategic Global Procurement Leader - Tech Sourcing

Kforce Inc; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k)

Life, disability & ADD insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Kforce Inc in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a Senior Procurement Consultant to join their client team. You will provide interim procurement expertise across strategic sourcing, technology procurement, supplier lifecycle management, and P2P controls, partnering with senior stakeholders to align purchasing with business needs.

You will lead global sourcing initiatives, manage pre-purchase requisitions and demand qualification, and oversee enterprise software renewals to optimize the technology

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or a relevant professional certification, such as CPSM or CIPS, is preferred.
• 8-10 years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier and contract management, contract management and operations experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Extensive experience leading complex sourcing processes, negotiating enterprise technology agreements, and managing software licensing, renewals, utilization, and compliance.
• Strong knowledge of procurement operations and governance, including P2P, accounts payable dependencies, three-way match, and asset controls.

Responsibilities

• Centralize and execute a global procurement strategy that aligns purchasing verticals, category ownership and service channels with line-business needs; Direct the intake, prioritization and routing of sourcing opportunities across verticals, assigning the appropriate sourcing and procurement delivery path.
• Own the pre-purchase requisition, and demand-qualification process and embed it in business planning so the use case, budget, existing suppliers, alternatives, approvals and sourcing path are evaluated before contractual commitment and anticipated demand is visible to executive decisionmakers; As necessary, lead complex RFI/RFP/RFX processes and negotiations with technology providers, manufacturers, value-added resellers and strategic suppliers to improve price, terms, service levels and flexibility.
• Oversee enterprise software renewals across subscription, perpetual and consumption-based models; Apply market intelligence to optimize the technology portfolio to meet evolving business needs and technology strategy.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Contract management

Leadership

P2P governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or CPSM/CIPS

Tools

Workday

ServiceNow

Job description

Kforce Inc in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a Senior Procurement Consultant to join their client team. You will provide interim procurement expertise across strategic sourcing, technology procurement, supplier lifecycle management, and P2P controls, partnering with senior stakeholders to align purchasing with business needs.

You will lead global sourcing initiatives, manage pre-purchase requisitions and demand qualification, and oversee enterprise software renewals to optimize the technology