Senior Category Manager – Data Center & Network Procurement

Responsibilities

• Conduct contract negotiations and best value analysis for Data Center, Colocation and Network Services.
• Ensure contract compliance with Oracle Corporate policies, focusing on commercial and business terms.
• Support Data Center and Colocation cost control, schedule, delivery, and cost management initiatives.
• Negotiate, draft, and prepare contract and service order documents.
• Review and approve Purchase Requests and create and issue Purchase Orders.
• Handle Service Order and Purchase Order contracts.
• Support financial contract reporting obligations.
• Support insurance and risk management business requirements.
• Conduct and support contract audit requests.
• Support business supplier management functions by conducting contract review and analysis to determine contract obligations, requirements, remedies.
• Support ad hoc special process improvement and business optimization projects.
• Review and update all assigned activities and provide timely and accurate reporting (Master Agreement negotiations, Service Orders, Purchase Orders, Contract Management, Projects, RFX activities).
• RFX Support: Perform cost/price analysis, identify the best value for Oracle and negotiate favorable pricing and commercial terms.
• Perform proposal reviews and analyses to determine contract obligations, requirements, remedies.
• Develop and drive contracting projects to support business needs and initiatives.
• Design and execute process improvement projects.

Qualifications

• 5 - 8 years of relevant experience.
• Strong contract, negotiation and procurement skills.
• Strong business and legal understanding.
• Knowledge of the Data Center and Telecommunication (network) industry.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to successfully build relationships and influence individuals both up and down the organizational hierarchy.
• Able to deal with potentially confrontational situations with patience, diplomacy and tact.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Self-motivated to work independently to deliver positive business results.
• Confidently and appropriately exercise sound judgment.
• Able to work with both internal and external stakeholders on a regional, global, and/or virtual basis.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Able to meet business critical deadlines and able to work effectively in a team environment.