Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Analyst
The Planet Group · San Francisco, CA · Yesterday
Purchasing$65–$85/hrContract
Job Details
Day-to-day summary: managing all the intake of every request, reviewing the details, making sure, and responsible for commercial negotiations only- highly collaborative between legal and security as needed and communication back to business requestors
Responsibilities
- Lead Sourcing & Procurement: Lead end-to-end sourcing for new purchases, renewals, expansions, and vendor transitions.
- Deal Management: Monitor progress of assigned deals ensuring actions and follow-ups by Facilities, Security, Business Owners, Finance, and/or vendors.
- Negotiate & Execute Agreements: Partner with Finance Business Partners, Facilities Management, and Information Security to structure contracts, including pricing, service level agreements (SLAs), and statements of work (SOWs).
- Supplier Management: Negotiate agreements, including pricing, licensing, SLAs, privacy, security, and commercial protections.
- Financial Oversight: Ensure accurate cost tracking, contract compliance, and seamless approval and payment processes.
- Strategic Cost Management: Identify cost-saving opportunities and drive efficiency improvements in sourcing decisions.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Support formal RFP/RFQ initiatives, including vendor evaluations, stakeholder coordination, scorecard development, and executive recommendation summaries.
- Cross-Category Support: Assist with other procurement areas as needed.
Requirements
- 6-10 years of procurement experience, with expertise strategic sourcing in G&A, Finance & Facilities and procurement anaysis.
- Proven track record in management and analysis of G&A, financial, and facilities contracts at a high-tech company.
- Proven track record in procurement analysis, SOX compliance, cost management and strategy within the tech industry.
- Deep understanding of procurement best practices, negotiations, and supplier management within the High-Tech Industry.
- Ability to partner effectively with internal stakeholders to align sourcing with business objectives.
Qualifications
- Must have experience running managed sourcing for fast paced Tech company.
- Must have experience with procurement and data management/ analysis.
- Experience with ZIP is a plus.
Skills
- Highly detailed oriented.
- Values accuracy and efficiency.
- Fast-paced person who thrives in demanding workflows.
- Good People skills.
Benefits
- Remote - EST CST
- Pay Rate: $65-$85
Pay
- Hourly: PR:60-85
Schedule
- Hours: 40 hours (no overtime needed)
- Job Location: remote – ideally sits on the east coast, needs to be open to occasional earlier calls to accommodate in Dublin and Tel Aviv