Location
Pune | India
Job description
Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.
EXPECTATIONS:
- Serve as a Procurement partner and liaison to the business supporting all designated functions, Procurement projects, and vendor onboarding / management.
- Demonstrate an ability to build effective, strategic relationships with the business, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
- Collaborate with Snowflake's Legal and Security departments to ensure compliance with requirements and standard contract terms.
- Measure, manage and improve supplier performance against negotiated SLA s and quality metrics.
- Prioritize and lead multiple projects at the same time, working effectively with people at all skill & organizational levels, internally and externally
- Develop and evaluate Master Service Agreements, Independent Contractor Agreements, and Statements of Work.
- Monitor and manage all new requisitions coming through our Procure-to-Pay platform, Coupa.
- For each new request / engagement with Procurement team: assist business with next-steps and guidance on all action required from their end throughout the engagement while managing expectations on turn-around time.
- Continue to monitor Supplier Onboarding & Supplier Management processes, for U.S. and abroad, and identify gaps and areas for improvement.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree, with a minimum of 5-10 years in Procurement, with a strong understanding of Procure-to-Pay and the PR/PO lifecycle.
- Working experience in Global Indirect Procurement.
- Manage a small team if required
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments.
- Strong understanding of legal concepts as related to vendor agreement contracts.
- Excellent relationship management skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with suppliers, and internal business customers, and senior management.
- Strong understanding of accounting/finance practices.
- Ability to find opportunities to optimize cost, improve service and other efficiency opportunities.
- Ability to summarize complex business issues and evaluate opportunities for improved functionality, cost savings, and SLAs.
- Ability to lead RFP processes and lead vendor negotiations through completion
- Proven ability to drive positive change and build strong stakeholder relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multi-functional teams.
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of how contracts are structured.
- Self-starter who can build sourcing/procurement credibility within groups not accustomed to working with procurement.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Process and customer service driven with a self-starter mentality.
- EXPERIENCE WITH COUPA IS A PLUS
- Willing to work in US working hours PST Shifts.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Analytical
- Contract Management
- Creativity
- Technology passionate
- Competitiveness
- Results Driven
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