Senior Procurement Specialist

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Organization Name: Global Procurement, Contingent Workforce Program Department Description: The Global Procurement organization delivers sourcing, supplier management, and contract negotiation services to optimize spend and mitigate risk for Oracle. The department operates a Contingent Workforce Program (CWP) to manage the policy, process, and technology required to recruit, on-board, and maintain non-billable contractors at Oracle. The CWP includes a Managed Service Provider (MSP) that leverages multiple staffing agencies to obtain competitive rates and a Vendor Management System (VMS) that Oracle employees use to submit non-billable contractor requirements to approved staffing agencies. It also manages external contractors spend that doesn’t fall under the CWP process (non-CWP).

The objective is to transition this spend under CWP process in the future. This role will focus on managing Non-CWP countries to start with followed by CWP countries. Responsibilities: The Senior Category Manager External Contractors - EMEA is a regional role and includes (but is NOT limited to) the following responsibilities: · Building and maintaining strong relationships with the Global Procurement Contracts Team, internal business units · Managing the relationships with Oracle’s MSP and VMS partners · Taking lead on sourcing projects and executing them in agreed timescale · Building and maintaining strong relationships with staffing agencies, suppliers, and other external stakeholders · Working and influencing internal stakeholders / business partners to drive increase in managed spend, savings or greater adoption of the CWP. · Identifying, proposing, and implementing business process improvements as well as application or VMS enhancements · Enforcing corporate policies and monitoring activities to ensure that policy objectives are met · Educating internal employees/stakeholders and business partners on corporate policies and procedures · Negotiating and/or reviewing pricing , commercials and associated supplier agreements of varying complexity and for various services to mitigate risk and ensure compliance with Oracle’s guidelines · Reviewing and dispositioning supplier agreements inherited from Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activities · Managing regional/global projects and drafting business summaries and/or executive approval requests · Conducting high-dollar sourcing activities including RFI’s, RFQ’s, and RFP’s · Analyzing spend trends to identify cost savings opportunities and achieve target savings · Providing assistance on Human Capital Management (HCM) queries and issues. Preferred Qualifications: · 5 — 8 years of relevant work experience and a BS/BA degree or equivalent Knowledge and experience of sourcing and/or category management process within Fortune 500organizations will be preferred. · Specific experience in the field of staffing and/or managing contingent labor spend category is preferred. · Procurement experience including sourcing, cost/price analysis, contracting, and supplier management · Experience of leading complete RFP/RFI process to select new suppliers as partners; as well as renegotiating existing contracts · Highly cultivated interpersonal skills and a proven ability to build relationships with and influence individuals both up and down the organizational hierarchy · Excellent oral and written communication skills and a proven ability to work effectively with both internal and external stakeholders on a regional, global, and/or virtual basis Pro-active and ability to drive transformational change Excellent communication, organization/time management and problem solving skills Solid multi-phase project management skills · Candidate must be confident, self-motivated, and driven to deliver business results including delivering cost savings consistently. · Candidate must also have strong organizational skills and be comfortable multi-tasking in a fast-paced, dynamic, deadline-driven environment · Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem solving, and negotiation skills