Senior Buyer-IT - Kohler Energy

Location: Remote with occasional travel

The Senior Buyer-IT is responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment and services from IT suppliers, driving savings and cost avoidances. This role helps optimize IT spend globally, at a corporate level, for all business units and is accountable for key supplier selection decisions within category, working closely with the IT team.

In addition, the Senior Buyer will prepares RFPs and evaluates supplier proposals to determine the best overall solution based upon total cost of ownership and is responsible for contractual negotiations within category. This role will need the ability to rely on extensive industry knowledge, experience, and judgment to plan and accomplish goals and is responsible for setting performance objectives and strategy within category.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Lead strategic sourcing project execution

• Strategize and manage the approach to agreement renewals

• Cross-functional RFx development, roll-out, and evaluation; including supplier selection, proposal analysis, and negotiation

• Raise demand management considerations to ensure effective and efficient spending

• Identify contractual needs and establish agreements that accommodate

• Support (and contribute to) internal stakeholder timelines and budgets

• Primary focus is IT Infrastructure, Telecomms and IT Hardware sourcing, with support to Software sourcing as needed

• Approve new supplier requests and requisitions in a timely manner

• Advise stakeholders on procurement practices, policy and systems usage

• Support ongoing contract management, ensuring commercial aspects are in the best possible position

• Calculate and capture savings and cost avoidances.

• Other tasks as allocated by IT Sourcing Manager

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree Business, Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, IT or related subject preferred or equivalent experience.

• Minimum 5 years of professional sourcing experience and 3 years of IT purchasing experience

• Experience leading negotiations and contract management with suppliers of all sizes

• Experience utilizing P2P, supplier management, eSourcing and contract management systems preferred (Ariba or similar)

The salary range for this position is $76050 - $96050. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's experience, their education, and the work location. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision & 401k.