Commodity Manager
Current-Manage professional services, i.e. Marketing, IT and Sales-Manage and provide guidance to the Procurement Operation Teams-Manage, instruct, mentor stakeholders and/or new procurement colleagues on process, policies, ERP systems, etc.-Process and approve Procurement Requisitions for POs-Knowledgable in various procurement S2P processes, familiar with RFx processes and lead negotiations end to end until contract finalization-Contribute as a key resource to deliver high performance; in achieving extraordinary savings, implementing best-in-class policies & procedures and driving deep engagements and category strategies across Juniper's business groups.-Use past skills, experience, and success in implementing strategic sourcing strategies to enhance the supplier relationships & performance and foster a deeper value of Procurement to the business groups via stronger supplier rationalization and proven experience.-Be the face of Procurement to provide services that are aligned to the company's goals-Process data & enable data driven decisions in daily tasks and responsibilities-Gather global requirements and translate them into future requirements and use for supplier negotiation.-Effectively and influence various internal stakeholders-Structure, plan, launch RFPs.-Lead, challenge contract renewals while evaluating new options.-Execute contracts and master agreements with full end-to-end responsibilities of negotiations, redlining, and close in coordination Legal, InfoSec, and compliance-Lead Contract Review, negotiations, approval on Agreements and execution sign off-Facilitate and conduct supplier business review meetings-Gather, analyze and present data; strong, effective analytics abilities-Provide guidance, information and structure towards, guidelines, policies and processes.