IT Contracts / Purchasing/Procurement Specialist III

Location

San Jose, CA

Type

Contract

Duration

3+ months+, long term

Start Date

Jan 2025

Reference #

Job-11636

Job Description

We’re seeking an IT Contracts / Purchasing/Procurement Specialist III or a 6 month plus W2 contract position, This is a REMOTE position for our growing, global client supporting the Pacific Time zone.

The ideal candidate will have Sr level skills with IT contracts, negotiations and sourcing capabilities. Experience with Strategic, plans for renewals, SmartSheet or similar product. Experience working with MS Teams – for use in meetings and collaboration
DocuSign and SAP Ariba a plus

*** Start date: January 2025
*** Duration: long-term W2 contract, starting with a 3 mo contract
*** Location: Remote
*** Compensation: The expected compensation is $45-50 /hr. W2 plus benefits.
The offered compensation to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include (but are not limited to) the type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc.

Job Description:
Information Technology related negotiating experience and strong business acumen.

Skills Needed:
– Strong organizational, communication, experience planning and executing contract negotiations between suppliers and customer.
– Developing and executing negotiation strategies and right sizing the agreements based on volume and spend amounts.
– Strong prioritization and work planning skills required.
– Ideal candidate will be able to support multiple ongoing negotiations of varying sizes; the ability to seamlessly work across multiple stakeholders and commodity groups.

Essential Skills:
– Supplier negotiation experience and expertise
– Strong communication skills
– Strong organizational skills
– Understanding of Technology and/or Telecom
– SaaS, PaaS, Software agreements, IT Services agreements, Technology hardware knowledge
– Provide support to the business owners with sourcing requests.
– Provide support of the Contract Separation deliverables specific to the project.
– Previous supplier contract negotiation experience required.
– Overall administrative support (ie: Indicator/progress alignment, preparing weekly report out summaries)

Minimum Educational Requirement:
– BS Degree in Business Administration – MS degree preferred. #LI-GS1 #LI-DNI #LI-Remote

For more information, please email: Job-11636@thecarreraagency.com