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MITRE’s Finance Business Operations is seeking to hire an IT Procurement Manager to lead and manage all phases of the procurement process for the Purchasing Department. The IT Procurement Manager will be responsible for the planning, organization, and administration of the team and ensuring compliance with MITRE's Corporate Policies and Practices and Federal Acquisition Regulations in all purchasing activities. You will report to the Senior Manager and will serve as a trusted business partner with internal customers. The role will be a hybrid position working 50% of the time in person on campus.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute purchasing strategies and track metrics to reduce expenses.

• Collaborate with IT teams to understand their specific needs and requirements.

• Research and evaluate hardware and software options for the company's IT needs.

• Negotiate contracts, pricing, terms, and service level agreements.

• Ensure that all purchases comply with company policies and budgets.

• Develop and maintain purchasing procedures to optimize efficiency and reduce costs.

• Reviews and processes purchase orders.

• Oversee/manage/mentor a team of purchasing professionals at various levels in experience.

• Responsible for performing strategic procurement activities across various spend categories, aiming to find better deals and more profitable suppliers.

• Provide guidance to project teams to address difficult purchasing actions and proactively educate project leaders on various purchasing and compliance issues.

• Review and resolve issues on assigned tasks which affect company compliance and ensure that legal requirements, and company and customer objectives are adequately addressed.

• Implement and manage effective cost reduction programs to ensure continuous attention to and achievement of cost reduction objectives, utilizing option agreements with selected suppliers to achieve most favorable pricing and delivery terms for long-term requirements.

• Review performance of subordinate personnel and recommend appropriate actions such as salary increases, promotions, transfers, and disciplinary action.

• Assist in planning, developing, and executing corporate training and organizational development plan for Purchasing department personnel.

• Develop and implement organizational changes, as required, to support an ever-dynamically changing environment.

• Demonstrate solid critical and strategic thinking skills, and excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Work closely with other departments, such as Contracts, Finance, Compliance, and Program Management to address issues and resolve conflicts.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• Demonstrated success in managing staff in IT Procurement organizations.

• Proven track record of successful contract negotiations, driving cost savings, and securing favorable terms and conditions.

• Strong analytical skills to assess supplier proposals, perform total cost analysis, and identify areas for negotiation.

• Commercial contracting experience (i.e., SaaS solutions, Hardware & Hardware Maintenance, Software & Software Maintenance).

• Strong leadership, negotiation, and analytical skills are required.

• Experience with continuous process improvement methodologies.

• Exercise independent judgement and meet deadlines in a fast-paced organization.

• Demonstrate flexibility and agility to work and set priorities in an environment in an environment with competing and changing demands.

• Ability to handle multiple concurrent work streams while producing high quality output.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated proficiency in Deltek Costpoint financial System.

• Demonstrated understanding of Source-to-Pay Systems (Ivalua).

• Demonstrated proficiency in Windows environment including Microsoft O365, SharePoint, Word, and Excel.

• Demonstrated experience in the negotiation of agreements and contract terms.

• Demonstrate flexibility and agility to work and set priorities in an environment in an environment with competing and changing demands.

• Ability to handle multiple concurrent work streams while producing high quality output.

• Confident self-starter who can work under pressure, using their own initiative and with the drive to work to aggressive deadlines and to see tasks through to completion

• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact at all levels of the organization

  This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

None

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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