Senior Manager, Procurement; G&A Services

Senior Manager, Procurement (G&A Services)

Qualcomm is seeking a Senior Manager, Procurement to lead the General & Administrative (G&A) category with initial focus on Professional Services & HR. You’ll keep a pulse on industry trends and business requirements, consulting with the business to execute best practices in procurement, category management, and supplier management. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across G&A, including our HR global benefit and Finance teams as well as functional teams like FP&A, Legal, Risk, Contracts, and Compliance, to maximize value and mitigate risk.

The role will have direct reports and manage an international team.

This role can be based out of our San Diego, CA - Austin, TX - Bridgewater, NJ or Boxborough, MA office and requires full‑time onsite work (5 days a week).

Roles & responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement strategic multi‑year initiatives for G&A categories, including HR, Professional Services (Legal, Finance, Other
• Use current industry trends, data analysis, third‑party supplier spend data and internal requirements to develop strategies that will proactively identify optimization opportunities to assist our Marketing Business Team to meet their goals.

• As Category Lead, lead the development and execution of strategic sourcing plans and supplier spend management strategies, including handling of complex sourcing projects and contract negotiations that optimize value to the company.
• Develop strong collaborative relationships with key business partners to understand their needs and become a trusted partner to strategically manage their spend and supplier relationships.
• Establish supplier positioning and manage strategic relationships with key suppliers, including influencing their processes, resource decisions, performance management and policies to create mutually beneficial and sustainable partnerships.
• Develop strong internal partnerships across Indirect Procurement, Finance, Operations, HR, Privacy and Legal teams and act as the collaborator to bring teams together and influence a Qualcomm‑wide solution.

• Maintain accurate and complete records, work with various business groups to simplify processes. Contribute to implementation, planning, and change management of process improvement initiatives across Indirect Procurement.
• Ensure adherence to procurement policies and manage the remediation and resolution of sourcing issues and escalations. Provide regular communication and training on procurement processes and systems to stakeholders and suppliers.
• Act as procurement subject matter expert in consulting with the business to identify, develop and deploy best practice procurement, category management and supplier management.

• Creating the new different:
  Efficient approach in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proficiency in computer‑based analytical and communication tools.
• Spend Analytics.
• Relationship Management including senior leadership.
• Effective Communication.
• Strategic Planning, Project & Time Management.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, or related field.
• 8+ years of industry‑specific experience in Procurement, Operations, or related work experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in Strategic Procurement (not Tactical), Strategy/ Finance, Project Management/ PMO, Engineering, Management Consulting, Other
• 4+ years category experience (Professional Services, Managed Services or Consulting, IT Services, Temp Labor and/or HR Health & Group Benefits, Recruitment, Relocation, Payroll, etc.)

• Managing International Teams
• Contract Management Expertise
• Additional Indirect Categories (Marketing, Facilities, Real Estate, Logistics, IT, Other)

$ - $. The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation  also offer a competitive annual discretionary…