Procurement Manager

Overview

Procurement Manager role that leads and manages strategic sourcing, contract administration, vendor relationship management, and overall procurement operations across the portfolio of sites on a Client account. This position is highly visible to internal and external stakeholders and will be client-facing.

• Manage all aspects of the Procurement relationship with the Client, Account Management Team, vendors, Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) Corporate, and other key stakeholders.
• Develop, maintain, and implement a strategic sourcing roadmap and related category sourcing strategies to realize identified value creation opportunities.
• Coordinate the consolidation and reporting of LATAM and APAC sourcing strategies to the Client.
• Facilitate supplier audits, QBRs, and other vendor relationship management activities.
• Manage applicable governance processes and initiatives to ensure achievement of goals, metrics, and KPIs.
• Analyze account-wide spend, benchmarks, vendors, operations, and processes to identify value creation opportunities; identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize procurement strategies.
• Develop and facilitate eRFPs of varying complexity, analyze responses, negotiate, and use other techniques as required to obtain expected results.
• Ensure appropriate contractual records retention plans are in place on the account.
• Interpret basic contract terms and conditions and advise management regarding contractual rights/risks, COI escalations, obligations, and use of legal resources.
• Develop, install, and maintain tracking and reporting mechanisms that yield the appropriate outputs.
• Maintain organized records to ensure checks and balances for contracts and compliance items.
• Employ C&W best practices, policies, processes, tools, and templates to include both C&W corporate and Client account specifications; engage with Category Managers and preferred suppliers in procurement responsibilities.
• Participate at an appropriate level and frequency in all meetings and demonstrate client presentation delivery expertise.
• Resolve issues from the client regarding supplier performance and quality.
• Generate and distribute all necessary and requested reports.
• Maintain good business practices.
• Manage all aspects of personnel and roles with a direct reporting relationship if applicable.
• Perform other miscellaneous related duties as assigned.
• Bachelor’s degree is required; MBA or related Master’s Degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in procurement, ideally in facility services or similar spend categories.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and executing multiple strategic sourcing initiatives simultaneously.
• Experience using procurement technology such as e-RFPs, reverse auctions, e-catalogs, and contract management systems.
• Experience in developing category management strategies.
• Ability to prepare/negotiate agreements and amendments and interpret contract specifics for clients.
• Analytical and quantitative skills to analyze information, data, and related documentation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently to find solutions.

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with others and exchange accurate information; operate a computer and other office productivity machinery; move about the workplace; remain in a stationary position for up to 90% of the time;

and extend hands and arms in any direction.

Cushman & Wakefield provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and…