Procurement Manager -- Information Technology

The Procurement Manager - Information Technology (IT) will have leadership for Ecolab's Indirect procurement category and drive high impact initiatives across assigned IT spend, key IT categories and strategic supplier relationships to deliver operational efficiencies and strong OI improvements through internal collaboration with stakeholders and enabling a high-performance sourcing team. A proven track record of strong leadership, business acumen, and strategic thinking in conjunction with outstanding ability to drive results are essential.

Location: Position available in St. Paul area following hybrid policy, 60/40.

What You Will Do:

• Responsible for total cost management, risk management, accelerated supplier innovation and procurement process improvements across the organization in the IT category and subcategories (IT)
• Develops and drives the overall strategy of IT category and sub-categories in alignment with Ecolab, functional, and business unit objectives
• Lead and develops strategic supplier relationships at the executive level
• Attract, hire, and retain top sourcing and procurement talent to ensure appropriate succession planning.
• Coach, mentor, and develop direct/indirect reports within assigned global procurement team to improve skills, execution, and results.
• Develops and deploys organizational structure to support functional strategies. Drives to achieve 100% engagement with the right talent, right people, in the right place.
• Develop global sourcing strategies and drive execution within indirect IT area using Strategic Sourcing Principles.
• Establish and update processes and metrics to deliver maximize savings
• Maintain awareness of global macro-economic factors that directly impact Ecolab's procurement costs.
• Develop alternate sourcing strategies as these factors begin to negatively impact Ecolab's purchasing operations

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree
• 7 years of relevant IT procurement experience
• Previous experience negotiating complex enterprise-wide IT contract
• Prior IT procurement experience (VARs, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Cloud Services, Security, Hardware, etc.)
• No immigration sponsorship available

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Related Field (Business, Technical, Finance, Legal)
• MBA Preferred
• Previous experience balancing competing priorities of C-suite stakeholders
• Prior experience in IT or procurement leadership roles
• Previous professional experience in a global (Fortune 500 or similar) multi-national company with operations in all major world markets and regions
• Strategic thinking and business-oriented leader who has demonstrated the ability to understand the goals of a global business and to identify and execute on company-wide opportunities
• Strong financial acumen

Benefits

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