Procurement Manager

Division: Headquarters

Project Location(s): New York, NY 10001 USA



Minimum Years Experience: Travel Involved: 10-20% Job Type: Regular Job Classification: Experienced Education: Bachelors Degree Job Family: Information Services Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Location: Position can be performed from any U.S. company office, with opportunity for office and remote work.

Position Description:

Lead enterprise technology procurement and strategic sourcing for Turner Information Services (IS), with accountability for high-value software, software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud services, hardware, telecommunications, construction technology, and professional services. Develop and execute category and supplier strategies; lead competitive sourcing and complex commercial negotiations; manage contract lifecycle, supplier performance, risk, and value realization; and support global procurement opportunities across ACS Group operating companies. Partner with departments and business leadership tooptimizetotal cost of ownership, improve commercial and service outcomes, reduce supplier risk, and support enterprise technology standards.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies and sourcing roadmaps for major technology spend categories, aligned with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, financial, and business priorities.
• Lead end-to-end RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes, including market analysis, requirements development, supplier due diligence, bid evaluation, negotiation, award recommendation, contracting, implementation, and post-award governance.
• Lead complex sourcing, negotiation, and renewal strategies for enterprise software, SaaS, cloud services, hardware, telecommunications, and professional services, including pricing, licensing models, service levels, price protections, audit rights, renewal provisions, termination rights, and other commercial terms, in partnership with Legal, Finance, Information Security, and technology leadership.
• Develop fact-based negotiation strategies using spend analytics, market intelligence, price benchmarking, cost models, scenario analysis, and supplier financial information.
• Partner with technology owners, Finance, and ITasset-managementteams tooptimizesoftware entitlements, licenseutilization, subscription and consumption models, true-ups, co-terming, renewals, and the elimination of unused or duplicative software.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, renewal planning, and technology investment decisions through forward-looking spend analysis and commercial recommendations.
• Support procurement coordination across ACS Group operating companies to aggregate demand, rationalize overlapping technology solutions, consolidate strategic suppliers and contracts, and negotiate global or regional agreements that leverage enterprise scale, in partnership with technology governance and subject to local business, legal, regulatory, tax, cybersecurity, and data-residency requirements.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, technology owners, andoperating-company leaders to ensure that solution-standardization and supplier-consolidation decisions meet business, technical, security, and service requirements.
• Oversee procurement requests, supplier onboarding, contract administration, renewals, purchase activities, and related workflows to ensuretimelyand effective service delivery.
• Ensure technology procurement activitiescomply withcompany policies, financial controls, contractual obligations, information-security requirements, and established procurement governance.
• Establish governance for strategic technology suppliers through defined key performance indicators, service-level agreements, scorecards, executive business reviews, escalation processes, remediation plans, and continuous-improvement commitments.
• Coordinate supplier due diligence and ongoing third-party risk management covering cybersecurity, privacy, financial viability, regulatory compliance, business continuity, concentration risk, and contractual compliance.
• Build andmaintainsenior-level relationships with strategic technology suppliers and internal stakeholders while proactively addressing performance, commercial, and contractual issues.
• Develop, document, and continuously improve procurement policies, procedures, standard work, governance, and controls;identifyopportunities for process optimization, automation, and data-driven decision making.
• Establish, track, andreportprocurement performance measures, including realized savings, cost avoidance, total cost of ownership, contract coverage, renewal readiness, supplier performance, cycle time, risk reduction, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Lead, coach, and develop procurement staff through performance management, mentoring, workload planning, succession planning, and professional development.
• Foster collaboration across Infrastructure, Applications, Cybersecurity, PMO, Finance, Legal, Corporate Procurement, Compliance, Enterprise Architecture, and business teams to support technology initiatives and organizational priorities.
• Communicate sourcing strategies, procurement status, risks, performance measures, and recommendations to executives and other stakeholders with clarity and commercial judgment
• Perform other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

• Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or a related field, plus a minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible professional experience.
  • At least 5 years of direct experience leading enterprise technology procurement, including complex software, SaaS, cloud, hardware, telecommunications, construction technology, or technology professional-services agreements.
  • At least 3 years of people-leadership experience, including responsibility for coaching, performance management, workload planning, and professional development.
  • Demonstrated success leading multimillion-dollar enterprise technology negotiations, managing a significant portfolio of technology spend, and delivering measurable savings, cost avoidance, risk reduction, and supplier-performance improvements.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of enterprise software licensing, SaaS and cloud commercial models, software asset management, license compliance, true-ups, vendor audits, service levels, and total-cost-of-ownership analysis.
  • Experience developing category strategies and leading end-to-end competitive sourcing processes, including RFI, RFP, and RFQ events, supplier evaluation, negotiation, contracting, implementation, and governance.
  • Strong analytical, negotiation, commercial, organizational, executive-communication, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders in a decentralized or matrixed organization.
  • Experience using enterprise resource planning, e-procurement, contract-lifecycle-management, service-management, or spend-analytics platforms.
  • Experience negotiating and managing enterprise agreements with major technology or construction-technology providers such as Microsoft, Autodesk, Procore, or comparable suppliers.
  • Experienceoperatingin a global, decentralized, or federated organization and coordinating demand aggregation, supplier consolidation, and global or regional contracts across multiple operating companies.
  • Experience in construction, engineering, infrastructure, manufacturing, oranotherasset-intensive industry.
  • Experience with SAP, Ariba, Coupa, ServiceNow, or comparable procurement, contract,service-management, or workflow platforms.
  • Master of Business Administration or master's degree in supply chain, finance, information systems, ora relateddiscipline.
  • CPSM, MCIPS, oran equivalentprocurement certification preferred; softwareasset-management, contract-management, FinOps, PMP, or Lean Six Sigma credentials are a plus.

  Physical Demands: 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. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to be mobile, and the employee regularly travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee occasionally performs work on-site at construction work sites, office locations, and/or off-site venues. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  
  Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office or remote setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

  *The salary range for this position in NYC is estimated to be $172k - $220K.
  *The salary range for this position in San Francisco is estimated to be $172k - $220K.
  *The salary range for this position in New Jersey is estimated to be $172k - $220K.
  *The salary range for this position in Seattle is estimated to be $172k - $220K.
  *The salary range for this position in Boston is estimated to be $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in Connecticut is estimated to be $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in Denver is estimated to be $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in San Diego is estimated to be $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in Los Angeles is estimated to be $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in Baltimore is estimated to be $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in Washington DC is estimated to $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in Maine is estimated to be $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in Virginia is estimated to be $156k - $200K.
  *The salary range for this position in Chicago is estimated to be $146k - $186K.
  *The salary range for this position in Cleveland is estimated to be $136k - $174K.

  Actual compensation packages within that range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.

  Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity. VEVRAA Federal Contractor