Lead procurement strategy and supplier selection for inbound products and services. Manage RFIs/RFPs, negotiate contracts with Legal, administer Coupa purchase orders, reconcile invoices, and apply AI/ML and reporting tools to optimize procurement processes while collaborating with cross-functional senior stakeholders.
About Intermedia
Are you looking for a company where YOUR VOICE is heard? Where you can MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Do you THRIVE in a FAST-PACED work environment? Do you wake every morning EXCITED to work with GREAT PEOPLE and create SUCCESS TOGETHER? Then Intermedia is the place for you.
Intermedia has established itself as a leading provider of cloud communications and collaboration tech that allows companies to connect better. We have a strong track record of growth, profitability, and creating an environment where everyone matters. Everyone. While we are fast-paced and admittedly a bit intense, we promise that you won’t be bored. You will find Intermedia is a place where you can indulge your passion for creating and supporting great cloud technology. What’s more, we always look to promote from within and have many employees who have been with us 10, 15, and 20+ years!
Culture at Intermedia is built on teamwork and transparency. We hold each other accountable and always have each other’s back!
Are you ready to make your mark?
The Procurement Team leads all procurement activities for the company’s global operations, overseeing nearly $200M in annual direct and indirect spend.
The Procurement Team leads all procurement activities for the company’s global operations, overseeing nearly $200M in annual direct and indirect spend.
We are looking for an energetic, collaborative teammate to maximize efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction in procurement functions including commodity strategies, supplier selection and management, contract negotiations, purchase order management, and spend reporting. You will interact with team members from Finance, Legal, Engineering, Operations, IT, Marketing, Sales, and Facilities to ensure cost effective and timely delivery of essential goods and services. You will lead and participate in high level strategic initiatives and support daily business execution, often interacting with senior level management. You will also apply AI and machine learning to procurement functions, using these tools to create and refine leading edge processes. In short, you’ll support the continued success of Intermedia by supplying first-class procurement services to its internal and external partners.
This role will report to the Senior Director of Procurement.
This role will report to the Senior Director of Procurement.
What you will be doing:
- Facilitate and author commodity strategies for key inbound products and services
- Partner with Legal to ensure terms are consistent with contractual requirements and incorporate those terms into contracts, such as MSAs and SOWs, negotiated with suppliers
- Work closely with senior stakeholders to understand and document details of business and procurement requirements, and use those to identify and select suppliers for everything from security software to engineering services, securing the best possible terms such as price, quality of goods and services, schedule, etc.
- Lead RFI and RFP initiatives, and aid and document cost savings efforts
- Utilize systems and tools such as ERPs (Coupa), PowerBI, Atlassian, ServiceNow, and multiple AI models to create and refine procurement processes
- Create purchase requisitions and orders for stakeholders, reconciling these with supply requests including administering Coupa and assisting Intermedia employees with Coupa processing and reporting
- Reconcile invoices to contractual terms to resolve inconsistencies
What you will bring to the role:
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 - 10 years’ experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain management
- Strategic focus and planning acumen in crafting and articulating commodity strategies
- Direct experience negotiating and executing contracts in partnership with the legal department
- Self-starting, enthusiastic, entrepreneurial attitude with a program management perspective
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse groups by displaying solid interpersonal and rapport building abilities
- Demonstrated successful application of AI and machine learning to help build leading edge procurement workflows and operations
- Strong negotiation, problem-solving, and contractual skills
- Strong time management and planning skills required to coordinate and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously while adapting to changes in business requirements
- Demonstrated high level of proficiency in the Microsoft suite of productivity applications such as Word, Excel including large data set manipulation and pivot tables, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Software-as-as-Service (SaaS), Telecom and/or Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) industry experience a plus
- Prior experience with Coupa and/or ServiceNow a plus
Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity
We hire, promote, and compensate employees based on their ability to perform their job responsibilities, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, citizenship, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable law (collectively referred to in our Code of Conduct as “Protected Classes”). We do not tolerate employment discrimination in the workplace, and we are committed to making reasonable accommodations for identified disabilities or other limitations as required by all applicable laws. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Intermedia Cloud Communications Sunnyvale, California, USA Office
100 Mathilda Place, Suite 600, Sunnyvale, CA, United States, 94086
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