Job Description
Do you enjoy working with globally distributed, diverse pool of stakeholders and supporting them with your expertise?
Are you an analytical mind able to manage complex transactions?
Join our Global Procurement Team!
The Global Procurement team owns Akamai's end-to-end supply-chain process. We establish and maintain stakeholder relationships internally and externally. We manage our suppliers to best optimize our investments and supply base. Through effective sourcing and negotiation, we constantly enable and deliver value capture (cost-saving/avoidance).
Partner with the best
In this role, you will collaborate with senior leaders to strategize sourcing for specific categories. You will also oversee Category Management, Supplier Management, Value Tracking, Contract Management, and internal stakeholder management. This oversight aims to enhance procurement processes and achieve cost savings in designated categories.
As a Global Technology Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for-
- Managing contract lifecycle from negotiation to termination, collaborating with various departments to ensure compliance with InfoSec, Legal, Finance, and Business Leaders
- Communicating issues to leadership while driving for resolution
- Providing support during the vendor screening and vendor selection process
- Holding periodic Supplier Business Reviews to share and receive feedback from vendor
- Guiding stakeholders (internal and external) on how to structure and implement RFQs/RFIs/RFPs to obtain best-in-class supplier capabilities.
- Building and maintaining robust relationships with key internal stakeholders to gain a deep understanding of their needs
- Monitoring market dynamics, supplier landscape and pricing strategy for category across regions
Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will-
- Have a bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience in procuring software, hardware, cloud services, networking equipment, etc
- Have experience in contract management, strategic sourcing, risk management, and procurement operations in technology or services
- Have proven experience in managing multi-region customers and key technology suppliers- Microsoft, AWS, Google, Oracle, Salesforce, etc
- Have experience in change management and a track record of implementing cost-saving changes
- Demonstrate great interpersonal and leadership skills
- Be able to effectively communicate in business English both written and verbal
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.
At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.
Working for you
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life-
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
About Us
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
Join us
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.
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