Procurement Program Manager Job Description
Procurement program manager
provides training, as appropriate, to operations staff in the use of Lean Six Sigma methodologies and tools.
Procurement Program Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Interacting with suppliers on a daily basis to resolve transactional issues and gather critical information regarding invoices, tracking info
Work directly with the user team, functional leads and technical leads, customer executives, managers and business users, as needed
Programme management of cross-organisation change initiatives, namely Vendor Rationalisation and the implementation of a global Buy Desk
Significant experience in a lead change management project role, with global scope and exposure to significant IT and purchasing programs, ideally purchasing/P2P related
Strong business analysis and/or process reengineering background
Experience of organisational design work, including process design and resource requirement assessment
A strong leader able to positively influence others to achieve results and communicate in an effective and timely manner
Focussed on internal client needs, anticipating, understanding, and responding to needs to meet or exceed their expectations within the organisational parameters
Able to assess situations, urgency, risks and make timely decisions
A team player, working cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolving problems and making decisions
Procurement Program Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Procurement Program Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, APICS, PMI, CPIM, CIPS, CPSM, COPC, I/II, ACAT, CIRM
Education for Procurement Program Manager
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the procurement program manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, Engineering, MBA, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Education, Business/Administration, Technical, Graduate
Skills for Procurement Program Manager
Desired skills for procurement program manager include:
Lean manufacturing
Six sigma tools
Industry trends
Emerging markets and technology
Suppliers
Develops global talent
Sig sigma tools and lean manufacturing
Applicable sustainability laws
Best practices and ensure that information is distributed appropriately to stakeholders
Corporate finance
Desired experience for procurement program manager includes:
Able to work in international virtual teams within a matrixed organisation
Manage team of IT Project Managers
Motivate and mentor Project Management team to elevate PM technical and leadership skills
Ensure Capacity Planning, serve as a change agent and drive governance adherence and continuous improvement opportunities
Develop staff strength & development plans
Responsible for coordinating with commodity teams, materials, operations, engineering, finance, quality, and field operations to complete projects and achieve expected benefits within project timeline
Procurement Program Manager Examples
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Procurement Program Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a procurement program manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for procurement program manager
- Support Commodity teams goals by leading and executing supplier rationalization, quality and delivery improvement projects
- The Program Manager (PM) shall provide onsite management, direction, administration, quality assurance and leadership in the execution of the contract
- The PM shall serve as the Government primary point of contact and provide technical supervision and guidance for all contractor personnel assigned to support - to include subcontractors
- The PM will support these initiatives, relationships, teaming arrangements and maintain responsibility for meeting program/business goals in support of program objectives
- Attend trade and industry events and conferences to network with small businesses and identify opportunities
- Maintain the integrity and standards of the Procurement Quality Standard Management System framework and its associated infrastructure
- Provide expertise in the development of the Procurement Quality Standard framework, industry accreditation, external benchmarking, and collaboration and coordination of industry forums
- Provide continuous process improvement expertise and knowledge within Procurement to support global process owners to increase efficiency and quality, while reducing costs and risk
- Drive high visibility projects to a successful outcome, such as COPC certification initiatives
- Drive development of appropriate types of reporting and scorecards to measure success of the processes within the framework
Qualifications for procurement program manager
- 5 or more years of IT program management experience within DoD or IC
- Demonstrate expert-level knowledge in planning, directing, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools
- Expert-level understanding of the software development lifecycle and the ability to manage teams through the planning, analysis, design, implementation, testing and integration and maintenance of large scale application roll outs
- ACAT I/II certification
- Track and report out ongoing Procurement Quality Management projects
- A minimum of 2 years of experience working with quality standards and process improvement, either in business operations or Procurement
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Our company is looking for a procurement program manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for procurement program manager
- Scope, manage, and lead large cross-functional projects, end to end, to deploy new and/or improve existing domestic and international solutions that will enhance customer experience
- Develop integration roadmap and ensure on-time delivery of new carriers or new functionality
- Work closely with external clients, internal stakeholders, technology, and other business groups
- Identify opportunities for increased efficiency and cost savings using analytics
- Provide high-level analysis for distribution to senior management that clearly describes current performance and future opportunities for improved performance, efficiency gains, and cost reduction
- Leverage relationships with carriers for contract negotiations and for new domestic and international delivery options
- Effectively communicate goals, roles, and responsibilities to cross-functional teams
- Manages and executes various reporting and analytic support for the systems and processes around all procurement activities (pre/post)
- Manage the day-to-day SBO notification process for requisitions $25K-$500K for identification of small business opportunities
- Maintaining Procurement records and databases
Qualifications for procurement program manager
- 5 years of strong project management skills
- Experience with Six Sigma or an equivalent problem solving/improvement methodology, certification highly desired
- Experience with IAOP highly desired
- Demonstrated success in cross group collaboration, dealing with ambiguity and problem definition
- Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively communicate with all levels, including senior executive levels
- Ability to motivate and influence without direct authority
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a procurement program manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for procurement program manager
- Monitors program health with a specific focus on parts pipeline health and raises any concerns to appropriate parties and creates action plans to proactively address
- Works in collaboration with commodity managers to ensure the program parts pipeline is healthy and that parts are being purchased within program budget
- Ensures accurate communication and reporting in and out of the IPT in the context of procurement activities presenting clear requirements to the Supply Chain Team
- Drives performance of Supply Chain colleagues and directs tasks of any Supply Chain Resource allocated to the IPT
- Acts as the Supply Chain point of contact to the customer which may involve attendance at customer meetings
- Compiles status reports on program part health for the IPT, Senior Managers and or customers
- Works closely with engineering to enable Supply Chain to influence design
- Directs project plans across MPO team members and internal customers
- Develops and manages project schedules status, resources, deliverables, risks and issues, and timelines throughout the project with input from Microsoft, business partners, and the project team
- Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate techniques in order to keep the project plan accurate, updated, reflective of authorized project changes as defined in the change management plan, and facilitate customer acceptance
Qualifications for procurement program manager
- Strong experience in overall procurement process cycle (analyze, develop, go-to market, contract, buy, manage)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, task and project management, and organizational skills
- Experience working on complex global projects and flexibility to adapt to changing priorities
- Strong understanding of procurement tools including Ariba Sourcing, Contracting, Procurement Content, P2O, Oracle iProcurement, Tableau (Working knowledge of Ariba applications a plus)
- Tools & Technology savvy, passion to learn new business tools how they are used and can be improved
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment to support delivery scope & deadlines
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Our company is hiring for a procurement program manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for procurement program manager
- Ensures regular project status/quality meetings are conducted and development of project metrics and project scorecard is accomplished
- Reviews project risks and action plans, and escalates to appropriate level of management and provides leadership throughout the life cycle of the project
- Support the Program Management Organization (PMO) leader, defining process improvements, ways of working & interfaces with other business functions, ensuring there will not be fundamental strategic and operational disconnects between the PE organization and businesses
- Improve & Execute strong operating mechanisms/performance reviews and reporting which include timely communication with business leadership and stakeholders on performance
- Design & maintain central project database & reporting tools
- Oversight of the project pipeline through implementation levels, from ideation to completion
- Audit program/project documentation to track progress and escalate information appropriately
- Lead the organization, planning and execution of specific strategic business focused projects, analysis, staff and deliverables concurrently within the project funnel according to the Generic Project Management Process
- Conduct initial supplier assessments and Requests for Information (RFIs) to support market intelligence
- Analyze RFI and RFQ responses
Qualifications for procurement program manager
- Experience leading cross-functional and decentralized project teams
- Background in Defense/Aerospace market verticals is highly preferred, or Industrial Engineering and/or Electrical Manufacturing experience
- Program Management and Project Management skills – PMP designation is preferred
- Ability to travel extensively to global locations
- Multi-lingual capabilities are highly preferred
- Ability to obtain and maintain NATO and Controlled Good Program clearances
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of procurement program manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for procurement program manager
- Support the development and application of cost models / clean-sheet models
- Perform supplier spend analysis, including reporting to establish visibility of spend patterns by category, region, and supplier
- Prepare negotiations
- Support Business Owners on execution of contracts and Work Orders, liaising with Legal, Tax, Finance, and Risk as required
- Obtain data and stakeholder input to support supplier performance reviews
- Identify, review and report on supplier metrics and savings for category activities
- Developing of Procurement Capabilities and Knowledge Base
- Acting as a procurement capability process expert and coach taking an active role in training delivery
- Sourcing internal and external procurement best practice examples and enabling and systemising cross-Business Groups sharing
- Co-ordinating procurement activities cross-Business Groups procurement
Qualifications for procurement program manager
- Demonstrated knowledge of Operation Management and Business practices
- Knowledge of Program Management and Subcontracts Principles
- Ability to handle multiple projects and establish priorities in an environment where priorities may compete
- Undergraduate Degree in a related field or equivalent experience in an Engineering-To-Order environment
- APICS, PMAC accreditation or working towards accreditation
- A minimum of 10 years’ experience in contracting and purchasing activities