Procurement Program Manager

Procurement Program Manager

Job Description Summary

Summary under the direction of the Director of Procurement, this role supports the Procurement team in its management of the supplier base with respect to supplier performance data, supplier optimization and consolidation, supplier onboarding, insurance compliance, and other reporting needs on the Citigroup account. This position is crucial to maintaining high levels of compliance, cost savings achievement, and managing supplier performance.

Our Core Values

• Driven: We celebrate determination in pursuit of excellence.
• Resilient: We navigate uncertainty with courage and adapt to deliver impactful outcomes.
• Inclusive: We value curiosity and collaboration. We seek out different perspectives, listen actively and turn feedback into solutions.
• Visionary: Our continuous quest for improvement is guided by our desire to design a better future.
• Entrepreneurial: We act like owners. We are resourceful, creative, and agile, and we balance competing needs to create impactful solutions for the real estate industry.

Responsibilities

Supplier Performance Management, Onboarding, and Compliance

• Implement programs, facilitate supplier audits and quarterly business reviews (QBRs), and initiatives to ensure the achievement of all goals, metrics, and KPIs are met.
• Responsible for supplier consolidation and supplier diversity efforts.
• Oversee supplier onboarding process, fielding any troubleshooting challenges that team members encounter with supplier onboarding process.
• Review and submit any certificate of insurance (COI) escalations, as necessary, for suppliers that require deviations from C&W minimum insurance requirements.

Supplier Spend Analytics and Reporting

• Analyze account spend, perform cost benchmarking, and review processes to consistently identify opportunities for value creation.
• Identify and pursue cost-saving opportunities, supplier consolidation and optimization.
• Manage the development, installation, and maintenance of tracking and reporting mechanisms that yield the appropriate outputs and conform to requested forms and frequencies.
• Generate and distribute all necessary and requested reports.

Contracting Database Management

• Manage the contract repository for all account supplier agreements, including developing and maintaining a filing taxonomy.
• Regularly reviewing and reporting to Procurement team members upcoming contract expirations through the development and use of a contract management report.

Other

• Maintain ethical and commonly accepted good business practices.
• Perform other related duties, as assigned.

Job Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field is required. MBA or related master's degree preferred.
• Possess five (5) or more years' experience with indirect procurement.

Targeted Competencies

• Must possess analytical and quantitative skills with ability to analyze and interpret information, data, and related documentation.
• Candidate should demonstrate proactiveness to their daily tasks and projects while being able to complete tasks with minimal oversight.
• Building diverse relationships within all levels of the organization.
• Ability to demonstrate adaptability, organizational awareness, and business acumen.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
• Self-motivated and effective at working independently to find solutions.
• Proficient in the following Microsoft Applications: Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience in working closely with other shared service departments such as: Accounts Payable, Human Resources, Finance, and Procurement.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with others and exchange accurate information; operate a computer and other office productivity machinery; move about the workplace; remain in a stationary position for up to 90% of the time; and extend hands and arms in any direction.

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements. The compensation for the position is: $110,500.00 - $130,000.00.

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.