Senior Procurement Manager

We are looking forSenior Procurement Manager for our client in Parsippany, NJ

Job Title: Senior Procurement Manager

Job Location: Parsippany, NJ

Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

Pay Range: $37hr – $42hr

• The Procurement Specialist will support local category execution for marketing, sales, and professional services.
• This role includes data gathering, supplier relationship management, stakeholder management, and executing sourcing strategies aligned with global procurement objectives.
• The candidate will be responsible for managing supplier negotiations, ensuring compliance with company policies, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Provide local category support and execution for marketing, sales, and professional services, including data gathering, SRM, and stakeholder management.
• Negotiate and implement the defined Global Category Strategy for North America, ensuring alignment within Procurement and stakeholders.
• Assist in sourcing strategy implementation and supplier selection.
• Support creation and execution of local sourcing strategies in alignment with Global Category Managers.
• Analyze and prepare reports on supplier spend data, sourcing initiatives, and targeted or achieved savings.
• Identify potential suppliers and conduct RFPs, RFQs, Ariba E-Auctions, quotation analysis, and cost modeling aligned with Global Category Strategy.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and ensure effective collaboration.
• Conduct supplier evaluations, contract negotiations, and proactively manage supplier relationships, including SRMs, scorecards, and surveys.
• Maintain supplier relationships to maximize value and performance.
• Support supplier risk and sustainability assessments and develop mitigation plans as needed.
• Support diversity initiatives within procurement.
• Prepare documentation and presentations for local procurement projects.
• Support contract negotiations and management, coordinating with internal legal and stakeholder teams.
• Analyze and monitor market trends and supplier landscape, staying informed about innovations in the marketing/agencies category.
• Provide local support to Global Category Managers as needed.
• Ensure all procurement activities comply with company policies, industry standards, and legal regulations.
• Collaborate with Legal, Regulatory, Finance, IT, and other departments as required.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor s degree in Procurement, Marketing, Finance, or a related business discipline.
• CPM Certification preferred but not required.

Requirement/Must Have:

• Minimum 5 years of indirect procurement or sourcing experience, including at least 3 years in procurement.
• Experience in a pharmaceutical environment preferred.
• Experience in marketing operations, brand management, agency management, professional services, HR, IT, or R&D indirect goods and services.
• Experience leading and supporting categories within marketing, sales, and professional services procurement.
• Deep understanding of sourcing processes and tools, including the 7-step sourcing process.
• Experience working in cross-functional procurement environments.
• Proficiency in drafting and managing RFP processes.
• Experience managing SRM processes.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement and optimization programs.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong teamwork, collaboration, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to produce high-quality analytics and perform complex spend analyses.
• Working knowledge of marketing operations, agency management, and indirect procurement categories.
• Ability to work effectively in a complex multi-brand organization with multiple stakeholders and Global Category Managers.