IT Procurement Specialist- Safari

IT PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST
Summary
The IT Procurement Specialist handles sourcing and management of IT equipment and services from vendors and suppliers, as well as working with customer on orders. The position prepares and reviews requests for information (RFI's) and proposals (RFP's), contracts, and service level agreements based on the needs of the company and the stakeholders. The IT procurement specialist also tracks and reports on procurement data and coordinates the delivery and installation of IT products.
Requirements
The IT procurement specialist should have a bachelor's degree in an IT or business major and at least three years of experience in IT procurement or equivalent.
The skills required for the IT Procurement Specialist include:

Highly organized and process-oriented

Good working knowledge of purchasing strategies

Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills

Strong analytical and critical thinking with focus on problem-solving

Work autonomously to support customer and company success
Responsibilities

Conducting sourcing activities to evaluate supplier pricing and offerings

Negotiating with multiple vendors to gain best available pricing

Reviewing contracts, terms, and service level agreements

Developing RFP's and conducting associated due diligence on vendor responses

Inputting and tracking procurement data

Facilitating the planning and coordination of equipment delivery, installations, upgrades, and changes

Reviewing procurement items for categorization, coding, pricing and information accuracy in items database and request catalog

Managing daily IT hardware/software request and issuing Purchase Orders as needed

Quoting and managing structured orders directly with customers

Maintaining pricing models for equipment and services

Managing standard product configurations for typical orders

Managing inventory of in-stock equipment

Tracking lifecycle of contracts for equipment and cloud services