IT Senior Purchasing Agent Senior Purchasing Agent

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IT Senior Purchasing Agent | Senior Purchasing Agent
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IT Senior Purchasing Agent: Part of a team of Buyers responsible for purchasing information technology, including software, hardware, SaaS, services and related commodities. Reports to Senior Purchasing Agent/Supervisor that reports to the Assistant Director of Procurement and uses extensive knowledge and expertise to execute or negotiate complex, large dollar purchases that support multiple operations. The procurement assignments frequently contain sensitive, critical, or enterprise-wide components with broad impact. Employs advanced analytics to evaluate spend and activity data to determine sourcing strategies; formulates specifications for complex and unique items; develop and reviews enterprise level RFPs; conduct public bid openings, evaluate proposals, prepare bid analyses; and negotiate large dollar orders. The IT Senior Purchasing Agent develops and maintains awareness of changing commodity-related business trends in the market and their impact to the university and serves as a professional resource to campus Stakeholders and Purchasing Department staff.
Senior Purchasing Agent: Assesses current and future suppliers’ capacity, capability and overall supplier health, evaluating for compliance and risk, utilizing performance measurement tools and decision modeling practices. Will have a role in establishing supplier health measures in the IT space. Develops and manages supplier relationships that ensure contract compliance. Partnership with MSU IT Security, General Counsel and Risk Management offices occurs as a component of supplier assessment and when negotiating supplier contracts and agreements. Periodic business reviews ensure that both technical needs and regulatory requirements are met. Communication, collaboration, and interaction are frequent with management, key stakeholders, and current/potential suppliers. May lead task forces or project teams formed to accomplish unique or high-impact purchases. This function involves high levels of collaboration and skilled facilitation for project management and decision-making. Builds effective relationships to meet the objectives of both the Purchasing Department and campus customers. Actively promotes the Purchasing Department diversity/inclusion and sustainability programs.

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