KPMG Hiring for Senior Associate, Category Sourcing at Montvale, NJ  Full Time

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KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate, Category Sourcing to join our Strategic Sourcing and Procurement organization.

Responsibilities:

• Provide sourcing expertise and management across a wide range of various corporate services categories, including but not limited to Marketing, Office Services, Human Resources and/or IT Hardware and Software
• Support procurement activities such as managing contracting needs including negotiation and issuance of master agreements, SOWs, amendments, and purchase orders
• Work closely with business stakeholders and align with leadership on Sourcing/Procurement project objectives, structure key activities/deliverables, conduct in-depth assessments, improve Sourcing/Procurement processes, reach consensus on bottom line cost reduction strategies, and facilitate implementation of changes
• Facilitate and lead the contracting life cycle working alongside business stakeholders and legal counsel including negotiations, redlines, and ensure proper representation and enforcement of critical terms and conditions
• Manage sourcing exercises to drive value for the business including RFx, and direct negotiations with suppliers
• Develop and build trusting and influential business relationships with both stakeholders and suppliers engaged with the business

Qualifications:

• Minimum three years of recent work experience in sourcing, contract negotiation, supplier management, outsourcing, and project management
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university
• Experience demonstrating success in positions of increasing complexity; combination of management consulting and line role experience desired
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative and influencing skills to effectively navigate a complex management and organization structure with a high degree of ambiguity; ability to work effectively with suppliers, project team members, project sponsors, functional leads, and senior management
• Solid organizational, time management and project management skills; able to execute on multiple projects, RFXs and contract negotiations simultaneously
• Proven analytical, financial, problem solving, organization and project management skills to include stakeholder and meeting facilitation skills; have executive presence, presentation, and engagement experience

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