Strategic Sourcing Manager (Future Opportunities)
Company: Twitter
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: January 26, 2023
Job Description:
Company Description
Please note: This job posting is not for immediate hire but rather
an opportunity to submit an application for future
consideration.
Twitter promotes and protects the public conversation. Twitter is
the town square of the internet. At Twitter, we work with one goal
in mind: to improve Twitter for our customers, partners, and the
people who use it across the world. Brand safety is only possible
when human safety is the top priority - This mindset is what drives
us forward.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Identify cost saving opportunities, forecasting and inventory
strategies to reduce total cost of ownership and you will be
ultimately responsible for negotiating and implementing vendor
agreements and contracts that meet our platform requirements;
- Develop strategies to deliver against capacity requirements and
influence vendor's processes, roadmaps and decisions to identify
and mitigate risks as well as to develop and maintain contingency
plans to proactively address constraints in support of those
strategies;
- Have a bias for action and passion about process improvement
and working with internal and external partners to solve problems.
You will gather data to identify the right actions and strategies
and will excel at defining the right processes and mechanisms to
solve problems and mitigate risks;
- Manage supplier relationships, performance, reviews,
scorecards, agreements and RFx events;
- Leverage subject matter expertise to advise partners including
Legal, Privacy, Information Security and Compliance throughout
contracting process;
- Perform total cost of ownership evaluations, perform
supply-market research and conduct pricing audits and impact
analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements;
- Collaborate as needed with each and every person in the
organization in a personable, approachable manner;
- Effectively communicate the impact of sourcing decisions to
Business Partners and leadership as appropriate and actively enlist
their support;
- Collaborate to build best spend management practices and
technology trends;
- Consistently maintain a cost management and high level of
'Stakeholder Focus' attitude;
- Create reports, processes and mechanisms to support business
teams in making the right capacity decisions and understand future
demand requirements.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Combined 5+ years of professional experience in strategic
sourcing and supply chain;
- 2+ years of experience with advanced Microsoft Excel; Google
Suite knowledge a plus;
- Experience in sourcing, procurement, consulting or account
executive experience (i.e. RFP Proposals);
- In depth knowledge of Rfx, contract and spend management
tools.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Direct experience procuring and managing Data Center equipment
and/or Hardware/Networking commodities;
- Experience working with Jira, Cloudio, Apptus, Scout;
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills;
- Excellent quantitative skills with the ability to dissect
problems in a data driven approach to solving problem;
- Ability to think strategically and tactically, with persistent
attention to detail;
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority projects at a time and
able to set priorities to meet deadlines.
Additional Information
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an
equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race,
color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender,
gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age,
disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or
any other status or characteristic protected by, state, or local
laws.
San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance
Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants
with arrest and conviction records.
Twitter provides reasonable accommodations during the recruitment
and hiring process upon request. Information received relating to
accommodations will be addressed confidentially. To request an
accommodation, please contact accommodation@twitter.com.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO
guidelines.
Keywords: Twitter, San Francisco , Strategic Sourcing Manager (Future Opportunities), Executive , San Francisco, California
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