Global Procurement Contractor - Technology Procurement, Data and Content

Job Description

<p><b>Title: </b> Global Procurement Contractor - Technology Procurement, Data and Content </p><p><b>Location: Remote </b></p><p><b>Duration: 10 Months (</b>potential for temp to perm hiring<b>)</b></p><p> </p><p><b>Business Unit: </b></p><p>CoRe Procurement – one of seven global shared services supporting the *** network of member firms. </p><p> </p><p><b>Roles and Responsibilities: </b></p><p>We are looking for a senior staff or manager-level contractor resource to temporarily join our Technology Procurement team, with the potential for temp to perm hiring. The role will focus on contracting activities in the Market/Financial Data category: </p><ul><li>Applies Data category knowledge to interact with both local and global stakeholders in shaping business requirements for contracts and purchases. </li><li>Manages/coordinates contracting discussions serving as liaison between Business Requester, Supplier, Office of General Counsel, Risk and other stakeholders to discuss/resolve contract terms </li><li>Negotiates pricing and commercial terms. Draws on Data category knowledge to inform negotiations and achieve beneficial results for Client. </li><li>Understands how to navigate across different SMEs and teams to gain cross-functional input and facilitate decisions </li><li>Experienced working with leadership level stakeholders. </li></ul><p> </p><p><b>Qualifications: </b></p><ul><li>Education: Bachelor's Degree required; Procurement certification preferred </li><li>Years of Experience: 3-8 years of Procurement and/or Market Data experience. Full-time employment within job history is strongly desired. </li></ul><p> </p><p><b>Skills: </b></p><ul><li>Knowledge of Market Data category (at least 1 year of experience.) Can name several "name brand” data suppliers they have worked with. (Examples: Moody's, Dow Jones, Factiva, Dun & Bradstreet, S&P, MergerMarket, Bloomberg.) </li><li>Strong background working with sourcing/contracting/procurement processes </li><li>Understands supplier contracts and has experience working with/negotiating a variety of contract templates </li><li>Experience working in a large, complex organization. </li><li>Experience working in a large, complex organization. Global organization experience highly desirable. </li><li>Strong interpersonal skills to drive coordination between legal and business and other stakeholders for contract completion </li><li>Organized and able to handle multiple simultaneous contracting efforts </li><li>Adept at virtual teaming, virtual and hybrid working environments.</li></ul><p></p>