3M Professional Services - Procurement Manager 

United States, Minnesota 

883651251

Professional Services-IT Procurement Manager

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Professional Services-IT Procurement Manager- you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading teams to manage external suppliers to deliver improved benefits to 3M
• Implementing cost reduction, cash improvement opportunities, supply risk management, and sourcing initiatives and tools
• Driving/ensuring the integration of Procurement's business processes for assigned commodities or business into the client’s business requirements, including acquisitions/ divestitures
• Providing sourcing advice and consulting with leadership team to set strategic direction for assigned categories
• Act as the Procurement lead for Category

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Seven (7) years of IT contract negotiation experience with strong knowledge of IT Professional Services in a private, public, government, and military
• Five (5) years of experience managing contracts and RFPs, including drafting and executing MSAs, SOWs, schedules, and POs.
• Five (5) years of proficiency in Microsoft Office and SAP, with proven success leading cross-functional teams and complex initiatives.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master's degree in Business or Technology discipline
• Experience managing complex Indirect or Direct categories
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for IT professional services, including consulting, integration, and support services.
• Manage service provider relationships and performance, ensuring compliance with SLAs and KPIs.
• 10 years of IT Hardware, Software, or IT Services experience in a private, public, government or military environment
• Skills include ability to negotiate highly complex technology contracts, ability to communicate, persuade and counsel on an expert level

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

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