Dell Procurement Specialist Senior Advisor 

Romania, Bucharest 

755840156

Secureworks (NASDAQ: SCWX) is a global cybersecurity leader that secures human progress with Secureworks® Taegis™, a SaaS-based, open XDR platform built on 20+ years of real-world threat intelligence and research, improving customers’ ability to detect advanced threats, streamline and collaborate on investigations, and automate the right actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Procure various goods and services for Secureworks internal business teams.
• Stakeholder collaboration and influencing on various projects & purchasing requirements.
• Act as a subject matter expert on the procurement tools and processes.
• Work in close cooperation with the cross-functional teams for fulfilling both IT (Hardware / Software / SaaS) and Non-IT purchasing needs.
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders and critical suppliers.
• Evaluate vendor proposals, perform TCO analysis, and drive cost savings through extensive vendor negotiations.
• Building positive, long-term partnerships with top spend vendors.
• Ensuring proactive and timely management of IT & Non-IT Renewals.
• Contract management (drafting, approval, review, amendments, etc.) & contract negotiations (price, terms, language, etc.,)
• Purchase Order approval and Purchase2Pay process guidance to various stakeholders.
• Identifying cost saving opportunities and implement appropriate strategies to achieve them.
• Resolving day to day order management & invoicing issues using tactical systems and purchasing tools.
• Participation in different projects, to be identified together with management, in order to ensure process improvements and efficiency gains.
• Ensure all Procurement activities are performed in an accurate, efficient manner, and in accordance with Secureworks Procurement policies and procedures. This can include supporting internal audit teams to ensure proper protocols are being followed.
• Troubleshooting supplier invoice issues by acting as liaison with Accounts Payable.
• Maintain purchasing reports for cost savings, supplier diversity goals etc.
• Prepare vendor documentation in order to register & on-board the selected vendors into internal systems.

Essential Requirements

• First level university degree or equivalent.
• 7-12 years in a professional role.
• At least 5+ years of professional Procurement experience in a strategic sourcing, category management or similar procurement role.
• Experience with the IT purchasing environment.
• Ability to multitask, work with multipleprojects/deliverablesand communicate with various stakeholders at different levels.
• Must have excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with Procurement Spend Management platforms (Workday, SAP/Ariba, Coupa, etc.).
• Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
• High motivation to learn, develop and perform in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with a technology/IT or Cybersecurity company would be considered a plus.