Senior Procurement Consultant

A client with Kforce is seeking a Senior Procurement Consultant to join their team in Los Angeles, CA. Summary: The Senior Procurement Consultant provides interim procurement expertise and project support for the client's global procurement function , supporting strategic sourcing, technology procurement, supplier lifecycle management, procurement operations, and procure-to-pay controls. The role partners with senior stakeholders to manage pre-purchase requisition and demand qualification, align purchasing activity with business needs, and engage procurement before commercial commitments are made. This leader also oversees the Hyderabad Procurement Operations Center of Excellence, maintaining responsive global service and advancing priority procurement initiatives during the assignment. Responsibilities: Strategy, Sourcing & Technology Procurement:

• Centralize and execute a global procurement strategy that aligns purchasing verticals, category ownership and service channels with line-business needs; Direct the intake, prioritization and routing of sourcing opportunities across verticals, assigning the appropriate sourcing and procurement delivery path
• Own the pre-purchase requisition, and demand-qualification process and embed it in business planning so the use case, budget, existing suppliers, alternatives, approvals and sourcing path are evaluated before contractual commitment and anticipated demand is visible to executive decisionmakers; As necessary, lead complex RFI/RFP/RFX processes and negotiations with technology providers, manufacturers, value-added resellers and strategic suppliers to improve price, terms, service levels and flexibility
• Oversee enterprise software renewals across subscription, perpetual and consumption-based models; Apply market intelligence to optimize the technology portfolio to meet evolving business needs and technology strategy

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or a relevant professional certification, such as CPSM or CIPS, is preferred
• 8-10 years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier and contract management, contract management and operations experience, including leadership responsibility
• Extensive experience leading complex sourcing processes, negotiating enterprise technology agreements, and managing software licensing, renewals, utilization, and compliance
• Strong knowledge of procurement operations and governance, including P2P, accounts payable dependencies, three-way match, and asset controls

Preferred:

• Experience with Workday or comparable ERP purchasing tools and ServiceNow or similar intake and workflow platforms, coupled with strong senior-level stakeholder management and commercial decision-support capabilities
• Advanced financial acumen across budgeting, forecasting, variance and spend analysis, and the validation of savings and cost avoidance

Key Personal Attributes and Competencies:

• Strategic and analytical, with sound judgement and a disciplined approach to execution
• Collaborative leader with strong executive presence
• High degree of integrity and accountability
• Clear, credible, and effective communicator