Procurement Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Armis

Description

Armis is looking for a few of the very best people in their field to join our A-team of big thinkers, doers, movers, and shakers.

This unique opportunity truly offers the best of all worlds—start up culture, enterprise level benefits and security, and top pay for the industry.

Got your attention yet? Good, keep reading, it only gets better.


Ok, so what exactly does Armis do?
Connected assets are growing at an explosive rate, across every industry and every geo.

In today's world of smart devices and BYOD, these assets come from every direction and are found in every possible environment and industry.

And they're critical to success for every enterprise.

And because every single asset represents a very real potential vulnerability, they're also the last line of defense against today's sophisticated cyber criminals.

Armis gives companies of every size—across every industry and geo—complete asset visibility, contextual intelligence, and continuous security. We have partnerships and integrations with the planet's leading tech and cybersecurity players.

And we're building an incredibly smart and diverse global team of thought-leading technologists, creative visionaries and proven game changers who are ready to take Armis to the next level.

This is a 100% remote position based in UK or Ireland

Overview

This is an opportunity for a competent team-player, to support and engage Business stakeholders who have a need to work with the procurement function and raise Purchase Requisitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily procurement activities. A handson overachiever that understands and performs daily tactical and strategic procurement activities as necessary.
• Be the initial procurement interface with Armis stakeholders, working to assist teams on the correct raising of requests for the purchase of goods and services.
• Responsible for negotiating midsize value vendor contracts of varying complexity across multiple categories and meeting internal client objectives, while achieving maximum overall cost efficiencies for Armis.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities and conduct competitive bids with internal vendor service end users.
• Assist the Accounts Payable, Accounting and Finance teams in addressing invoice discrepancies.
• Schedule and lead vendor meetings for the review of sourcing activities/renewals as required and consistently take independent business decisions, except in unusually complex business instances.
• Leads vendor negotiations for goods and services including software license, professional services agreements, and hardware, drafting SOWs with the relevant stakeholder teams.
• Offer guidance and support to Armis internal stakeholders and vendors during the procurement process.
• Review and monitor purchase requisitions, ensuring the correct documentation and approvals are in place.
• Approve vendors set up requests and monitor the onboarding of new vendors.
• Provides frequent procurement reporting as needed to management.
• Has a visible presence across the Business and consistently builds credibility and strong relationships as a representative of Procurement with key stakeholders, including legal, security, and functional partners.
• Ensures a robust Procurement process is in place for all contracted goods and services, identifying and meeting all regulatory and quality standards. Ensuring compliance with all Procurement policies.
• Gives internal training and ongoing Procure2Pay system assistance to users.
• Able to effectively prioritize and execute tasks within assigned deadlines.
• Supports internal and external audits as needed, by providing requested contract information and other data.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Procurement Specialist/Senior Buyer (indirect procurement) working daily with a variety of Procure2Pay systems, ideally within an IT company across technology and service related spend areas.
• Excellent technical knowledge of a variety of Procure2Pay systems.
• Excellent planning and vendor agreements/contract management experience.
• Microsoft Office Suite, notably Excel and PowerPoint, proficiency.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and communications skills.
• A strong work ethic and a cando attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, organize, report data and to prioritize and problem solve.
• Fluency in English is mandatory.
• Experience working with senior internal stakeholders and with Legal and Security teams in vendor selection, commercial and contract negotiation processes.
• Experience in driving compliance to Procurement policy.
• Experience in working with key internal stakeholders across functions to negotiate effective vendor deals; notably in Marketing, Engineering and R&D, IT, Sales and Revenue Generation and Appliances/Supply Chain.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks, handle interruptions, and perform multiple tasks simultaneously to successfully meet weekly goal