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Global Procurement

The Global Procurement Function helps stakeholders get the best value from their external supplier spend and ensure that Experian's commercial interests are protected.

Global Procurement is part of the Global Finance organization and works across the matrix, both regionally and within our Global Business Lines (GBLs). We leverage Experian's spend to get the best outcome for our stakeholders and shareholders while ensuring we exceed our clients’ needs. 

North America Procurement

As part of the Global Procurement Function the North America Procurement Team is here to capture and maximize the value from Stakeholder’s external supplier spend through optimizing acquisition cost, minimizing enterprise risk from Experian's external supplier base, while driving supplier innovation and collaboration. In direct collaboration with our team, we enable the business to source, select and contract through the Procurement Lifecycle.

Role Summary

As a procurement buyer / contracts specialist, you will support the regional and global buying strategy for one or more spend categories: marketing, data acquisition, professional services, and software.

This unique role affords you the opportunity to join a fun and dynamic procurement organization, that has access to all levels of Experian’s diverse employee base, and where you will obtain paralegal-level knowledge and understanding of commercial contract law through hands-on buying experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the key point of contact and SME to our stakeholders on sourcing their purchasing needs and achieving cost savings objectives.

• Develop and lead competitive bid exercises (RFI, RFQ, RFP, Reverse Auctions).

• Directly negotiate commercial and legal terms with suppliers

• Redline, edit, and draft contractual and other documents.

• Ensure all outcomes are incompliance with Experian’s policies and regulatory requirements.

• Act as project manager for coordination with various stakeholders and subject matter experts in the legal, compliance, product, third party risk, and finance departments, and drive transactions to successful completion within the required time frame.

• Responsible for enforcing and documenting approval for non-standard terms and pricing.

• Advise management on contractual terms and risks.

• Operate independently on most matters, with sound judgement in ambiguous situations, amongst competing priorities. 

• Work across multiple businesses, teams, and time-zones.

• Maintain key work activities in Experian’s sourcing and contract tools.

• Build pro-active relationships with internal stakeholders on current and future needs.

• Promote a high-level customer experience.

• Must be located in Southern California or Allen, TX

• 5+ years relevant procurement or relevant work experience

• Business related Bachelors required; advanced degrees a plus

• 1+ years plus of experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating contracts

• Experience with data privacy laws, a plus

• Ability to build positive and professional relationships, internally and externally

• Good understanding of general commercial contract law

• Strong project management skills

• Strong negotiation skills

• Sound judgement and able to make decisions quickly.

• Can-do attitude, results driven and resourceful.

• Computer literate and high aptitude for learning systems

• Experience with Oracle ERP and Ariba Sourcing / Contracts, an advantage but not necessary

   

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