Manager, Global Procurement

Overview:
KPMG is a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 145 countries, have more than 236,000 people working in member firms around the world. KPMG International acts as a coordinating entity, carrying out business activities for the benefit of KPMG firms. More than 2,500 talented colleagues make up the KPMG International team, with a focus on ensuring global consistency and providing expertise to support member firms in the achievement of KPMG’s Trust and Growth ambition. KPMG International is comprised of a number of high-performing global teams, including: Global Advisory, Global Audit, Global Clients & Markets, Global Corporate Affairs, Global People, Global Quality and Risk Management, Global Tax & Legal, Global Technology and Knowledge, the International Office of General Counsel, and the Office of Chief Administrative Officer. Working together, our global team is changing the way our business operates, delivering value to our member firms and driving positive change in the communities we serve.

**Context & Background**

Global Procurement (GP) provides procurement services to both KPMG International (KPMGI) and to member firms in situations where goods and/or services are being procured for multiple member firms.

Global Procurement focuses on driving a competitive commercial edge in contractual arrangements with KPMG’s suppliers while simultaneously managing reputational, commercial and contractual risk including:

- Leading the KPMG Procurement Leadership Forum, consisting of the US, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Spain, France, India, Canada, Brazil and KPMG International, in collectively defining and deploying best practices in procurement policies, processes, frameworks and toolkits.
- Aggregating the demand of planned purchases of goods and services across the network (KPMGI and member firms) and leveraging this scale to negotiate competitive contracts with third parties.
- Providing strategic sourcing services to key functional groups in KPMGI (e.g., Global IT Services, Global L&D, Global Collaboration & Knowledge, Global PPC, Global Marketing & Communications), in partnership with the International Office of the General Counsel (IOGC), Information Protection Group, Independence, Information Security & Risk, to enter into contractual relationships with third parties.

Global Procurement endeavors to drive a relentless focus on quality and excellent service, aligning its efforts on KPMG’s strategic priorities, and building a culture, wherein, working shoulder-to-shoulder in true partnership with our stakeholders is the norm not the exception.

**Role Summary**

The Manager, Global Procurement (Services Procurement) reports to the Director, Professional Services, Global Procurement and is responsible for supporting the development and execution of the category plans for the assigned high value/high complexity and high risk category/categories (for example - Application Development and Application Maintenance (ADAM), and other Professional Services). This role also leads the contractual and commercial negotiations with third parties on medium complexity/medium risk transactions and supports the negotiations on high value/high complexity/high risk transactions for the assigned category/categories.

What you will do:
**Key Accountabilities**
- Supports the development of the category strategies and annual category plans for assigned high value/high complexity/high risk category/categories
- Analyzes and prepares reports on the supply market for products/services within assigned categories
- Analyzes and prepares reports on key stakeholder needs and priorities
- Researches innovative or emerging procurement processes
- Researches and consolidates procurement activities, in KPMGI and member firms, and identifies potential opportunities and risks
- Supports stakeholder demand planning and reporting activities for assigned category/categories
- Modifies category plans based on any unforeseen circumstances/ new stakeholder requirements identified
- Supports the execution and delivery of approved category plans for assigned category/categories
- Analyzes and monitors buying channel options to ensure that the right, value-added channels are used for the different types of spend
- Recommends supplier segmentation based on optimal alignment with business requirements
- Monitors and updates preferred supplier lists
- Monitors plans and resolves issues or escalates to the Director, Global Procurement
- Leads all aspects of the sourcing and contractual and commercial negotiations with third parties for assigned requests
- Gathers detailed requirements
- Develops sourcing strategies and obtains approval from the appropriate governance forums
- Establishes supplier selection criteria, metrics and measures based on business needs
- Partners with stakeholders to source and select suppliers
- Provides the analys