Sr Staff Procurement/Purchasing Specialist
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About the Position
We are seeking a Sr Staff Procurement/Purchasing Specialist to join our team in Toyosu, Japan. This role involves managing the procurement of software, cloud services, general outsourcing, and intellectual property (IP) and license-related services.
Responsibilities
- Procurement: Manage the acquisition of software, cloud services, general outsourcing, and IP/license-related services.
- Coordination: Collaborate with requesting departments to confirm requirements, usage conditions, contract scope, budget, and schedule.
- Market Research: Conduct market research, evaluate suppliers, request quotes, compare and negotiate prices and contract terms, and handle order procedures.
- Contract Optimization: Optimize contract forms, usage quantities, pricing structures, and renewal/termination conditions for software/cloud services.
- Outsourcing Management: Coordinate the scope of work, deliverables, rates, and acceptance criteria for outsourcing projects such as consulting, system development, and operational support.
- Risk Management: Collaborate with legal, information security, IP, and accounting departments to ensure compliance, manage suppliers, analyze expenditures, and drive procurement strategy and process improvements.
- Global Procurement: Work with procurement departments at overseas locations and affiliates for global procurement activities.
Requirements
MUST
- At least 2 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, contract management, or vendor management.
- Experience in software, SaaS, IT services, general outsourcing, or IP/licenses.
- Ability to read, compare, and organize quotations, proposals, scopes of work, and key contract terms.
- Strong coordination skills with requesters and stakeholders such as legal, information security, IP, and accounting.
- Negotiation skills for price, delivery, scope of work, and contract terms with suppliers.
- Basic skills in expenditure and price analysis and documentation using Excel.
WANT
- Experience in procuring software licenses/SaaS, IT services, consulting, development/operation outsourcing, and IP-related services.
- Experience in managing license contracts, service contracts, NDAs, and SOWs.
- Experience in cost optimization through usage rationalization, contract consolidation, and competitive purchasing.
- Experience in category strategy, supplier evaluation, spending analysis, and procurement process improvement.
- Knowledge of risk assessment related to information security, personal information protection, re-delegation, and intellectual property rights.
- Experience in using English for quote acquisition, contract review, and coordination with suppliers or overseas affiliates.
We Offer
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Job Details
- Position: Sr Staff Procurement/Purchasing Specialist
- Location: Toyosu, Japan
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Remote: No
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