IT Manager For Purchase @ Hitachi Vantara

The role:

• This role would also involve negotiating contracts, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Assists IT Asset Manager with preparing purchases.
• Identifying and selecting vendors for IT products and services, negotiating contracts, and ensuring timely delivery and quality.
• Building and maintaining relationships with vendors, evaluating their performance, and ensuring compliance with company standards.
• Developing and managing IT purchasing budgets, tracking expenditures, and ensuring cost-effectiveness.
• Negotiating favorable terms and conditions with vendors, drafting and reviewing purchase orders and contracts, and ensuring adherence to legal and company regulations.
• Monitoring inventory levels, managing stock, and ensuring that the company's IT needs are met efficiently.
• Working with internal teams and stakeholders to understand their IT needs, communicating purchasing decisions, and resolving any issues that may arise.
• Analyzing data to track purchasing trends, identify areas for improvement, and generate reports for management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with internal teams, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Maintain contract data.
• Create purchase requisitions.

What youll bring:

• 5+ years of experience in IT purchase
• Familiarity with asset management software and/or inventory tracking systems, such as Flexera, CMDB etc.
• Excellent people skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, partners, and customers
• Familiarity with contract/agreement review and accurate interpretation.
• Familiarity with hardware vendors and their products, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, and Apple.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, communication, and relationship skills for delivering a positive customer experience.
• ITIL Foundations certified.
• Experience in multicultural environment