It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.At Proofpoint we offer and value the following, “Good work life balance”, “Excellent Compensation and benefits” and most importantly a culture & colleagues that inspires people to do their best”Corporate Overview Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.The Role Director of Procurement leads all global procurement efforts for the whole company. You will provide strategic and operational planning including identifying Procurement strategic and operational issues, and then able to drive respective solutions. The Director of Procurement is responsible for establishing processes, policies and procedures to efficiently and effectively enable spend owners such as business units and functional partners to maximize the value they receive from suppliers to meet their objectives.Your day-to-day Development of organizational and operational procurement strategyCreation and management of short-, mid-, and long-term goals and objectivesCreation and improvement of best-practice procurement processes, including but not limited to request for proposal processes, new vendor onboarding and vendor management.Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunitiesManagement of procurement systemsManagement of procurement staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activitiesCreating a talent management process in coordination with HR to ensure that the right resources are in place.Managing the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilitiesLeadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiativesDevelopment of benchmarks and scorecards, as well as key performance indicator reporting for senior management, to be used for continuous improvement.Collaborate with the Finance organization to ensure the appropriate establishment, update, monitoring and execution of key controls to support the internal control environment.What you bring to the teamWorking knowledge of finance and/or accounting in terms of budgeting, cost management, financial accounting, treasury, risk management, etc.Industry knowledge in terms of broad industry dynamics on the buy-side (and the sell-side), but also the internal knowledge and “language of the business”Excellent communication skills and even better listening skills that allow the Director of Procurement to get the “voice of the internal customer” and to understand the company culture and how to best communicate procurement’s value to it.Ability to “sell” procurement’s value and to run procurement as a services business like any other well-run professional services business.In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practicesStrong negotiation skills to use for large commercial deals.Experience with modern sourcing and procurement systemsFamiliarity with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as understanding of standard contractual terms and conditions to mitigate legal risk.Strategic mindset and problem-solving skillsChange management skills and self-awareness to take varying approaches with a dynamic set of stakeholders.Education and Qualification:At least a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, economics, finance, operations, engineering, or a related area, with a master’s degree preferred.Senior supply management, operational management experience, or experience in the primary service delivery of the organization.Proven track record of delivering large savings and other value to large swaths of spending via a strong team of employees that the Director of Procurement manages and develops.Team player at executive levels to collaborate with business units and functional partners like IT, finance, HR, legal, Manufacturing, etc.Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate developed strategies and analysis clearly and effectively.Why ProofpointProtecting people is at the heart of our award-winning cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and driven-to-win organisation with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply. We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint#LI-JS2If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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