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    Procurement Manager - Burlington, United States - Cerence

    Cerence
    Cerence Burlington, United States

    4 weeks ago

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    Description
    A Moving Experience.


    Are you a highly motivated individual who loves all things procurement and who wants to increase your business impact? As a Procurement Sourcing Manager, you will serve as the global category lead for, but not limited to, contract labor, marketing, and HR services.

    We're a small global team that covers the entire spectrum of the Procurement discipline, including contract negotiations, developing sourcing tactics with stakeholders, fostering supplier partnerships, and processing transactions in the ERP.

    This role reports to the Director of Strategic Procurement and IT Sourcing.

    Daily Functions / Responsibilities
    Define and execute Cerence's sourcing strategy for assigned categories, e.g., Services/Contract Labor, Technology/Software, etc.
    Negotiate supplier contracts and ensure compliance with functional stakeholders, e.g., Legal, Privacy, IT, CISO, Finance
    Provide thought leadership and drive early engagement with our suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify optimizations, greater value, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
    Process purchase requisitions, purchase orders, change orders, and supplier records.
    Drive continuous improvement in procurement processes

    Required Qualifications

    Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, engineering, or related field AND 2+ years' experience in procurement, supply chain, engineering, operations
    High proficiency in processing transactions in an ERP system (Purchase Reqs, Purchase Orders, and Supplier Admin), negotiating contracts, and generating KPI reports and analyzing data
    Be able to prioritize high volume of requests, while managing high internal customer satisfaction

    Why Cerence?


    Cerence is the world's leading provider of automotive assistants, creating intelligent, flexible and intuitive in-car experiences for the world's leading automakers.

    With deep integration with the car itself and the flexibility to bring drivers' expansive digital life into the car, we stand in a league of our own.

    We are working with the world's leading automakers, e.g., Audi, BMW, Ford, Geely, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Tata, Toyota, and Volkswagen.

    Cerence's track record is built on 20+ years of industry experience, leadership, and more than 475 million cars on the road today across 70+ languages.


    As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars.

    This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence's passionate and dedicated global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry.

    (Nasdaq:

    CRNC and )


    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER


    Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected.

    Cerence Inc.

    (Nasdaq:

    CRNC and ) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world.

    Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world's leading automakers - from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC - to transform how a car feels, responds and learns.

    Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 325 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.


    As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars.

    This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence's passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry.


    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER


    Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications.

    Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

    All prospective and current Employees need to remain vigilant when it comes to executing security policies in the workplace


    This includes:

    • Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.
    • Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.
    • Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.
    • Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.
    • Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.
    • Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (e.g., how to protect data & how to be handling this data).
    • Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs.
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