Elite Technology is a leading, independent technology company that helps law firms drive profitability through improved operational effectiveness, increased efficiency, and greater visibility across their business. Our cutting-edge digital financial management and business operations solutions drive success for firms around the globe by improving finance and accounting operations, including billing, invoicing, payments, and financial reporting. By bringing together data, insights, and tools, we enable law firm leaders to make informed business decisions to build and manage their businesses more effectively and efficiently.
Job Description
Elite is hiring a Procurement Lead to build and scale its procurement capabilities. Reporting to the SVP, IT & Business Systems, the Procurement Lead will take responsibility for all of Elite’s global spend management, contracting, and procurement operations, and partner with the business to manage key vendor relationships and optimize value.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide functional leadership to the procurement function (strategy development and implementation; operating plans and budgets; policies and procedures as well as systems and reporting; and work with internal business partners including Elite’s private equity owner’s procurement function to drive initiatives for cost savings, performance, and competitive advantage).
- Design and launch a company-wide spend analysis to identify trends and value opportunities to enable informed decision-making and to provide spend transparency.
- Prioritize and execute strategic sourcing and category management initiatives to support Elite’s strategic objectives.
- Manage the vendor contract approval and renewal processes in collaboration with Elite’s Legal function so that vendor contracts are initiated and maintained in accordance with company policy and reduce risk.
- Establish supplier relationship management through policies and procedures and identify and resolve root causes of issues by collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Procurement Operations – Design, implement, and enable Elite’s employees on new procurement processes and best practices.
- Reporting and Intelligence – Report to Elite’s leadership the company’s spend profile, savings results, and risk mitigation activities.
What You’ll Need:
- Domain experience for a broad spectrum of indirect spend categories including IT (Software, Hardware, Cloud, Telecom, and Services), marketing, travel, and benefits.
- Best in class knowledge of strategic sourcing, category management, operational purchasing, transaction optimization, and negotiations practices.
- Track record of collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners to create value.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, or related discipline, advanced degree preferred.
- 5-7 years of professional experience working in a procurement role.
- Purchasing certification (ISM or equivalent) preferred.
- Expert understanding of purchasing policies and procedures, strategic sourcing, category management, operational purchasing, and transaction optimization.
- Proven experience negotiating with and managing supplier relationships with large technology vendors.
- Strong financial and analytical skills and a proven track record of connecting procurement results to EBITDA.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) and consistent track record of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to create value.
- Flexible, self-demanding, and proactive with the ability to influence/drive change across the organization.
Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation Package ($120,000 - $127,000 base salary + variable component)
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage (Health, Dental, Vision)
- Retirement Savings Plan with an Employer Contribution
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Time Off
- Wellness Initiatives
Please note that we do not offer sponsorship for this position.
Additional Information
Location
At Elite Technology, we embrace an employee-centric, flexible remote work model that empowers you to do your best work in the environment that suits you. However, we also recognize the importance of in-person collaboration for key moments that truly matter.
In our flexible remote approach, you have the freedom to choose a workspace within your home country that best fits your needs. Our corporate offices are located in New York City, Los Angeles, Costa Rica, and the Philippines, providing additional options for those who prefer or need a hybrid work environment.
Our diverse global team spans the U.S., Canada, U.K., Costa Rica, the Philippines, and Australia. Please note that at this time, we are unable to hire employees located in Quebec or Ontario Provinces, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Oklahoma.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
We are not accepting applications submitted through recruiting agencies.
What We Do
Elite is a leading, independent technology company that helps law firms drive profitability through improved operational effectiveness, increased efficiency, and greater visibility across their business. Our cutting-edge digital financial management and business operations solutions drive success for firms around the globe by improving finance and accounting operations, including billing, invoicing, payments, and financial reporting. By bringing together data, insights, and tools, we enable law firm leaders to make informed business decisions to build and manage their businesses more effectively and efficiently.
Our solutions lie at the heart of a large proportion of the world’s largest, most successful and innovative law firms. In fact, three-quarters of the Am Law 200 and four-fifths of the Global 200 rely on at least one Elite solution to help drive their firms’ business operations into the future. As more firms make cloud solutions a core part of their technology strategies for the future, Elite is leading the way in supporting customers as they move their financial and operational systems into the cloud. To date, Elite has supported more than 400 firms around the world in their move to 3E in the cloud
