Director - Administration - Blackboard - Washington

Job description
Director of Administration
The Director of Administration will lead the company’s efforts around procurement processes, strategic sourcing, vendor relationships, travel management and other administration aspects of the company’s global operations.


POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
The ideal candidate for this position will be responsible for ensuring that the Company optimizes it’s spend related to professional services, annual contracts, IT, travel, communications and all other spend areas. The position will also actively support the business leaders goals as well as provide strategic input on spend management. The Director will implement and monitor policies and procedures designed to effectively manage spend and will cooperate closely with the company-wide forecasting process. The candidate should be able to learn new skills and technical things quickly with an appetite to understand our business. The combination of these skills will enable them to push our processes beyond their present capabilities. This position will work directly under the Vice President of Finance in the Washington DC office and will supervise two managers.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Work closely with business leaders, legal, finance and accounting to develop strategic sourcing plans
Create procurement workflow procedures and processes working with department managers, legal, accounting, treasury and financial planning and analysis groups
Implement vendor management system to track and manage contracts
Approve spend and ensure compliance with policies
Oversee travel program including overseeing policies, spend, and Concur reporting
Prepare specific or ad-hoc analytic deliverables, including reports, presentations and models
Additional responsibilities to include capital expenditure planning and management and assist in other expense reduction initiatives

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
7-10 years professional experience in a corporate environment
Strong knowledge of procurement systems and processes; PeopleSoft and Concur experience a plus
Experience managing contract approval processes
Demonstrated contract negotiation skills
Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to partner with business leaders
Strong organizational skills
Telecom experience a plus
Must be eligible to work in the United States

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