• Lead negotiations for all relationship issues, contract terms, pricing, and ad hoc projects. • Serve as the primary procurement and sourcing lead for any goods or services requested by Octane team members. • Review, redline, and negotiate contracts, SLAs, and SOWs to secure optimal business and legal terms for Octane. • Lead the full sourcing lifecycle for all company sourcing needs with primary focus on critical/high risk exposure. • Conduct spend analysis and competitive benchmarking to identify cost optimization and renegotiation opportunities. • Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact and Relationship Owner for all Critical vendors and a portion of High Risk vendors. • Coordinate quarterly stewardship meetings, manage performance scorecards, and track KPIs to ensure high-risk partners meet contractual obligations. • Maintain the Issues & Escalations log, driving vendor-related problems from identification to final resolution. • Implement the ongoing review schedule and document all activities within the TPRM platform. • Drive the execution of required onboarding and formal termination procedures. • Partner with 1st and 2nd Line of Defense (Legal, InfoSec, Compliance) to ensure alignment with industry regulations. • Maintain accurate records within the vendor tracking system, including spend data, insurance certificates (COIs), and compliance certifications. • Develop and refine sourcing templates, SOPs, and playbooks to create a repeatable and defensible procurement process.

• Develop and execute category strategies for indirect spend to drive cost savings, improve service levels, and reduce risk. • Analyze spend data, supply markets, and business requirements to identify sourcing opportunities and develop improvement plans. • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align category strategies with business objectives. • Identify, evaluate, and onboard suppliers while managing ongoing relationships for performance, compliance, and innovation. • Lead supplier negotiations to secure favorable pricing, service levels, terms, and conditions. • Conduct regular supplier performance reviews and manage supplier risk, contracts, and service level agreements (SLAs). • Lead end-to-end procurement processes: RFP development, bid analysis, contracting, and implementation. • Ensure compliance with procurement policies, legal requirements, and corporate governance. • Implement process improvements to streamline purchasing activities and enhance efficiency. • Drive continuous cost reduction initiatives and value delivery through strategic sourcing and demand management. • Monitor and report key performance metrics such as cost savings, supplier performance, and contract utilization. • Provide strategic insights and reporting to senior leadership

• Actively participate in Ivalua projects with a focus on implementation and delivery • Configure and implement solutions on the Ivalua platform • Translate business requirements into functioning system solutions • Execute tests, perform error analysis and optimize during ongoing projects • Support workshops, with a clear emphasis on system implementation • Coordinate closely with clients, developers and project managers • Take responsibility for specific deliverables within the project

• You source new training institutions and continuing education providers on behalf of our clients — leveraging your expertise in the learning-portfolio environment — and independently conduct contract negotiations. • You manage and further develop existing service partners and continuously identify opportunities to optimize our procurement terms. • You also support supplier evaluations and risk analyses. • You continuously assess opportunities to transition specific portfolio services from a provider-sourcing model to a self-delivery model to improve the portfolio's cost-effectiveness. • You actively contribute to the development and optimization of our procurement processes and the necessary legal documentation. • As the central interface between customers and the supplier market, you ensure efficient, professional procurement processes for a continuously curated learning portfolio. • With your decisiveness, negotiation skills, and ability to manage diverse stakeholders, you will play a key role in expanding our procurement function. • You are responsible for the careful maintenance of supplier and master data in our CRM system.