Software Category Procurement Specialist

**_ Responsibilities: _**- The Strategic Procurement is responsible for managing procurement of assigned category for HP and its customers to meet business requirements, maximize value (reduce cost), and mitigate risk.Primary role is to manage category/subcategory activity, including strategy definition, sourcing, supplier selection, negotiation, and development, and supply base optimization.Also includes definition of procurement policies and processes to achieve objectives.
- This job is part of the Global Category team inside the Global Indirect Procurement (GIP) organization, and specifically will focus on Software purchases within the Software category.
- GIP's value definition spreads above savings or budget reductions, including business considerations like revenue enablement, cash flow management and industry benchmark.
- This role provides centralized and standard category/ subcategory support across the globe, region, or country for a diverse services portfolio...