Vice President Procurement

About TaskUs: TaskUs is a provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to fast-growing technology companies, helping its clients represent, protect and grow their brands. Leveraging a cloud-based infrastructure, TaskUs serves clients in the fastest-growing sectors, including social media, e-commerce, gaming, streaming media, food delivery, ride-sharing, HiTech, FinTech, and HealthTech. 

The People First culture at TaskUs has enabled the company to expand its workforce to approximately 45,000 employees globally. Presently, we have a presence in twenty-three locations across twelve countries, which include the Philippines, India, and the United States.

It started with one ridiculously good idea to create a different breed of Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO)! We at TaskUs understand that achieving growth for our partners requires a culture of constant motion, exploring new technologies, being ready to handle any challenge at a moment’s notice, and mastering consistency in an ever-changing world.

What We Offer: At TaskUs, we prioritize our employees' well-being by offering competitive industry salaries and comprehensive benefits packages. Our commitment to a People First culture is reflected in the various departments we have established, including Total Rewards, Wellness, HR, and Diversity. We take pride in our inclusive environment and positive impact on the community. Moreover, we actively encourage internal mobility and professional growth at all stages of an employee's career within TaskUs. Join our team today and experience firsthand our dedication to supporting People First.

What does a Vice President of Procurement  really do?

Think of yourself as one of the leaders of your department so not just anyone is qualified for this role! We make sure we get the best of the best, after all, we are a ridiculously good company so we make sure our employees are top notch. We need your full concentration because it’s time to imagine what it’s like being a Vice President of Procurement .

Job Description

Imagine yourself going to work with one thing on your mind: you will be responsible for leading procurement efforts to efficiently and effectively enable business units and functional partners to maximize the value they receive from suppliers to meet their objectives. You will drive, enable and motivate different stakeholders within the company to achieve short and long-term goals. 

As you look at your tasks for the day, you know that as the Vice President of Procurement , you must collaborate with the different groups, internal and external, to lead centralized direct and indirect sourcing and procurement efforts from initial identification to final goods or services delivery. Along with this, you will work across departments to ensure the success of the annual budget process to achieve their departments short and long term goals. Specifically this role will be responsible for the following process: demand management, supply analysis/strategy, supplier identification, sourcing execution, contract negotiation, delivery planning and monitoring, purchase execution, and ongoing performance management and improvement, You will be the leader of the global procurement team and will be expected to coordinate with the procurement team globally to ensure adequate internal controls and execution of the company’s purchasing practices.

As the Vice President of Procurement, you are expected to review and communicate monthly financial and other related reports to management and other stakeholders, including senior leaders in finance, operations, client services, legal, sales, and people operations. You will implement necessary controls and limits, and continuously monitor all aspects of the company’s procurement practices.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Development of organizational procurement strategy and plans, including investment, resource and skill requirements

• Creation and management of short, mid, and long term goals and objectives

• Development of benchmarks and metrics including a routine scorecards to set baseline standards and review for improvement opportunities

• Coordination and oversight of company procurement with a view towards reducing costs while improving the overall quality of purchased goods and services

• Closely link procurement performance with business needs

• Creation and ongoing value creation of a strong supply base

• Creation and improvement of best-practice based processes

• Management of business process outsourcing activities

• Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities

• Selection and management of procurement systems

• Collaborates with business leaders to evaluate Technology investment plans

• Partner with IT/Finance/Legal in the contract administration of all third party agreements, etc

• Management of procurement staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities

• Negotiate various service multi-year agreements

• Leadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiatives

Requirements:

Since this is a Leadership role we’d need someone who already has the skills to even call themselves a Leader. Definitely someone with experience in being one, if you have at least 10 years of experience and at least 5 years of experience in a cross functional role with exposure to executive teams, you can qualify for the role. Someone with experience in various domains in the outsourcing Industry would definitely have an edge.

This is a Vice President of Procurement role so having a Bachelor’s degree in Procurement or Business Administration is needed.

We need someone who has extensive knowledge and skills in using MS Office applications & Google business applications, particularly in MS Excel because let’s face it -- MS Excel and or google sheet will be one of the applications you’ll be using ALL THE TIME. Experience using Oracle Fusion ERP or similar ERP products is preferred.

About TaskUs:

TaskUs is the fastest growing tech-enabled business services company in the world. We exist to provide ridiculously innovative customer support, AI operations, and content security to the world’s most disruptive companies.

Listed as one of Glassdoor‘s “100 Best Places to Work”, USA Today’s “Best Company Cultures” and “Best Companies for Women” by Comparably, TaskUs is a Frontline-First company that puts its people at the heart of everything they do.

TaskUs has been recognized as one of the Inc. “500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America” for the past seven years consecutively.  Founded in 2008 by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, the company raised over $250mm in 2018 from the world’s largest private equity firm, Blackstone.

TaskUs currently has over 20,000 employees and offices across the U.S., Philippines, India, Taiwan, and Mexico.

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DEI: In TaskUs we believe that innovation and higher performance are brought by people from all walks of life. We welcome applicants of different backgrounds, demographics, and circumstances. Inclusive and equitable practices are our responsibility as a business. TaskUs is committed to providing equal access to opportunities. If you need reasonable accommodations in any part of the hiring process, please let us know.

We invite you to explore all TaskUs career opportunities and apply through the provided URL https://www.taskus.com/careers/.