Analyst, Connected Technologies Sourcing

Job Opportunity at Toyota

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An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.

Job Role

Toyota's Indirect Procurement Shared Services (IPSS) Department is a Shared Services team and supports the TFS and TMNA business teams. We are looking for highly motivated and qualified Sourcing and Contract Specialists to support indirect technology procurement for the Connected Technologies (CT) division. The primary responsibility of this role is to support the execution of category procurement strategies for Information Systems / Technology category in support of the CT business teams. The individual will provide support managing new and existing agreements while also protecting Toyota's interests while drafting, interpreting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements that includes but are not limited to the following : Nondisclosure Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments, and Work Schedules between Toyota and various third-party suppliers.

This role interacts with several internal departments, such as Legal, Risk, InfoSec, Privacy and other functional teams as needed. Reporting to the CT Indirect Procurement / Strategic Sourcing Manager, the person in this role will support the IPSS department's objective to implement procurement strategies to reduce cost and mitigate risk for the CT business team while processing business requests to issue supplier contracts and PO's.

Responsibilities

Support strategies that consider One Toyota objectives, especially for shared suppliers and / or shared services / commodities.

Build and maintain close relationships with business units and supplier partners to deliver comprehensive and cross-enterprise process improvement solutions.

Process business requests to issue purchase orders to suppliers.

Effectively manage all sourcing and price negotiation activities and in-coming ad hoc business unit requests resulting in a contract or purchase order.

Negotiate pricing and achieve cost savings while mitigating financial and legal risks for the enterprise.

Designing, planning, managing, and leading simple Requests for Proposals, information, quote, etc., with cross-functional teams.

Drafting, redlining, negotiation, and execution of contractual documents with support from Toyota legal to support the CT technology requirements.

Assess, identify, and analyze legal issues and any resulting input from in-house attorneys on terms and conditions of supplier contracts based on knowledge and experience, translate such input into practical contractual terms and conditions, and present clear recommendations to management and business partners.

Actively participate in project meetings and provide recommendations for contractual language and / or approach to contractual relationship.

Manage open contract action list and work to achieve business objectives within the targeted completion date.

Coordinate meetings, strategy discussions, negotiations, and overall planning initiatives and maintain version control of agreements.

Research existing agreements and provide summary or interpretation of language as requested.

Manage contracts through the contract approval process working with Procurement and / or Legal as necessary.

Maintain contract records for various third parties in an organized and consistent manner, including correspondence exchanges.

Develop a thorough understanding of and familiarity with Toyota's business, its people, products, policies, markets, compliance framework, and customers to properly mitigate risks.

Maintain confidentiality of all agreements and business strategies.

May be requested to work on ad-hoc projects including business strategy, vendor communication, etc.

Support Technology Procurement and Sourcing activities for the Toyota Enterprise in North America or globally as appropriate.

Mixture of tactical and advanced sourcing functions with direction from others with a kaizen focus.

Able to manage multiple projects at one time and can develop and execute a sourcing / negotiation strategy with direction and draft / negotiate subsequent agreements.

Be proactive in communication with key customers and stakeholders, by leading frequent touchpoints with key customers to align all open activities, expiring contracts, and opportunities for improvement.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Business Administration, Supply Chain, or similar field or equivalent experience.

Minimum of 3+ years of experience with indirect procurement sourcing, preferably in technology.

Minimum of 3+ years of experience drafting, negotiating, and redlining contracts, preferably in technology.

Experience with the procurement of IT professional services, software a bonus.

Demonstrated experience in procurement principles and practices or equivalent experience.

Strong research, analysis, strategy, and project management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize and manage complex projects to timely completion.

Experience managing contracts and drafting contractual language including negotiation experience with suppliers of varying contractual agreement types.

Experience with Procure to Pay tools, including but not limited to Ariba.

Proficiency with MS Excel.

Expertise at developing relationships with stakeholders, customers, and suppliers.

Commercial transactional skills with experience reviewing and negotiating a wide range of routine and complex contracts.

Added bonus if you have :

• Master's degree in business, supply chain, or related field or Paralegal degree
• Familiarity with SAP Ariba
• Software development labor experience
• Automotive industry experience

Benefits

During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include :

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members' efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com.