Senior Procurement Analyst
IMC – Where Technology drives Trading
Trading nowadays happens in a highly competitive technological landscape; the best trading idea alone doesn’t cut it anymore. Instead, only the best trading ideas that are enabled via robust, scalable and fast technology win.
Are you someone who is passionate about challenging the status quo? Do you enjoy the process of problem solving, a process where you recognize areas of improvement and iterate and innovate to improve? Does your curiosity and desire to learn drive you?
Procurement @ IMC:
- Manage day-to-day procurement and sourcing processes focused in Network Connectivity, Market Data, and other Trading Infrastructure related categories:
- Work with IT and Trading operations to understand requirements and act as a procurement business partner.
- Assist in evaluating market options for various IT solutions.
- Run competitive bidding processes and negotiate contracts.
- Analyze and report market data usage to various exchanges and 3rd party suppliers utilizing internal reporting tools and entitlement systems.
- Work with legal to track and understand updates / changes to market data policies.
- Communicate costs and other business data to internal stakeholders to create awareness and validate usage.
- Act as a project manager for specific IT Infrastructure related projects as well as other internal IT projects.
- Responsible for initiating and running contracting processes for various IT Infrastructure related items:
- Negotiate price and terms in coordination with legal
- Manage contract end dates and look for ways to optimize IT spend
- Communicate to stakeholders about upcoming contract renewals and validate needs
- Leverage existing contract management system to effectively capture and manage important contract information
- Look for opportunities to improve contracting processes, reduce costs, and consolidate efforts
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Meet regularly with exchanges and other suppliers to keep update-to-date with changes to products and other relevant business information
- Proactively source and assist in evaluation of new suppliers that may be advantageous for IMC
- Teamwork
- Look for new ways to reduce costs, increase automation, and focus on procurement value-add
- Collaborate with global teams to assess areas of overlap and opportunities to work together on mutually beneficial projects
- Work with finance to ensure proper budgeting and accounting collaboration
WHO YOU ARE:
- Education: Business / Finance / Supply Chain
- 5 years + experience
- Ability to gather and analyze data to accurately record or make recommendations
- Attention to detail
- Work effectively independently and within a team
- Proactive and organized
- Excellent communications and project management skills
OUR CULTURE:
We are at the core a trading firm, however we value trading and technology equally and we believe that cooperation between traders and technologists is one of our great strengths. This is also reflected in our organizational and remuneration policies. We believe in fostering a truly flat environment in which great ideas can be recognized as well as put into practice from anybody within our organization.
WHO WE ARE:
IMC is among the world’s leading proprietary trading firms, and a market maker in securities listed on exchanges across the globe. Our cutting-edge technology drives everything we do. High performance algorithms, smart strategies and collaborative teams are the core of our business.
Today, IMC is 600+ people working together to build software and trade financial products in our offices in Amsterdam, Chicago and Sydney. What does this mean for you? The chance to join a multi-national, multi-cultural team of exceptional individuals, focused on making IMC the world’s best trading firm.