**Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.** **The Opportunity** Are you a strategic thinker with exceptional negotiation skills and a passion for optimizing procurement processes? If so, you’ll thrive at Nutanix, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our global strategic sourcing strategies and driving impactful cost savings while collaborating with diverse teams to enhance our supplier relationships and elevate our procurement organization to new heights. **About the Team** Procurement Team **Your Role** + Drive strategic sourcing initiatives across multiple spend categories to ensure competitive pricing and quality of goods and services. + Lead supplier selection processes, including RFI and RFP activities, while ensuring effective stakeholder collaboration. + Conduct total cost of ownership analyses and implement cost modeling to optimize procurement strategies. + Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including finance, legal, and cybersecurity teams. + Develop and articulate a 12-24 month strategic sourcing pipeline to identify and capitalize on future procurement opportunities. + Execute effective negotiation strategies with suppliers to secure favorable contract terms and pricing. + Facilitate regular supplier business reviews to drive performance improvement and accountability. + Achieve measurable cost savings and drive continual enhancements in procurement processes and methodologies. **What You Will Bring** + Strong negotiation skills with a proven track record of achieving cost savings. + Expertise in strategic sourcing methodologies and best practices. + Experience in managing global procurement and multiple commodities. + Excellent analytical skills for total cost of ownership analysis and financial modeling. + Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams. + Ability to navigate complex contracts, including redlining and negotiation. + Familiarity with procurement systems, such as Coupa, and supplier management processes. + Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. **Work Arrangement** Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. For most roles, that will mean coming into an office a minimum of 3 days per week, however certain roles and/or teams may require more frequent in-office presence. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager. We're an Equal Opportunity Employer Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled. We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation or harassment. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by contacting CandidateAccommodationRequests@nutanix.com.