Procurement Intermediate_USA

Job Title: Procurement Intermediate

Duration: 10 Months
Location: Dallas, TX 75207

Pay Rate: $35.00 - $37.14

Primary Function:

• Software Asset Management (SAM) within Procurement
• Heavy vendor-facing role
• License compliance, audits, and negotiations

Work Arrangement

• Hybrid: 2 days onsite / 3 days remote
• Policy may change to more in-office days in future - candidates must be flexible

MUST-HAVE SKILLS (Top 3)

1. Software Procurement
2. Vendor Management
3. Software License Compliance / SAM

These three areas must be clearly demonstrated with real ownership, not light exposure.

Description:

Software License Compliance/Vendor Manager
The Software License Compliance/Vendor Manager serves as a strategic vendor manager and primary point of contact between Procurement, vendors, and the team regarding software license compliance, audit readiness, and contract interpretation.
This role focuses on strategic vendor management, supplier-facing communication, audit coordination, and ensuring accurate and complete entitlement data is available for the function.

Key Responsibilities:
* Serve as the primary strategic owner for assigned vendor relationships, ensuring alignment to enterprise technology, financial, operational, and risk objectives.
* Lead and mature vendor governance for strategic vendors including quarterly business reviews (QBRs), executive business reviews, and strategic roadmaps
* Partner closely with IT, Security, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to drive alignment between business requirements and vendor capabilities.
* Act as the liaison with software vendors, resellers, and auditors regarding license compliance, true-ups, and audit inquiries.
* Coordinate with team to provide entitlement data, clarify license metrics, and validate findings during compliance reviews or audits.
* Interpret vendor licensing models and audit clauses to identify potential risks or negotiation leverage points.
* Partner with Legal and Procurement teams to support negotiation of favorable contract, audit terms, and remediation clauses in new contracts.
* Maintain vendor-facing documentation related to licensing positions, contract summaries, and compliance status.

Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, or related field (or equivalent experience).
* 5-7 years of experience in software procurement, vendor management, or software license compliance.
* Direct experience with vendor management and software audit or true-up processes.
* Strong understanding of software licensing and entitlement structures across major publishers (e.g., MS, Oracle, ServiceNow, IBM, Adobe).
* Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to represent internal positions to external parties.
* Collaborative mindset and experience working across Procurement, Legal, and IT functions.

Experience Requirements

• 5-7 years minimum (more is fine)
• Must have several years focused specifically on software
• Broad software experience preferred:




• SaaS
• On-prem
• Cloud (nice to have)




• Industry background: Industry-agnostic
• Must have direct experience interacting with software vendors

What They're Looking For (Soft Skills)

• Strong communication & executive presence
• Negotiation expertise
• Strategic thinker (can "think on their feet")
• Comfortable handling ambiguity
• Able to build remediation strategies for audits/compliance issues

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.

Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.