Job Description
Main responsibilities will include:
- Strategic IT Sourcing: Lead the end-to-end strategic sourcing of IT services from global vendors, ensuring cost-effective, value-driven procurement solutions.
- Build and maintain strong vendor relationships while negotiating complex IT services deals that align with organizational goals.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor to senior internal stakeholders, proactively promoting procurement services.
- Have a professional services mindset and serve as a “tour guide” to help internal clients navigate procurement processes and achieve optimal outcomes.
- Analytical and Tool Proficiency: Confidently work with sourcing tools, benchmarks, and analytics to deliver data-driven insights and results.
- Utilize modern tools and methodologies to enhance procurement effectiveness.
- Collaboration and Global Networking: Work effectively within a global “swarm intelligence” environment, collaborating with colleagues across regions to share expertise, best practices, and solutions.
- Embrace a culture of knowledge-sharing by both receiving and providing guidance within the team.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Several years of experience in IT services sourcing or a commercial background within the IT services industry, ideally within a financial or professional services organization.
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Demonstrated sourcing and negotiation experience with major IT Suppliers;
- Ability to perform complex contract drafting and negotiations with limited additional legal support for Master Software License, Maintenance Agreements, Supply/Task Orders/SOWs; Amendments; Service Level Agreements; etc.;
- Ability to structure contracts with multiple concurrent Schedules, Annexes, Supply Orders, and Attachments across multiple global regions;
- Demonstrated experience in identifying savings and cost reduction opportunities in IT contract negotiations, and developing and leading negotiation strategies to achieve those savings and other value;
- Demonstrates strong analytical abilities with experience in leveraging sourcing tools, benchmarks, and data driven results;
- Ability to manage engagement risk through identification and assessment of relevant hypothetical issues that could impact each engagement, and addressing such scenarios and relevant risk sharing in the contract;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to effectively communicate with and influence senior clients/stakeholders;
- Ability to quickly understand and apply new concepts (e.g., business models; governance models; scaling of platform from local to regional to global; supplier pricing models; contracting options and alternatives; sourcing tools and platforms; sourcing processes, policies, and procedures);
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Supply chain concentration
- MBA
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.