Job Title: IT Strategic Sourcing Category Expert
Job Description
Negotiate multi-million dollar licensing agreements with suppliers as an IT Strategic Sourcing Category Expert. Develop and execute sourcing strategies to leverage relationships across the enterprise and achieve total value.
Sourcing Responsibilities
* Responsible for negotiating IT Master agreements (Licenses agreements, SaaS services, professional/consulting services) with support from internal Legal teams
* Lead and manage multiple negotiations with strategic suppliers with multi-million dollar spend, requiring minimum management oversight
* Responsible for leading global cross-functional teams through the supplier selection process, including identification of potential suppliers, RFX development and execution, proposal evaluation, and supplier selection recommendation
* Challenge Suppliers and internal Stakeholders to identify and deliver Value and Savings within the assigned IT Category
Strategic Responsibilities
* Support category strategies for the assigned category, developing expertise, creating strategies in line with business roadmap, and implementing them to generate roadmaps of savings and value streams
* Manage Supplier relationships, leading Quarterly business reviews and supplier roadmaps meetings for IT Licensing Suppliers like Salesforce, Adobe, Pega, Google
* Collaborate and present to senior stakeholders, building and nurturing key internal stakeholder relationships
* Identify improvement areas within business to support cost optimization
Operational Responsibilities
* Maintain knowledge of legal terms, local laws, regulations, information security, and GDRP compliance to ensure the organization exhibits integrity, honesty, and transparency
* Remain current with market trends through relationships with suppliers and market experts, identifying and communicating new technologies and solutions to key problems
* Working knowledge of Sourcing systems like Ariba is an added advantage
Essential Skills
* Proven experience in procurement
* Strong project management skills