IT Strategic Sourcing Manager (Remote)

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Arun at 224-507-1264

Title : IT Strategic Sourcing Manager (Remote)

Duration : 4.5 Months

Location : Remote

Description : Who you are :

Our client's Team, Global Procurement, focuses on providing industry leading Procurement Operations and Strategic Sourcing on a global scale. The successful candidate will oversee the strategic sourcing function, negotiating deals, creating robust infrastructure, processes, tools, and resources needed to consistently optimize supplier relationships, sourcing performance, and drive meaningful business value. Acting as an influential leader, this individual will mentor and develop a geographically diverse team while implementing best practices across procurement and supplier management to achieve cost-efficiencies, innovation, sustainability, and risk mitigation.

You will work closely with a variety of cross-functional teams including IT, R&D, Engineering, InfoSec, Legal, Finance, Accounting, among others. You are someone who is a self-starter and comfortable working with limited direction while taking full ownership of your domain. You are an effective and passionate problem-solver, who recommends pragmatic alternatives and is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. You will report into the Head of Global Procurement and will be accountable for annual savings targets.

What You'll Be Doing :

• Project manage complex deals and drive the collaboration of all parties in negotiating strategies and executing favorable terms and conditions
• Develop & drive key category strategy and optimization opportunities across our client's Engineering, InfoSec and IT functions
• Prepare RFQs, RFPs, bid documents, analyze and evaluate proposals, and administer the evaluation process
• Provide thought leadership from a procurement / sourcing perspective and work with business partners to develop new and creative strategies
• Manage the commercial aspects of contracts and license agreements to ensure that obligations are met and the process for tracking renewals or replacement of existing agreements is managed and scalable
• Build strategic relationships with external suppliers and internal business partners to drive results and influence business decisions
• Contribute input toward the creation and implementation of programs to assess and promote supplier performance, development and management (e.g., establishing quarterly and annual goals, conducting quarterly business reviews, formal scorecard measures)
• Establish & report out on KPIs that support the procurement team's goals and objectives

Experience You'lI Need

About us :

DivIHN , the 'IT Asset Performance Services' organization, provides Professional Consulting, Custom Projects, and Professional Resource Augmentation services to clients in the Mid-West and beyond. The strategic characteristics of the organization are Standardization, Specialization, and Collaboration.

DivIHN is an equal opportunity employer. DivIHN does not and shall not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.