Job Description
Job Description
IT Procurement Manager
As an IT Procurement Manager, you'll play a critical role in driving procurement strategy and operations for Technology spend. You'll coordinate with cross-functional teams to optimize sourcing, manage complex negotiations, and ensure compliance with organizational policies. Working closely with Category Leads, Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders, you'll deliver value through strategic planning, process excellence, and successful contract execution.
Key Responsibilities
In this opportunity as an IT Procurement Manager, you will:
Coordinate and collaborate with various teams, both within and outside of sourcing, to meet financial and operational requirements
Develop departmental plans including business, production, and organizational priorities, leveraging in-depth business and managerial knowledge specific to Procurement Operations
Ensure high standards of data quality and accuracy in sourcing tools, databases, and platforms, with a focus on data quality assurance and comprehensive reporting to support informed decision-making
Drive integrated procurement system and operations strategy to help category deliver against business challenges
Lead day-to-day procurement operations and support, including compliance management, system integration with core infrastructure, and spend/supplier management performance
Analyze historic spending, existing contracts, and business budgets to identify clear opportunities for addressable spending
Lead collaborative discussions with Category Leads to understand business requirements and category strategies, defining a pipeline of potential opportunities
Draft and prioritize implementation plans for assigned initiatives, developing detailed strategies aligned with category agendas and business priorities
Execute approved initiative pipelines with the goal of reducing costs through Digital tools adoption (eRFx/e-Auctions), managing risk through contract review, and supporting business through timely execution
Manage the resolution of complex or unusual problems, identifying root causes and implementing sustainable solutions
Develop relationships with key customers and work closely with Global Category Leads, business, Finance, Legal, and Information Security teams to drive contract drafting and negotiation
Required Qualifications
You're a fit for the role if your background includes:
Bachelor's Degree
Credible knowledge and expertise across a wide range of Technology Procurement areas of spend, with significant experience in successfully developing and negotiating agreements within any value between $50K - $1M across geographies
5+ years of applicable experience across the Procurement value chain, operations, program management, and sound understanding of applicable laws and regulations
Strong ability to clearly understand business needs, historic spend, construction of existing contracts, applicable buying practices, and external market drivers to build an insightful profile for assigned spend
Expert ability to understand the different cost drivers in the end-to-end value stream within various Technology sub-categories, develop a TCO/TVO model, and build applicable strategies to drive sustainable value
Excellent external and internal relationship management and cross-functional leadership skills
Experienced sourcing practitioner with deal architecture and negotiation skills, understanding of best-practice sourcing methodology, and a demonstrated track record of working ethically to achieve excellent outcomes
Strong experience in contracting processes from drafting to execution, negotiating contracts through applying best-in-class practices
Knowledge of the sourcing marketplace and trends in the industry, including the ability to assess the impact of changes in the context of sourcing strategy
Expert analytics and ability to develop coherent and high-quality sourcing collateral including business cases, contract summaries, and RFx…