IT Procurement Category Manager

Experience Required:

IT Sourcing & Procurement

IT Vendor Management

Supply Chain

strategic sourcing role with IT category experience

contract law /SLA/Agreements/Contracts

IT/Technology Industry Experience

What You will Do

• Manage IT Sourcing & Procurement

Manage IT Vendor Contracts by utilizing evaluating and selecting a suitable contract management tool and repository to analyze and incorporate vendor market trends to inform negotiations.

• Managing IT Vendor change process through informing IT vendors of administrative processes, onboarding vendors, establishing formal transition processes, and developing the creation of an exit strategy, and drive stakeholder adoption of IT SPVM processes
• Review vendor proposals before final negotiations, and provide negotiation suggestions that will help drive the creation and capturing of data to drive metrics and analysis
• Help engage IT stakeholders annually to develop subcategory sourcing plans, gather and communicate market intelligence, and capture all internal data to drive strategy
• Manage IT Vendor Management

Establish IT Vendor governance by building process and role authority to help drive policy and process recognition; drive consistent implementation and enforcement of processes

• Manage IT SPVM Business Partner Needs through proactive engagement with stakeholders for identified IT vendors and communicate regularly with the business on their needs
• Manage IT Vendor Risk through identification and tracking of the major IT vendor by defining process and workflows for IT vendor risk management through categorization of risk (operational, financial, data, etc)
• Manage IT Vendor Performance by tracking performance and commitments for ZT’s major IT contracts; will need to review selected IT vendor performance, and evaluate vendors beyond operational measures to improved vendor performance through formal improvement plans.
• Provide IT Financial Visibility
• Communicate value proposition by providing verbal evidence of the value delivered per request
• Manage vendor spend data by helping to track IT spend at the subcategory level (HW / SW), and help analyze and report on the IT spend Data to help implement automated methods of tracking IT vendor spend data
• Manage acquisition process by continuing to execute IT acquisition processes, and begin to introduce self-service e-catalogs which will help adapt the IT Acquisition process on a cost-speed-risk basis.

What You Bring

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in a strategic sourcing role with IT category experience, specifically IT hardware, software, and professional services
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Knowledge of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Value-Added Reseller (VAR) channel marketplaces
• Proven experience in the commercial environment with demonstrated ability for complex commercial and contractual negotiations, competitive market analysis, and ongoing supplier performance management/scorecards
• Strong contractual knowledge and negotiation skills- Understanding of and experience in contract law and applicable legislation
• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact in a cross-functional environment with all levels of executive management
• Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail
• Keen understanding of the end-to-end RFx process

Sunrise Systems, Inc.