IT Strategic Sourcing Associate Director

IT Strategic Sourcing Associate Director
Location: Jersey is preference but also open to Tampa
Contract Only
2 round interview process

This role is responsible for supporting the execution of the company's overall IT Sourcing strategy (including HW, software, telecom/networking, private cloud, public cloud, and IT professional services). This role is responsible for the execution of RFPs/RFQs, contract negotiations, and sourcing activities for procurement requests across the IT portfolio.

Job Description

The Associate Director, IT Strategic Sourcing will have cross-functional responsibilities including the following:
Partner with the IT stakeholders to deliver on the organizational sourcing strategy to meet ***'s financial and operational control objectives.

• Manage relationships with suppliers to foster strategic partnerships that enable continuous value-delivery.
• Ensure compliance with policy, process, and systems for IT category spend.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of the strategic sourcing (including RFx), contracting, and downstream procurement workflow.
• Pro-actively manage renewals to drive savings and mitigate business disruptions.
• Participate in value driven QBRs for key IT vendors.
• Leverage spend and contract data to identify savings and efficiency opportunities.
• Lead sourcing projects by identifying clear objectives that consider financial, risk, and operational benefits for ***.
• Continuously develop subject matter expertise via benchmarking/research, industry/peer collaboration, training, and client feedback.
• Conduct negotiations with suppliers to secure favorable terms, pricing, and contracts while ensuring alignment with *** goals.
• Review requests via centralized intake tool and gather requirements from business clients.
• Review supplier proposals and facilitate process for final vendor selection with appropriate stakeholders
• Conduct negotiations with suppliers to secure favorable terms, pricing, and contracts while ensuring alignment with *** goals
• Initiate supplier onboarding process and coordinate with suppliers to facilitate onboarding process; manage any required troubleshooting
• Coordinate with customers to provide general visibility to current request status and expected timeline
• Work closely with corresponding Sourcing Directors to ensure comprehensive understanding of category strategy, requirements and targets

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of IT Strategic Sourcing and Category Mgmt. at a global organization, preferably in financial services.
• Experience and proven success developing RFPs/RFQs and negotiating HW, software, telecom/networking, private cloud, public cloud, and IT professional services contracts.
• Knowledge of enterprise IT vendors as well as emerging technology providers.
• Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex sourcing and contractual concepts into terms that can be understood by business, legal, finance, and risk stakeholders.
• Strong organizational competency with the ability to independently manage competing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong analytical, reporting, and presentation skills
• Comfortable with organization change and transformation.
• Understanding of key financial, legal, and operational controls required in a heavily regulated organization.
• Client service focused.
• Experience partnering with stakeholders to develop SLAs with technology suppliers.