# Director, Global Strategic Sourcing – IT

**Company**: Fortrea
**Location**: Durham
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $160,000-$170,000
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Director, Global Strategic Sourcing – IT is responsible for leading the strategy, design, and development of a world-class strategic sourcing and category management function across Fortrea's global Information Technology spend categories.

This role oversees strategic sourcing initiatives related to software, SaaS, cloud services, infrastructure, hardware, telecommunications, cybersecurity, digital platforms, and managed IT services.

The Director partners closely with IT leadership, Finance, Legal, Security, and key business stakeholders to drive value, mitigate risk, optimise supplier performance, and ensure alignment with Fortrea's technology strategy and business objectives.

**Leadership & People Management**

- Build, lead, and develop a global team of category and sourcing managers focused on IT procurement and strategic sourcing.

- Create a high-performance culture by coaching leaders and providing regular performance feedback.

- Own talent strategy for IT sourcing categories, including workforce planning and succession planning.

- Set and cascade measurable objectives across the team.

**Strategic Leadership**

- Own the strategy, governance, and performance outcomes for IT sourcing categories.

- Hold team leaders accountable for execution quality, including sourcing rigor and vendor management.

- Serve as an executive escalation point for complex technology supplier negotiations.

- Translate enterprise and technology strategies into category-level priorities.

**Stakeholder & Organizational Leadership**

- Act as a senior strategic advisor to Enterprise Technology and business leaders.

- Partner closely with CIO leadership, Cybersecurity, and Digital teams to align sourcing strategies with business and technology priorities.

**Execution**

- Lead and project manage cross-functional stakeholder teams on strategic sourcing initiatives.

- Conduct regular supplier business reviews with strategic IT vendors.

- Provide guidance on procurement-related matters, including technology licensing and contractual risk management.

**Results & Accountability**

- Own delivery of savings and value targets through team performance.

- Establish and review team-level performance dashboards using procurement and spend analytics.

- Design and continuously evolve the operating model for IT category management and strategic sourcing.

**Qualifications (Minimum Required)**

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Technology, Finance, or related field.

- Deep knowledge of strategic sourcing and category management principles within Information Technology categories.

- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to drive measurable business value.

- Strong business, financial, and commercial acumen.

- Excellent written, verbal, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.

**Experience (Minimum Required)**

- Demonstrated leadership experience managing global sourcing, procurement, or category management teams.

- Significant experience leading large-scale, complex IT sourcing initiatives and supplier negotiations.

- Proven track record developing and executing category management and strategic sourcing strategies within Information Technology.

This is a hybrid role with the expectation to work within our Durham headquarters 3 days each week.

Pay Range: $160,000-$170,000

## Skills

### Required
- strategic sourcing
- category management
- Information Technology
- procurement
- supplier management
- Microsoft 365

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