Description
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
- Coordinate and collaborate with various teams to meet financial and operational requirements
- Develop departmental plans including business, production, and organizational priorities
- Ensure high standards of data quality and accuracy in sourcing tools, databases, and platforms
- Drive integrated procurement system and operations strategy
- Lead day-to-day procurement operations and support
- 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
- Draft and prioritize implementation plans for assigned initiatives
- Execute approved initiative pipelines with the goal of reducing costs
- Manage the resolution of complex or unusual problems
- Develop relationships with key customers and work closely with Global Category Leads, business, Finance, Legal, and Information Security teams
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience
- Credible knowledge and expertise across a wide range of Technology Procurement areas of spend
- 5+ years of applicable experience across the Procurement value chain, operations, program management
- Strong ability to clearly understand business needs, historic spend, construction of existing contracts
- Expert ability to understand the different cost drivers in the end-to-end value stream
- Excellent external and internal relationship management and cross-functional leadership skills
- Experienced sourcing practitioner with deal architecture and negotiation skills
- Strong experience in contracting processes from drafting to execution
- Knowledge of the sourcing marketplace and trends in the industry
- Expert analytics and ability to develop coherent and high-quality sourcing collateral
- Experience with Source to Pay tools such as Ariba/Fieldglass
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Experience building strong relationships with senior business executives
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree or certification in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or related field
- Demonstrated experience leading procurement transformation or digital enablement initiatives
- Experience with enterprise risk management and supplier risk assessment frameworks
- Track record of managing multi-million dollar procurement portfolios
- Familiarity with industry best practices such as CIPS or other procurement excellence standards
What's in it For You?
- Hybrid Work Model: flexible hybrid working environment
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: supportive workplace policies
- Career Development and Growth: culture of continuous learning and skill development
- Industry Competitive Benefits: comprehensive benefit plans
- Culture: award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance
- Social Impact: opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives