Job Description :
Job Description:
The Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for supporting Client sourcing activities for IS&T Spend. Experience should include; category management, supplier relationship management, commercial negotiations, procurement process management and improvement, systems and analytics, market supplier development and a clear, working knowledge of current industry trends.

Category Management:
Solid understanding of the IT Supplier markets, complexities, and has an overall pertinent vision of procurement needs and practices
Manages and administers contracts for software and application services and products across the organization
Maintains policies and systems and provides analysis regarding software licenses, warranties, service agreements, hardware and other IT assets
With support of the Category Manager, work with Stakeholders to establish clear business needs, apply forward thinking skills to set long term category strategies
Able to execute operationally, complex sourcing activities
Manage the delivery of savings targets
Mastery of transactional sourcing activities
Understands sourcing processes, able to implement more than one option: RFX, e-sourcing or pooling

Supplier Relationship Management:
Actively focused on maximizing contract values, tracks and reviews its benefits
Encourages and rewards performance by suppliers
Holds suppliers to account for delivery using performance data and strategic business reviews (SBRs)
Demonstrates a collaborative approach in delivering business outcomes
Understands the broad range of environmental and social sustainability reporting

Commercial Negotiation:
Solid understanding of most contract terms and able to craft terms with legal and management support
Establishes a negotiation plan with clarity of desired outcomes, leveraging specialist support where appropriate
Basic understanding of adversary’s position, desired outcomes, and leverage
Able to involve stakeholders in negotiation preparations and events
Successful completion of professional negotiation coursework
7-Step Sourcing Process knowledge

Procurement Process Management and Improvement:
Able to identify the appropriate supplier performance measurements (KPIs)
Identify ways to build and improve on existing processes
Typically improve process efficiency by 5-10% over a 6-12-month period
Obtain Six Sigma Green Belt or PEx equivalent


Systems and Analytics:
Demonstrates ability in working with multiple ERP systems: SAP, Oracle, Spend Analytics
Understands how to analyze large data sets and extract valuable information
Able to build quantitative models and support decision making
Evaluate and apply the concept of total cost of ownership (TCO)

Market and Supplier Development:
Solid understanding of criteria for alternative country sourcing
Able to proactively identify how business needs may be met through alternative country sourcing
Basic understanding of supplier landscape, risks, and benefits in 1-2 global markets

Education:
Bachelor’s degree (B.A or B.S in supply chain, IT, finance or business management required. C.P. M or equivalent certifications preferred. MBA, MS preferred.
Experience: Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and vendor management.
Strong working knowledge of SAP, Oracle, Ariba & P2P systems required.
             

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