Senior Director, Technology Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
Cencora · United, PA · 1 mo ago
Information Technology$150k–$235k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections that have real content. Sections: About the role? The posting starts with a paragraph about team members, mission, etc. That could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". The instruction: use
for sections that have real content. Sections: About the role? The posting starts with a paragraph about team members, mission, etc. That could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which sections exist.
We have content: introductory paragraph about team members, mission, etc. That could be "About the role" or "About the company". Probably "About the role". Then we have "Job Details" which is a description of the role; could be part of About the role. But we can treat "Job Details" as part of About the role.
Then we have sections: Responsibilities (multiple bullet-like sentences). Then there are subheadings: Category Ownership and Operating Model, Portfolio and Demand Management, Category Strategy and Sourcing, Negotiation and Contracting, Supplier and Vendor Management, Financial Oversight and Value Delivery, Stakeholder Engagement, Governance, Process, and Digital Enablement, Team Leadership. Those could be considered sub-sections under Responsibilities or separate sections. The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we should only use those standard headings, not arbitrary ones. However we can still use for any section heading we deem appropriate, but they gave examples. Likely we should stick to those standard headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. If the posting doesn't have Benefits, Pay, Schedule, we omit those sections.
We have Education And Work Experience (that's Requirements/Qualifications). Skills And Knowledge (Skills). So we can map:
- About the role: introductory paragraph + Job Details description.
- Responsibilities: all the bullet-like responsibilities (the long list after "Responsibilities" heading). Could also include the sub-sections like Category Ownership etc. but they are part of responsibilities.
- Requirements: Education And Work Experience.
- Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? Could combine? But we can have Requirements and Qualifications separate if distinct. The posting has "Education And Work Experience" (requirements) and then "Skills And Knowledge" (skills). There's no separate Qualifications beyond that. Could treat Requirements as education/experience, Qualifications as maybe certifications? But they didn't list separate. Safer to have Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (skills). Possibly also Qualifications (certifications) but not present.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Responsibilities we need to make a list. For Requirements we need list (education, experience). For Skills we need list.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to capture each bullet point as a list item.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's parse the content.
Introductory paragraph:
"Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!"
That's about the role/company. We'll put in
.
Then "Job Details" paragraph: "Serves as the single accountable owner for one or more technology categories within Cencora's global data and technology indirect spend portfolio, covering sourcing strategy, negotiation, supplier management, and portfolio and demand management for that scope. Owns the category roadmap for both near-term execution and multi-year delivery, and establishes clear sub-category ownership so every area of spend has a named owner. Directs enterprise-wide negotiations with major technology providers and owns the supplier performance, risk, and value agenda for assigned categories. Leads a team of Director-level category owners and sourcing professionals, building capability and a culture of accountability and commercial rigor. Acts as the defined sourcing business partner to assigned Technology senior leaders, translating their roadmaps and budgets into a forward demand plan so sourcing gets ahead of requirements rather than reacting to them. Establishes the governance, controls, and performance measures that convert category strategy into realized savings, improved service levels, and managed third-party risk."
That's also part of About the role.
We'll combine into one
or maybe two
s. It's okay.
Now Responsibilities: after "Responsibilities" heading, there is a paragraph with multiple sentences separated by periods but no list formatting. We need to turn each duty into
- . The sentences:
"Directs technology category strategies for assigned spend areas, including demand assessment, sourcing approach, supplier segmentation, risk evaluation, and value engineering initiatives.
Leads category planning and sourcing execution by aligning business and technology requirements, market intelligence, financial objectives, and procurement priorities into actionable multi-year strategies.
Oversees supplier selection, negotiation, and contracting to improve commercial outcomes, service performance, and total cost of ownership.
Establishes governance, controls, and performance measures that strengthen policy compliance, implementation discipline, and realization of sourcing benefits.
Leads team performance, capability development, workforce planning, and talent management activities to support business priorities and sustained functional effectiveness."
Then after that there are subheadings: "Category Ownership and Operating Model", "Portfolio and Demand Management", "Category Strategy and Sourcing", "Negotiation and Contracting", "Supplier and Vendor Management", "Financial Oversight and Value Delivery", "Stakeholder Engagement", "Governance, Process, and Digital Enablement", "Team Leadership". Each has its own paragraph(s). Those are also responsibilities/duties. We should include them as list items as well, maybe grouped under Responsibilities. The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a single list covering all duties.
Thus we need to extract each distinct duty sentence or bullet from those sections.
Let's parse each section.
Category Ownership and Operating Model:
"Acts as the single accountable owner for assigned technology categories, including the category roadmap, in-year execution plan, and multi-year strategy.
Defines and maintains sub-category ownership within the team so every area of spend has a named owner with clear scope, decision rights, and accountability.
Operates the category-based model rather than a vendor-tier model, segmenting suppliers within each category by value, risk, and criticality instead of by relationship status.
Leads completion of the transition from the legacy vendor-tier structure for assigned scope, including scope boundaries, handoffs, knowledge transfer, and stabilization of new ways of working.
Publishes and refreshes the category roadmap on a defined cadence, covering priorities, savings commitments, renewal timing, supplier strategy, and risk posture.
Represents assigned categories in functional planning and coordinates with peer category owners, including the MA&D category, where scope, suppliers, or agreements intersect."
Portfolio and Demand Management:
"Serves as the defined sourcing business partner to assigned Technology senior leadership team members, acting as their single point of contact for category sourcing.
Runs a standing cadence with business partners to capture roadmap, budget, and demand signals well ahead of need, typically 6 to 12 months in advance of requirement or renewal dates.
Maintains a rolling demand, renewal, and pipeline forecast for the category so spend is planned and proactively managed rather than processed tactically as it arrives.
Aggregates requirements across business units and regions to build leverage, reduce duplication, and rationalize overlapping suppliers and licenses.
Owns designated strategic vendor relationships within the category, including executive cadence, business reviews, roadmap alignment, innovation discussions, and escalation.
Challenges demand, specifications, and consumption with business partners before sourcing begins, using market intelligence, benchmarking, and should-cost analysis."
Category Strategy and Sourcing:
"Develops and executes multi-year sourcing strategies for assigned categories that align to enterprise priorities, technology roadmaps, and the annual financial plan.
Owns the sourcing pipeline and savings commitments for the assigned portfolio, and sequences initiatives to balance value capture against business capacity.
Directs evaluation of vendor solutions to confirm they meet business requirements, technical specifications, security standards, and compliance obligations.
Builds a pipeline of innovative suppliers and emerging technologies, including AI and data solutions, to support growth and digital transformation."
Negotiation and Contracting:
"Leads complex, enterprise-wide negotiations with major technology providers to secure favorable commercial and legal terms that optimize total cost of ownership, quality, and service delivery.
Directs structuring of master agreements, statements of work, service level commitments, subscription and license terms, renewal and true-up provisions, benchmarking clauses, and exit and termination rights.
Partners with Legal, Information Security, and Privacy to secure protections for data, intellectual property, audit rights, and regulatory requirements in technology contracts.
Serves as escalation point for contentious negotiations, supplier disputes, and commercial risk decisions within the assigned categories."
Supplier and Vendor Management:
"Holds suppliers in the assigned categories to agreed performance metrics and service levels.
Implements the vendor management framework for assigned categories, including performance reviews, scorecards, issue resolution, and continuous improvement plans.
Directs supplier assessments to confirm compliance with contractual obligations, security standards, and regulatory requirements.
Manages supplier risk across financial, operational, cyber, continuity, and reputational dimensions, and drives mitigation and remediation plans.
Advances supplier development, consolidation, and rationalization strategies, and leads commercial response to supplier audits and claims."
Financial Oversight and Value Delivery:
"Oversees spend for the assigned categories, tracks and analyzes category and supplier spend, and identifies cost savings, efficiency, and value creation opportunities.
Builds and applies financial models, ROI analysis, and cost structure analysis to support data-driven sourcing decisions and negotiations.
Validates savings with Finance and business partners, and reports realized value, pipeline coverage, and category performance to senior leadership."
Stakeholder Engagement:
"Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insight into supplier capabilities, market trends, and sourcing opportunities for the category.
Partners with Information Security, Legal, Finance, and business leaders to align sourcing and supplier strategies with organizational needs.
Facilitates cross-functional collaboration on supplier onboarding, integration, adoption, and contract implementation to secure compliance and value capture.
Supports technology sourcing requirements for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and integration activity, including transition service arrangements and contract disposition."
Governance, Process, and Digital Enablement:
"Implements policies, procedures, and governance frameworks for technology sourcing and vendor management, including delegation of authority and code of conduct requirements.
Drives process improvement to streamline procurement workflows and improve cycle time, quality, and stakeholder experience.
Adopts AI and automation within the team's workflows to reduce administrative effort and shift capacity toward strategic category work.
Champions supplier diversity, ESG goals, and responsible sourcing practices across the technology supply base.
Strengthens use of procurement systems and analytics, including sourcing, contract lifecycle, and spend platforms, so category roadmaps and demand plans rest on reliable data."
Team Leadership:
"Builds, leads, and mentors a team of Director-level category owners and sourcing professionals, fostering collaboration, accountability, and excellence.
Sets objectives, manages performance, and provides coaching, development, and career pathing so the team has the skills and resources to succeed.
Manages workforce planning, resource allocation, and succession for the assigned categories, including capability build in the new operating model."
Now Education And Work Experience:
"Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, computer science, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
Advanced degree (MBA, or master's in supply chain, computer science, or a related field) preferred.
12+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, and vendor management,
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we should only use those standard headings, not arbitrary ones. However we can still use for any section heading we deem appropriate, but they gave examples. Likely we should stick to those standard headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. If the posting doesn't have Benefits, Pay, Schedule, we omit those sections.
We have Education And Work Experience (that's Requirements/Qualifications). Skills And Knowledge (Skills). So we can map:
- About the role: introductory paragraph + Job Details description.
- Responsibilities: all the bullet-like responsibilities (the long list after "Responsibilities" heading). Could also include the sub-sections like Category Ownership etc. but they are part of responsibilities.
- Requirements: Education And Work Experience.
- Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? Could combine? But we can have Requirements and Qualifications separate if distinct. The posting has "Education And Work Experience" (requirements) and then "Skills And Knowledge" (skills). There's no separate Qualifications beyond that. Could treat Requirements as education/experience, Qualifications as maybe certifications? But they didn't list separate. Safer to have Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (skills). Possibly also Qualifications (certifications) but not present.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Responsibilities we need to make a list. For Requirements we need list (education, experience). For Skills we need list.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to capture each bullet point as a list item.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's parse the content.
Introductory paragraph:
"Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!"
That's about the role/company. We'll put in
.
Then "Job Details" paragraph: "Serves as the single accountable owner for one or more technology categories within Cencora's global data and technology indirect spend portfolio, covering sourcing strategy, negotiation, supplier management, and portfolio and demand management for that scope. Owns the category roadmap for both near-term execution and multi-year delivery, and establishes clear sub-category ownership so every area of spend has a named owner. Directs enterprise-wide negotiations with major technology providers and owns the supplier performance, risk, and value agenda for assigned categories. Leads a team of Director-level category owners and sourcing professionals, building capability and a culture of accountability and commercial rigor. Acts as the defined sourcing business partner to assigned Technology senior leaders, translating their roadmaps and budgets into a forward demand plan so sourcing gets ahead of requirements rather than reacting to them. Establishes the governance, controls, and performance measures that convert category strategy into realized savings, improved service levels, and managed third-party risk."
That's also part of About the role.
We'll combine into one
or maybe two
s. It's okay.
Now Responsibilities: after "Responsibilities" heading, there is a paragraph with multiple sentences separated by periods but no list formatting. We need to turn each duty into
- . The sentences:
"Directs technology category strategies for assigned spend areas, including demand assessment, sourcing approach, supplier segmentation, risk evaluation, and value engineering initiatives.
Leads category planning and sourcing execution by aligning business and technology requirements, market intelligence, financial objectives, and procurement priorities into actionable multi-year strategies.
Oversees supplier selection, negotiation, and contracting to improve commercial outcomes, service performance, and total cost of ownership.
Establishes governance, controls, and performance measures that strengthen policy compliance, implementation discipline, and realization of sourcing benefits.
Leads team performance, capability development, workforce planning, and talent management activities to support business priorities and sustained functional effectiveness."
Then after that there are subheadings: "Category Ownership and Operating Model", "Portfolio and Demand Management", "Category Strategy and Sourcing", "Negotiation and Contracting", "Supplier and Vendor Management", "Financial Oversight and Value Delivery", "Stakeholder Engagement", "Governance, Process, and Digital Enablement", "Team Leadership". Each has its own paragraph(s). Those are also responsibilities/duties. We should include them as list items as well, maybe grouped under Responsibilities. The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a single list covering all duties.
Thus we need to extract each distinct duty sentence or bullet from those sections.
Let's parse each section.
Category Ownership and Operating Model:
"Acts as the single accountable owner for assigned technology categories, including the category roadmap, in-year execution plan, and multi-year strategy.
Defines and maintains sub-category ownership within the team so every area of spend has a named owner with clear scope, decision rights, and accountability.
Operates the category-based model rather than a vendor-tier model, segmenting suppliers within each category by value, risk, and criticality instead of by relationship status.
Leads completion of the transition from the legacy vendor-tier structure for assigned scope, including scope boundaries, handoffs, knowledge transfer, and stabilization of new ways of working.
Publishes and refreshes the category roadmap on a defined cadence, covering priorities, savings commitments, renewal timing, supplier strategy, and risk posture.
Represents assigned categories in functional planning and coordinates with peer category owners, including the MA&D category, where scope, suppliers, or agreements intersect."
Portfolio and Demand Management:
"Serves as the defined sourcing business partner to assigned Technology senior leadership team members, acting as their single point of contact for category sourcing.
Runs a standing cadence with business partners to capture roadmap, budget, and demand signals well ahead of need, typically 6 to 12 months in advance of requirement or renewal dates.
Maintains a rolling demand, renewal, and pipeline forecast for the category so spend is planned and proactively managed rather than processed tactically as it arrives.
Aggregates requirements across business units and regions to build leverage, reduce duplication, and rationalize overlapping suppliers and licenses.
Owns designated strategic vendor relationships within the category, including executive cadence, business reviews, roadmap alignment, innovation discussions, and escalation.
Challenges demand, specifications, and consumption with business partners before sourcing begins, using market intelligence, benchmarking, and should-cost analysis."
Category Strategy and Sourcing:
"Develops and executes multi-year sourcing strategies for assigned categories that align to enterprise priorities, technology roadmaps, and the annual financial plan.
Owns the sourcing pipeline and savings commitments for the assigned portfolio, and sequences initiatives to balance value capture against business capacity.
Directs evaluation of vendor solutions to confirm they meet business requirements, technical specifications, security standards, and compliance obligations.
Builds a pipeline of innovative suppliers and emerging technologies, including AI and data solutions, to support growth and digital transformation."
Negotiation and Contracting:
"Leads complex, enterprise-wide negotiations with major technology providers to secure favorable commercial and legal terms that optimize total cost of ownership, quality, and service delivery.
Directs structuring of master agreements, statements of work, service level commitments, subscription and license terms, renewal and true-up provisions, benchmarking clauses, and exit and termination rights.
Partners with Legal, Information Security, and Privacy to secure protections for data, intellectual property, audit rights, and regulatory requirements in technology contracts.
Serves as escalation point for contentious negotiations, supplier disputes, and commercial risk decisions within the assigned categories."
Supplier and Vendor Management:
"Holds suppliers in the assigned categories to agreed performance metrics and service levels.
Implements the vendor management framework for assigned categories, including performance reviews, scorecards, issue resolution, and continuous improvement plans.
Directs supplier assessments to confirm compliance with contractual obligations, security standards, and regulatory requirements.
Manages supplier risk across financial, operational, cyber, continuity, and reputational dimensions, and drives mitigation and remediation plans.
Advances supplier development, consolidation, and rationalization strategies, and leads commercial response to supplier audits and claims."
Financial Oversight and Value Delivery:
"Oversees spend for the assigned categories, tracks and analyzes category and supplier spend, and identifies cost savings, efficiency, and value creation opportunities.
Builds and applies financial models, ROI analysis, and cost structure analysis to support data-driven sourcing decisions and negotiations.
Validates savings with Finance and business partners, and reports realized value, pipeline coverage, and category performance to senior leadership."
Stakeholder Engagement:
"Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insight into supplier capabilities, market trends, and sourcing opportunities for the category.
Partners with Information Security, Legal, Finance, and business leaders to align sourcing and supplier strategies with organizational needs.
Facilitates cross-functional collaboration on supplier onboarding, integration, adoption, and contract implementation to secure compliance and value capture.
Supports technology sourcing requirements for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and integration activity, including transition service arrangements and contract disposition."
Governance, Process, and Digital Enablement:
"Implements policies, procedures, and governance frameworks for technology sourcing and vendor management, including delegation of authority and code of conduct requirements.
Drives process improvement to streamline procurement workflows and improve cycle time, quality, and stakeholder experience.
Adopts AI and automation within the team's workflows to reduce administrative effort and shift capacity toward strategic category work.
Champions supplier diversity, ESG goals, and responsible sourcing practices across the technology supply base.
Strengthens use of procurement systems and analytics, including sourcing, contract lifecycle, and spend platforms, so category roadmaps and demand plans rest on reliable data."
Team Leadership:
"Builds, leads, and mentors a team of Director-level category owners and sourcing professionals, fostering collaboration, accountability, and excellence.
Sets objectives, manages performance, and provides coaching, development, and career pathing so the team has the skills and resources to succeed.
Manages workforce planning, resource allocation, and succession for the assigned categories, including capability build in the new operating model."
Now Education And Work Experience:
"Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, computer science, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
Advanced degree (MBA, or master's in supply chain, computer science, or a related field) preferred.
12+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, and vendor management,
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Responsibilities we need to make a list. For Requirements we need list (education, experience). For Skills we need list.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to capture each bullet point as a list item.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's parse the content.
Introductory paragraph:
"Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!"
That's about the role/company. We'll put in
. Then "Job Details" paragraph: "Serves as the single accountable owner for one or more technology categories within Cencora's global data and technology indirect spend portfolio, covering sourcing strategy, negotiation, supplier management, and portfolio and demand management for that scope. Owns the category roadmap for both near-term execution and multi-year delivery, and establishes clear sub-category ownership so every area of spend has a named owner. Directs enterprise-wide negotiations with major technology providers and owns the supplier performance, risk, and value agenda for assigned categories. Leads a team of Director-level category owners and sourcing professionals, building capability and a culture of accountability and commercial rigor. Acts as the defined sourcing business partner to assigned Technology senior leaders, translating their roadmaps and budgets into a forward demand plan so sourcing gets ahead of requirements rather than reacting to them. Establishes the governance, controls, and performance measures that convert category strategy into realized savings, improved service levels, and managed third-party risk." That's also part of About the role. We'll combine into one
or maybe two
s. It's okay. Now Responsibilities: after "Responsibilities" heading, there is a paragraph with multiple sentences separated by periods but no list formatting. We need to turn each duty into
- . The sentences:
"Directs technology category strategies for assigned spend areas, including demand assessment, sourcing approach, supplier segmentation, risk evaluation, and value engineering initiatives.
Leads category planning and sourcing execution by aligning business and technology requirements, market intelligence, financial objectives, and procurement priorities into actionable multi-year strategies.
Oversees supplier selection, negotiation, and contracting to improve commercial outcomes, service performance, and total cost of ownership.
Establishes governance, controls, and performance measures that strengthen policy compliance, implementation discipline, and realization of sourcing benefits.
Leads team performance, capability development, workforce planning, and talent management activities to support business priorities and sustained functional effectiveness."
Then after that there are subheadings: "Category Ownership and Operating Model", "Portfolio and Demand Management", "Category Strategy and Sourcing", "Negotiation and Contracting", "Supplier and Vendor Management", "Financial Oversight and Value Delivery", "Stakeholder Engagement", "Governance, Process, and Digital Enablement", "Team Leadership". Each has its own paragraph(s). Those are also responsibilities/duties. We should include them as list items as well, maybe grouped under Responsibilities. The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a single list covering all duties. Thus we need to extract each distinct duty sentence or bullet from those sections. Let's parse each section. Category Ownership and Operating Model: "Acts as the single accountable owner for assigned technology categories, including the category roadmap, in-year execution plan, and multi-year strategy. Defines and maintains sub-category ownership within the team so every area of spend has a named owner with clear scope, decision rights, and accountability. Operates the category-based model rather than a vendor-tier model, segmenting suppliers within each category by value, risk, and criticality instead of by relationship status. Leads completion of the transition from the legacy vendor-tier structure for assigned scope, including scope boundaries, handoffs, knowledge transfer, and stabilization of new ways of working. Publishes and refreshes the category roadmap on a defined cadence, covering priorities, savings commitments, renewal timing, supplier strategy, and risk posture. Represents assigned categories in functional planning and coordinates with peer category owners, including the MA&D category, where scope, suppliers, or agreements intersect." Portfolio and Demand Management: "Serves as the defined sourcing business partner to assigned Technology senior leadership team members, acting as their single point of contact for category sourcing. Runs a standing cadence with business partners to capture roadmap, budget, and demand signals well ahead of need, typically 6 to 12 months in advance of requirement or renewal dates. Maintains a rolling demand, renewal, and pipeline forecast for the category so spend is planned and proactively managed rather than processed tactically as it arrives. Aggregates requirements across business units and regions to build leverage, reduce duplication, and rationalize overlapping suppliers and licenses. Owns designated strategic vendor relationships within the category, including executive cadence, business reviews, roadmap alignment, innovation discussions, and escalation. Challenges demand, specifications, and consumption with business partners before sourcing begins, using market intelligence, benchmarking, and should-cost analysis." Category Strategy and Sourcing: "Develops and executes multi-year sourcing strategies for assigned categories that align to enterprise priorities, technology roadmaps, and the annual financial plan. Owns the sourcing pipeline and savings commitments for the assigned portfolio, and sequences initiatives to balance value capture against business capacity. Directs evaluation of vendor solutions to confirm they meet business requirements, technical specifications, security standards, and compliance obligations. Builds a pipeline of innovative suppliers and emerging technologies, including AI and data solutions, to support growth and digital transformation." Negotiation and Contracting: "Leads complex, enterprise-wide negotiations with major technology providers to secure favorable commercial and legal terms that optimize total cost of ownership, quality, and service delivery. Directs structuring of master agreements, statements of work, service level commitments, subscription and license terms, renewal and true-up provisions, benchmarking clauses, and exit and termination rights. Partners with Legal, Information Security, and Privacy to secure protections for data, intellectual property, audit rights, and regulatory requirements in technology contracts. Serves as escalation point for contentious negotiations, supplier disputes, and commercial risk decisions within the assigned categories." Supplier and Vendor Management: "Holds suppliers in the assigned categories to agreed performance metrics and service levels. Implements the vendor management framework for assigned categories, including performance reviews, scorecards, issue resolution, and continuous improvement plans. Directs supplier assessments to confirm compliance with contractual obligations, security standards, and regulatory requirements. Manages supplier risk across financial, operational, cyber, continuity, and reputational dimensions, and drives mitigation and remediation plans. Advances supplier development, consolidation, and rationalization strategies, and leads commercial response to supplier audits and claims." Financial Oversight and Value Delivery: "Oversees spend for the assigned categories, tracks and analyzes category and supplier spend, and identifies cost savings, efficiency, and value creation opportunities. Builds and applies financial models, ROI analysis, and cost structure analysis to support data-driven sourcing decisions and negotiations. Validates savings with Finance and business partners, and reports realized value, pipeline coverage, and category performance to senior leadership." Stakeholder Engagement: "Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insight into supplier capabilities, market trends, and sourcing opportunities for the category. Partners with Information Security, Legal, Finance, and business leaders to align sourcing and supplier strategies with organizational needs. Facilitates cross-functional collaboration on supplier onboarding, integration, adoption, and contract implementation to secure compliance and value capture. Supports technology sourcing requirements for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and integration activity, including transition service arrangements and contract disposition." Governance, Process, and Digital Enablement: "Implements policies, procedures, and governance frameworks for technology sourcing and vendor management, including delegation of authority and code of conduct requirements. Drives process improvement to streamline procurement workflows and improve cycle time, quality, and stakeholder experience. Adopts AI and automation within the team's workflows to reduce administrative effort and shift capacity toward strategic category work. Champions supplier diversity, ESG goals, and responsible sourcing practices across the technology supply base. Strengthens use of procurement systems and analytics, including sourcing, contract lifecycle, and spend platforms, so category roadmaps and demand plans rest on reliable data." Team Leadership: "Builds, leads, and mentors a team of Director-level category owners and sourcing professionals, fostering collaboration, accountability, and excellence. Sets objectives, manages performance, and provides coaching, development, and career pathing so the team has the skills and resources to succeed. Manages workforce planning, resource allocation, and succession for the assigned categories, including capability build in the new operating model." Now Education And Work Experience: "Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, computer science, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience required. Advanced degree (MBA, or master's in supply chain, computer science, or a related field) preferred. 12+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, and vendor management,