Senior Global Sourcing Manager - Software

About the role

This role is categorized as hybrid. The successful candidate is expected to report to the Warren, Michigan or Mountain View, California location three times per week, at minimum (or other frequency dictated by the business).

Responsibilities

• Negotiate license models (or other technology models), competitive business cases, favorable and robust terms and conditions (including legal terms), and other items to complete a full contract package.
• Use your proven competence in negotiation skills, to make recommendations to Stakeholders on terms and conditions deviations and when to uphold.
• Stay up to date on the IT industry, Automotive industry, and strategic direction GM software and services is headed.
• Work effectively cross functionally, internally and externally, while building strong relationships.
• Partner with IT and Business on strategy of supply base, technologies, products used, future products, technology roadmap, and viable suppliers for technology requirements.
• Work with Suppliers on governance and deliveries, including sound understanding of deadlines, required lead times, supplier contracts and application types.
• Active and effective participation with key stakeholders, including Engineering, IT, Business Stakeholders, Legal, and Security, among others.
• Develop and manage suppliers under the guidance of quality, service, technology, and price negotiations. This includes sound understanding of deadlines, required lead times, supplier contracts and application types.
• Proactively manage annual renewal cadence and deadlines to support business continuity.
• Adhere to corporate purchasing and accounting policies and procedures.
• Develop and maintain benchmark data to drive a strategy.
• Resolve commercial issues with suppliers and assess supplier performance.
• Professional interpersonal verbal and written communication skills.
• Utilize Global Purchasing and Supply Chain sourcing process to manage Sourcing packages.

Requirements

• 5+ years relevant experience in purchasing (any internship or co-op experience will not be considered).
• Ability to negotiate through complex and/or ambiguous situations, while working independently.
• Project management, managing multiple projects/assignments simultaneously, and prioritizing requests.
• Proficient communication skills.
• Ability to learn about items being purchased without having previous knowledge of the product.
• Analytical skills, including the ability to do in-depth benchmarking.
• Knowledge of computer software (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Research).
• SAP experience or ability to learn purchasing systems.

Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Strong proficiency with software concepts and proven competence to negotiate.
• Legal & Commercial Terms & Conditions.
• Solid knowledge of contract law.
• Knowledge of procurement software.
• Demonstrate strong execution skills.
• Engineering or IT background with Software purchasing experience.
• Understand basic engineering documents.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $124,200 – 197,800. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing benefit programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

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