Sourcing Senior Specialist Advisor

About the role

NTT DATA is seeking a Sourcing Senior Specialist Advisor to join our team in Plano, Texas. This role ensures effective operation, strategic alignment, and integration of global sourcing and IT supply chain activities across all NTT Operating Companies.

Responsibilities

• Support and help manage all elements of the strategy, including reducing cost, improving operational performance, mitigating risk, and improving the overall financial performance of NTT through its acquisition and management of IT assets.
• Manage the strategy on an ongoing basis, ensuring it is communicated and adhered-to across all regions and Operating Companies.
• Assemble and lead cross-functional teams to drive the IT Supply Chain and Sourcing strategy.
• Partner with stakeholders in the Operating Companies, Accounts, Delivery, Alliances, and Global Procurement (GP) on IT cost savings and performance improvement initiatives.
• Analyze spend, assess current and changing market forces across the IT industry, and assess current commercial arrangements across NTT to identify/drive improvement opportunities for the business.
• Develop working relationships with key internal stakeholders to ensure IT requirements are defined and demand is accurately reflected.
• Partner with NTT Operating Companies to drive improved operational performance, such as supply/demand planning, cycle times, forecasting, maintenance practices, and contractual compliance.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience in progressively challenging roles in supply chain management, strategic sourcing, and/or category management, with most experience within the broad Information Technology space.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in IT cloud sourcing and contracting.
• Experience in sourcing MSFT or AWS or GCP products and services at a global level.
• Hands-on experience managing a category of IT spend and delivery on a global or regional basis, with a track record of effectively driving cost savings and performance improvement.
• Experience in supplier relationship/vendor management and conducting business reviews with suppliers.
• Strong understanding of IT vendor sales and pricing models, as well as support and maintenance services.

Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent technical discipline. An advanced degree in one of these disciplines and/or an MBA is preferred. Fluent written and verbal English is required.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills, self-starting, proactive, self-learning, with attention to detail and ability to maintain data and project hygiene.
• Able to assess historical spend and asset usage data from multiple disparate sources, analyze the data, and lay out coherent, data-driven roadmaps to achieve cost reductions and/or operational improvements.
• Able to analyze the current state of practices within NTT Global Sourcing and NTT Operating Companies across all IT sub-categories of spend involving multiple IT vendors.
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with Leadership within NTT and influence business stakeholders on key strategic initiatives.
• Solid knowledge of financial analysis, including investment ROI analysis, lease vs. buy modeling, capital planning, and justification, asset valuation analysis, make vs. buy modeling, and 'should cost' analysis.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

Pay

The starting pay range for this role is $130,000 to $201,000. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.