Sr Sourcing Manager 3 - Commodity Management

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead challenging negotiations with the software vendors and analyze complicated licensing models (like on-premise, subscriptions, hosted and mixed on-premise plus cloud).
• Negotiate agreements by executing enterprise license agreements for use of software, hardware & professional services globally across a range of suppliers.
• Create and deliver commercial, financial, and business objectives as related to technology goods and services such as managed software services/cloud contracts across the business group to support the decision-making process.
• Lead sourcing processes in a matrixed environment including RFI/RFP’s and single source negotiations or renegotiations.
• Develop and implementing short- and long-term strategies in regard to suppliers, pricing models & cost out initiatives.
• Identify cost out initiatives and influence stakeholders to implement them.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders (stakeholder management) both at the senior and C-level executives to be able to understand the environment and support stakeholders in driving business outcomes.
• Liaise with Corporate and Business Unit sourcing teams on cross company initiatives to set realistic but challenging operations goals and objectives.
• Develop sourcing plans to integrate Business needs into a global commodity teams including benchmarking suppliers, contracts, and services and evaluating various Business Unit level requirements, existing opportunities, or new initiatives. This includes setting sourcing strategies and executing those strategies to deliver material improvements on quality, price, and service.
• Collaborate with appropriate finance, compliance, and legal subject matter experts.
• Execute and support buying functions and requirements and participate in the buy-desk activities.

  Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business or Software Engineering or equivalent field of study and 8+ years of digital technology sourcing experience.
  • Associate’s Degree in Finance, Business or Software Engineering or equivalent field of study and 10+ years of digital technology sourcing experience.
  • High School diploma or equivalent with 12+ years of digital technology sourcing experience.

  Desired Characteristics

  • Strong experience in software licensing in working with financial information as a means of decision making, pricing comparisons & benchmarking.
  • Strong experience in sourcing negotiating at the highest levels of a supplier.
  • Knowledge of information technologies and services, specifically software as a service license models.
  • Ability to influence and motivate cross functional teams to deliver and implement cost out initiatives despite obstacles.
  • Drive to execute under extreme deadline pressures and with multiple priorities.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
  • Established project management skills.
  • Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
  • Strong business acumen.
  • Customer service mindset.
  • Independent thinker with the proven history of shifting paradigms.
  • Agressive in execution and undaunted by challenges.
  • Flexible schedule to accommodate global time zones.
  • Controllership and compliance mindset (transactional and process integrity).
  • Excellent time management, prioritization skills.