Procurement Specialist: IT Category Management
Your role in our organization is to oversee the indirect IT spend, encompassing sourcing, category management, and consumption management across all Information Technology categories.
You will be responsible for managing complex sourcing projects through a disciplined category management process to implement appropriate solutions supporting the organization.
1. Perform in-depth spend and market analysis to identify sourcing opportunities regionally and/or globally, driving incremental value to the business through savings and improved supplier efficiencies.
2. Contribute to the development and execution of multi-year savings plans.
3. Pursue cost reduction opportunities and activities through savings workshops, negotiations, RFPs, alternate sourcing, and supplier consolidation.
4. Prepare, assist in, or lead negotiations with suppliers.
5. Oversee the implementation of new suppliers, managing their performance through a structured SRM process.
6. Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure necessary buy-in and effective change management.
7. Develop actionable recommendations based on clear articulation of options and tradeoffs.
8. Design, challenge, and implement robust and sustainable sourcing strategies, developing internal/supplier relationships that extract maximum value from the current and potential supplier base.