You will build, lead, coach, and develop a team of technology sourcing experts to drive high-impact strategic sourcing events (RFx events and direct negotiations) of varying spend, risk levels, and complexity, across all our firm’s key technology categories (e.g., software, cloud, hardware, wireless and fixed telecom, professional services, etc.). Innovative Sourcing Strategies will be designed by your team as they drive to deliver the best technology products, services, or solutions at the best value, while also protecting our firm from risk.
You’ll also leverage your deep expertise across technology software categories to co-create and execute with category managers and business unit stakeholders self-led sourcing events with innovative sourcing strategies for complex and high-value technology purchases.
You’ll have the opportunity to thought partner and co-create innovative sourcing solutions with internal clients, optimize collaborators (examples: category leaders, purchasing, purchasing operations, legal procurement, suppliers, etc.) delivering exceptional sourcing strategies and sourcing experiences. You’ll also build strong relationships and partner with our regional sourcing managers, so our colleagues receive a consistent sourcing experience across the firm.
You’ll contribute to the global responsible sourcing vision, strategies, and priorities including driving forward the sourcing workstream within our ‘Make responsible buying easy’ transformation. This will include driving the development and delivery of a holistic and seamless source-to-pay process that supports our ESG goals, and risk principles.
You’ll have the opportunity to drive the development and implementation of world-class sourcing processes, principles, and KPIs for each category, identify and deploy technologies that can digitize and automate these sourcing processes, and develop a clear and sustainable governance model for the sourcing practice.