Sourcing Manager- Indirect Sourcing, IT

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Business Partnership & Category Strategy

• Partner with stakeholders across various corporate functions on Digital and Transformation projects to understand business priorities and develop sourcing strategies.
• Develop and execute global category strategies that improve supplier performance, reduce risk, optimize costs, and deliver business value.
• Align procurement initiatives with business objectives through effective stakeholder engagement and influence.
• Use spend analytics, market intelligence, benchmarking, and financial analysis to support sourcing decisions and business cases.
• Apply should-cost analysis and cost modeling to validate pricing, support negotiations, and identify savings opportunities.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders on demand forecasting, budgeting, and sourcing plans.
• Challenge demand and specifications to drive standardization, efficiency, and cost optimization.

Leadership & Functional Support

• Promote procurement policies, governance, compliance, and best practices across the organization.
• Drive adoption of sourcing tools, systems, and process improvements.
• Deliver savings, cost avoidance, and value creation targets while ensuring business continuity and service quality.
• Identify innovative sourcing approaches and supplier capabilities that support business objectives.
• Lead supplier relationship and performance management programs, including governance, scorecards, and reviews.
• Maintain a pipeline of sourcing initiatives to deliver sustainable year-over-year value.

Sourcing, Contracting & Supplier Management

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, including market assessments, RFx processes, supplier evaluations, and negotiations.
• Evaluate supplier proposals and business cases to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
• Negotiate and manage contracts, SOWs, pricing models, and SLAs to maximize value and mitigate risk.
• Ensure supplier compliance with contractual, regulatory, and procurement requirements.
• Assess and mitigate supplier risks related to business continuity, information security, data privacy, and service delivery.
• Establish strategic supplier governance through performance reviews and continuous improvement programs.
• Monitor market trends, supplier innovation, and industry benchmarks to identify opportunities for improvement and competitive advantage.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline or equivalent experience required.

Work Experience

5+ years experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement within a global multinational organization. Demonstrated experience managing Indirect Digital and Transformation/IT procurement categories.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Formal procurement qualification/accreditation i.e. CIPS
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted advisor relationships across business functions and leadership levels.
• Proven experience developing and executing category strategies, leading sourcing initiatives, and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Experience managing supplier relationships, supplier performance programs, and governance frameworks.
• Strong analytical, financial, and commercial acumen with experience utilizing spend analytics, should-cost modelling, benchmarking, and market intelligence to support sourcing decisions and negotiations.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and driving change within a matrixed global organization.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, and capable of working independently while effectively collaborating within global teams.
• Adaptable to a multicultural environment and committed to fostering inclusion and diversity across teams and stakeholders.

Additional Requirements

• Strong Excel and report development skills.
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen.
• Ability to assess opportunities in the business and apply supply chain related solutions.
• Ability to make independent and sound judgments
• Ability to communicate and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, problem solve, and prioritize
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong learning capacity.