About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Responsibilities</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Category Strategy & Sourcing</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across technology services (engineering services, consulting, managed services), CDP, and hardware</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Lead end-to-end sourcing: RFPs, supplier selection, renewals, and negotiations</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Design and negotiate commercial models (T&M, fixed price, outcome-based, managed services)</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Drive cost optimization through supplier consolidation, rate benchmarking, and demand management</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Use market intelligence and spend data to inform sourcing decisions and supplier strategies</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Collaborate with Technology Procurement leadership and Category Managers to align strategies and drive enterprise outcomes</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Supplier Management & Governance</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Manage strategic relationships with service providers, infrastructure vendors, and hardware suppliers</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Support stakeholder in providing necessary input for supplier reviews focused on delivery performance, SLAs, quality, and contract compliance</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Ensure strong supplier governance, including performance management, risk oversight, and compliance adherence</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Partner with Legal, Security, and Compliance teams to manage supplier risk and due diligence</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Drive accountability on supplier commitments, service delivery outcomes, and issue resolution</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Stakeholder Collaboration</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Partner with Customer Success, Engineering, IT, and business teams</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Act as a trusted advisor on sourcing strategy, supplier models, and commercial structures</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Support planning and forecasting of technology services and infrastructure spend</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Drive alignment across stakeholders on sourcing decisions, delivery risks, and trade-offs</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Work closely with Technology Procurement leadership and Category Managers on priorities and escalations</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Team Leadership</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Lead and develop a team supporting technology services, CDP, and hardware procurement</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Drive performance, accountability, and capability development</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Foster a high-performance, collaborative team environment</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Process, Compliance & Continuous Improvement</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Ensure strict adherence to procurement policies, processes, and approval frameworks across all sourcing activities</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Drive compliance with contracting standards, governance requirements, and internal controls</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Improve sourcing efficiency through standardization, automation, and tool adoption</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Support audit readiness through proper documentation and process discipline</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Support transformation initiatives to enhance scalability and user experience</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Qualifications</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field (MBA preferred)</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• 12–14 years of procurement experience, with strong focus on technology services and/or infrastructure sourcing</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Experience negotiating services agreements (MSAs, SOWs), managed services, and hardware contracts</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Proven people leadership experience</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Strong understanding of supplier risk, compliance, and governance</span></p> <p> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Preferred Qualifications</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Experience in a global technology organization</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Strong understanding of services delivery models, infrastructure ecosystems, and hardware sourcing</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Exposure to AI/automation-enabled services and implications for sourcing and governance</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Familiarity with procurement tools and analytics platforms</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Impact</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Deliver cost savings and operational value across technology services, CDP, and hardware spend</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Strengthen supplier performance, service delivery quality, and risk management</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Improve procurement efficiency and stakeholder experience</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Build a high-performing, category-focused team</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">• Establish Procurement as a key control point for enterprise AI governance across third-party technology ecosystems, ensuring structured onboarding and oversight aligned to risk and compliance standards</span></p></div></div></div>