Senior Global Indirect Sourcing Category Manager

Job Description

As the Senior Global IT Sourcing Category Manager, you will serve as a strategic partner to IT, Digital, Cybersecurity, and business leaders, co-developing sourcing strategies that enable technology outcomes while optimizing total cost of ownership. This role is highly collaborative focused on building trust, aligning priorities, and influencing decisions across a global, matrixed organization.

You will work side‑by‑side with stakeholders to shape sourcing approaches that balance cost, risk, innovation, and speed, supporting both day‑to‑day operational needs and long‑term technology transformation.

Key Responsibilities

* Collaborate closely with IT and business stakeholders to understand technology roadmaps, architectural standards, demand drivers, and future capabilities.

* Co‑develop and execute IT category strategies covering software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, telecom, cybersecurity, and IT services.

* Facilitate ongoing dialogue between Procurement, IT, Finance, Legal, and Risk to ensure sourcing decisions are well aligned, transparent, and sustainable.

* Build and manage a jointly prioritized sourcing pipeline, ensuring stakeholders buy in from concept through implementation.

* Lead RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs in partnership with IT teams, aligning commercial outcomes with technical and operational requirements.

* Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders by providing market insights, supplier intelligence, and recommendations on sourcing and commercial models.

* Lead end‑to‑end commercial negotiations, including direct contract redlining and collaboration with Legal, Finance, and stakeholders to resolve complex terms related to pricing, risk, liability, SLAs, data privacy, and compliance.

* Manage a high volume of concurrent contracts and sourcing initiatives, maintaining momentum across multiple negotiations and ensuring timely execution without sacrificing quality or stakeholder alignment.

* Balance value delivery across cost optimization, supplier performance, innovation, flexibility, and risk mitigation.

* Support supplier relationships through collaborative governance, performance reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.

* Promote adoption of best practice IT procurement processes while remaining flexible to evolving business and technology needs.

* Encourage knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across procurement and IT communities.