Sourcing Specialist

Overview

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Job Title

IT Sourcing Specialist

Department

Operations

Office Location

London or Birmingham

Reports To

Head of Procurement

Working Hours

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

In the UK Hogan Lovells has offices in Birmingham and London. The Birmingham office opened in 2015 and has a number of practice areas including Corporate / Commercial, Disputes, Finance and Real Estate, as well as our Legal Delivery Centre and Business teams.

The Procurement function is responsible for the strategic, holistic management of third-party spend across Hogan Lovells globally, to deliver cost effective purchasing solutions while maintaining compliance with internal policies and external regulations.

The IT Sourcing Specialist supports strategic sourcing, contract management, supplier relationship management and strategic operations’ duties and tasks as directed:

• Strategic Sourcing – Employ best practices and procedures, including defined templates for all sourcing activities.

• Contract Lifecycle Management – Manage the process for review and approval of IT commercials documentation to ensure compliance.

• Relationship Management – Develop and enhance relationships with firm stakeholders, business owners and third-party suppliers.

• Supplier Risk Management – Follow all firm processes and procedures to assess and onboard qualified vendors.

• Supplier Performance Management – Monitor supplier SLAs and perform audits to ensure service and financial compliance across defined KPIs.

Strategic Sourcing

• Lead end-to-end procurement processes, manage the RFx life-cycle and contract negotiations.

• Analyse, synthesise and benchmark responses, collaborate with stakeholders and business owners to conduct scoring and other evaluations to inform finalists.

• Support the presentations, demonstrations and additional supplier evaluation through the selection of final vendors.

• Support the identification of suppliers for new or replacement suppliers and products / services upon request.

• Support IT business owners in the execution of key supplier renewals and purchase.

• Negotiate price, value adds and commercials for optimal outcomes for the firm.

• Supports initiatives to identify and realise cost savings within the IT function.

Contract Lifecycle Management

• Ensure contracts and agreements are reviewed in a timely manner, allowing for renegotiation and possible exit.

• Review contracts to ensure compliance with firm requirements.

• Review and negotiate contracts to ensure optimal commercial outcomes as informed by business owners and other stakeholders.

• Responsible for all required documentation for sourcing activities, including NDA, SLAs, KPIs, Contracts and Statements of Work.

• Collaborate with the General Counsel and other key firm personnel to ensure comprehensive considerations in executing contracts.

• Support the implementation of standard processes to maintain appropriate governance and minimise potential third-party supplier risks.

• Apply technology, as appropriate, to create efficiencies.

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