IT Procurement & Contracts Manager; remote

local to Miramar, Boston, New York ideal but open to Remote (EST alignment important)

Positions - 6 total to ramp up team

Pay: 65-80/hour W2 only based on experience

Technology Sourcing plays a critical role in making responsible buying easy by ensuring we expertly source products and services across the firm. You will collaborate with a vast array of Tech-focused Internal Clients, and departments and optimize collaborators across our global footprint as you and your team design and deliver exceptional sourcing experiences.

You’ll leverage your deep expertise across software, cloud, and/or IT professional services, and technology software categories to co-create and execute innovative sourcing strategies with Category Managers and Business Unit Stakeholders that enable the Firm’stechnology function and Optimize's impact, ESG, and risk goals.

You’ll deliver innovative software sourcing strategies underpinned by core strategic sourcing techniques (e.g., Spend Analysis, Clean Sheeting, Total Cost of Ownership determination, Cost Breakdown Analysis, and Risk Management). Considers and recommends optimum sourcing approach based on context and desired value outcome(e.g., comprehensive RFP, RFQ, direct negotiation)

You’ll drive the delivery of innovative and syndicated negotiation strategies for sourcing events and leverage outstanding negotiation skills that deliver optimum outcomes.

Prepare and syndicate thoughtful and robust Business Award Recommendations that deliver consensus of approval across stakeholders. You’ll partner with colleagues tocreate and follow Standard Operating Procedures that deliver consistent and auditablesourcing experiences.

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 receivea 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 clearand sustainable governance model for the sourcing practice.

• - 7+ years of experience with procurement and negotiation of technology-related sourcing categories, including hardware, telecommunications, and AI solutions, with a focus on supporting Partners and Senior Partners is required.
• - Strong presentation and communication skills, including the ability to effectively engage with senior leadership needed.
• - Demonstrated experience managing end-to-end sourcing events, including supplier engagement, negotiations, and contract execution.
• - Experience managing contracts in excess of $1M strongly preferred.
• - Deep expertise in Sourcing Steps and Processes (examples:
  Conducting Spend Analysis, Clean Sheet, Total Cost of Ownership and Cost Breakdown Analysis,Sourcing Strategy Development, Product/ Services Requirements and features Mapping, RFP Excellence, Business Case development, and outstanding ability to Negotiate); knowledge of technology solutions that digitize and automate Sourcing Processes is highly valued
• - Procurement transformation experience is highly valued
• - Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint. Workday Sourcing, Coupa, Ariba nice to have but not required.

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