Strategic Sourcing Consultant

Strategic Sourcing Consultant

Immediate need for a talented Strategic Sourcing Consultant with experience in the Banking and Financials Industry. This is a 6+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Plano, TX. Please review the job description below.

• Develop, align, and execute strategic sourcing events, leading the negotiation activities for those events
• Review and assess technology proposals for risk and ensure favorable deal terms, competitive pricing, and alignment to business priorities
• Leverage budgets and consolidate demand to identify areas of opportunity for strategically sourcing technology products and services
• Lead BTS teams to find common ground with our suppliers on issues of pricing and performance, key deal terms to realize savings and business outcomes
• Develop and deliver effective executive level communication to ensure understanding of proposals, scenarios, and contracts
• Establish IT contractual agreements by developing proposals that translate efficiently to those IT contractual agreements (SOWs, license agreements, etc.)
• Coach, develop and mentor other team members with a goal of developing expert level strategic sourcing capabilities across the BTS team
• Ensure all aspects of contract sourcing are completed and intervene in case of problems, delays, or disputes, escalating issues when appropriate
• Enable and govern internal policies, standards, and processes, and templates that drive successful Client IT sourcing events
• Promote and build cross organizational and cross affiliate strategic sourcing processes and practices.

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Management Information Systems or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 8 or more years of demonstrated work experience in IT and this function.
• High-level communication skills to influence and persuade others.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to executive management.
• MBA
• Experience working in the Office of the CIO or similar function.

Our client is a leading Banking and Financials Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.