Technology Strategic Sourcing Consultant

Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters - bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

It is an excited time at Chain IQ and our team in Jersey City are looking for a Sourcing Professional in Technology Services.

Chain IQ generate value far beyond cost reduction. We transform our client’s indirect procurement towards a world-class, resilient, ethical, and digitalized end-to-end function. We promote a culture of collaboration and shared excellence while encouraging an open and honest exchange of ideas. We offer the potential for significant corporate growth and career development.

Our ambition is to strengthen the existing highly experienced team to provide the best in industry support to our growing client base.

Deliver high-impact, value-added sourcing services to our clients in a structured, professional, and consistent manner. You’ll be a strategic advisor, a market expert, and a trusted partner, ensuring client satisfaction and long-term success.

Sourcing Planning

• Perform spend and contract analysis to identify sourcing and cost reduction opportunities.
• Ability to formulate category specific cost / license / service models such as appropriate for business needs.
• Working with clients and colleagues, define and implement IT strategies and sourcing area plans for business strategies.

Management of Sourcing Initiatives

• Lead and execute IT (HW, SW, SaaS, network) sourcing projects from end-to-end inline with agreed timelines and service quality.
• Deliver allocated savings target as assigned to categories and locations though the effective management of sourcing initiatives, with proper tracking and reporting of savings achievements.
• Adhere to existing sourcing processes and support the development of sourcing policies and processes as needed by the client.
• Ensure a high level of ethics in supplier and/or client engagements.
• Ability to support non-IT categories as needed.

Relationship Management

• Proactively foster effective collaboration and ensure strong communication with key client stakeholders and colleagues to deliver defined business goals.
• Develop key client stakeholder matrix per category/location, maintaining regular engagement and driving high levels of client engagement and satisfaction.
• Ensure appropriate supplier relationship management for assigned suppliers.
• Act as key contact person between the CPO office and IT stakeholders with expertise on sub-categories (HW, SW, SaaS, network, telecom, co-lo) and sourcing initiatives.

• Ability to work independently and be a team-player as part of a cross functional team.
• Strong sourcing and contracting experience with knowledge of procurement in the following sub-categories: hardware, IT Services, cloud and datacenter services, SaaS and license contracting.
• Deep understanding of license models and service models, IT – applications and infrastructure
• Ability to negotiate and maintain relationships with third-party IT vendors and service providers who can provide the licenses/services.
• Highly competent in negotiations and contract knowledge with a strong ability to converse and negotiate with suppliers and clients.
• Experienced in conducting tenders (request for information/proposal/quotation/eAuction).
• Cross-category sourcing experience will be advantageous.

• Bachelor's Degree (Supply Chain concentration and/or MBA would be a plus).
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in IT sourcing roles in one or more of the following categories:
  Software licensing/maintenance, Software as a Service (SaaS), other hosted platforms/services, telecom/networks, datacenter, hardware, desktop, and related IT outsourcing and managed IT services.
• Demonstrated sourcing and negotiation experience with major IT suppliers.
• Ability to perform contract drafting and negotiations with limited additional legal support for master SW license maintenance agreements, supply/task orders/SOWs; amendments; service level agreements; etc.
• Ability to structure contracts with multiple concurrent schedules, annexes, supply orders, and attachments.
• Demonstrated experience in identifying savings and cost reduction opportunities in IT contract negotiations and developing and leading negotiating strategies to achieve those savings.
• Ability to manage engagement risk through identification and assessment of relevant hypothetical issues that could impact each engagement and documenting such scenarios and relevant risk sharing in the contract.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to effectively communicate with and influence senior…