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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in developing and executing sourcing strategies for IT software, hardware, and services, while managing the full lifecycle of IT agreements and optimizing supplier performance. Proven ability to negotiate complex commercial agreements and influence stakeholders to achieve procurement objectives.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Strategic SourcingContract ManagementSupplier ManagementNegotiation SkillsProject Management
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
ProcurementRFX Process ManagementCost Savings IdentificationSupplier Performance ManagementSoftware LicensingMSA ManagementSOW ManagementData AnalysisProcess ImprovementCompliance Management
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsRelationship BuildingInfluencing Skills
Tools & Technologies
SAPSAP Business NetworkAribaReporting ToolsProcurement Dashboards
Industry Keywords
IT ProcurementSupplier EvaluationContract NegotiationCost AvoidanceEthical Business PracticesIntellectual PropertyData PrivacyTechnology Services
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for IT software, hardware, and services
- Optimize supplier performance, cost, quality, and risk
- Lead end-to-end RFX activities, including supplier evaluation, selection, and contract award recommendations
- Manage the full lifecycle of IT agreements, including software licensing, hardware purchases, MSAs, SOWs, renewals, and contract negotiations
- Build partnerships with business stakeholders, Legal, Finance, and suppliers
- Ensure timely delivery of procurement objectives and business outcomes
- Identify and deliver cost savings, cost avoidance, and process improvement opportunities
- Support procurement governance, compliance, and supplier performance management
- Perform additional duties or assignments designated by management
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Information Technology, or another analytical discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
- Minimum of 5 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, contract management, or supplier management experience focused on IT software, hardware, and/or professional services
- Demonstrated experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and managing supplier relationships from the customer perspective
- Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders, drive accountability, and achieve results without direct authority
- Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to engage effectively with senior leadership
- High level of integrity and commitment to ethical business practices
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage competing deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
- Lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations
- Position is not eligible for visa sponsorship by the Company
- Preferred: Experience managing the full RFX process
- Preferred: Working knowledge of SAP, SAP Business Network (Ariba), or similar procurement technologies
- Preferred: Experience negotiating and managing SaaS agreements, IT service agreements, MSAs, SOWs, and software licensing contracts
- Preferred: Familiarity with contract provisions related to intellectual property, commercial terms, data privacy, and technology services
- Preferred: Experience developing procurement dashboards, reporting tools, or supplier performance metrics
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equal opportunity employment
- Hybrid work arrangement (remote and onsite)