Looking to hire IT Strategic Global Software Sourcing Leader for a leading global conglomerate.
Position need to be based out of Bangalore
Scope of operation - Global Market
Products sourcing exp - Min 50 - 60% IT software sourcing, not hardware sourcing
Job profile -
This is a strategic role that will continually assess business needs, financials and the technology vendor market to determine the best options and sources of supply
The position will have the following responsibilities, globally:
1. Cooperate with business and technical owners to understand the needs of the organization; collaborate with diff LOB IT organization(s) on the development of IT Sourcing Strategies and deploy it with the associated cross functional teams (IP and IT teams); this position will have a primary focus for IT software;
2. Leads cross-functional teams to develop meaningful requirements to ensure quality responses from suppliers; researches and develops adequate sources of supply. Utilizes supply market knowledge to leverage best strategy to achieve optimal outcome. Lead cross functional supplier selection activities through management of formal RFP, RFQ and RFI processes;
3. Lead sourcing efforts (RFx-related competitive sourcing and/or contract renegotiation/renewal) for IT software spend, while spearheading cross-functional collaboration with Internal IT stakeholder groups to land optimized solutions, taking into full account IT ecosystem and corresponding optimization;
4. Responsible of the negotiation and contract management of large-scale, enterprise-wide software procurement agreements globally, with robust project management expertise to carry strategic sourcing projects from planning to implementation;
5. Understand and optimize her/his software portfolio (analysis and optimization) and own the productivity (savings) target delivery of the relevant portfolio; suggest improvements in internal processes and communications to improve “buy” efficiency across the portfolio under management;
6. Manage full supplier management cycle, from supplier evaluation, referencing, risk to relationship including performance as applicable;
Position location: Bangalore, INDIA
Required experience/skillsets:
1. Large sourcing competencies across the following areas: contractual and commercial negotiation, supplier management, should-cost analysis, purchasing methods & tools, legal aspects, setting trade-off capabilities to influence and drive best service vs cost approach with cross functional teams (challenge needs, profiles, deployment roadmaps, etc.);
2. Subject matter expertise for Software, Maintenance and Services, and other IT products. This knowledge includes but is not limited to, IT consulting, software licensing models, maintenance models, contracts terms & conditions expertise, and associated price mechanism;
3. Minimum 5+ years of relevant IT strategic sourcing experience (supply market assessments, benchmarking, RFx execution, contracting, etc.); strong negotiation skills; 3+ years of relevant sourcing-related project management experience in a global environment
4. Strong communication and networking skills within cross functional and international environment.
5. Self-motivated, results-oriented, dynamic, hard worker, team player and flexible
6. B.tech/BE, MBA/PG preferred
7. Solid communication skills; fluency in English for effective communication (verbal and written)
8. Data driven (comfortable with handling data) and have skills in data, such as data analytics, data visualization and data presentation.
