Sr. Strategic Sourcing Analyst - IT PROCUREMENT (REMOTE)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Lead the development and implementation of advanced sourcing and category management strategies through the RFx process.

- Oversee the negotiation and development of contracts with new suppliers and/or renegotiate existing contracts to achieve the lowest total system cost and strategic savings objectives.

- Direct the creation of cost estimates and expenditure forecasts related to the company's procurement activities.

- Assess and refine sourcing procedures, presenting strategic improvement plans to senior management for approval.

- Manage and oversee the request for proposal (RFP) process for assigned categories or sourcing engagements.

- Formulate and execute strategies to enhance the enterprise's cost structure.

- Drive optimization of external spending through proactive involvement in the sourcing life cycle, fostering strong partnerships with business stakeholders.

- Identify and leverage opportunities to aggregate enterprise demand to maximize value.

- Exhibit exceptional business judgment, integrity, financial acumen, and project management skills.

- Analyze supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models, and lead the implementation of supplier agreements by collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to finalize contract terms and conditions.

- Deliver and manage the request for proposal (RFP) process for those categories or sourcing engagements that they manage

- Optimize external spending through early involvement in the sourcing life cycle developed through a strong partnership with business stakeholders

- Demonstrate strong business judgment, integrity, financial acumen and project management skills

- Have knowledge of category management practices, experience in negotiating complex contracts/agreements, vendor management skills and demonstrated expertise within key IT areas, such as SaaS, Telco, Network and other IT services (professional services/labor), and enterprise applications, and/or indirect spend

- Evaluates supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and implements supplier agreements by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach an agreement on contract terms and conditions

- Responsible for analyzing procurement expenditures by sourcing strategic supply partners, developing sourcing policies, and creating cost estimates and forecasts while simultaneously negotiating equitable and cost-effective supply contracts

Minimum Requirements

-Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience or equivalent experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree.

-Experience negotiating with IT suppliers.

-Experience writing and generating RFPs, RFIs and RFQs to suppliers.

-Experience with supply chain management, directly involved with strategic sourcing management.

-Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

-Coupa or other Procurement Business Spend Platform experi...