Strategic Sourcing Supplier Relationship Executive – Information Technology - Virtual

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The Global Spend Management (GSM) Director acts as the point of contact between the company and suppliers. In this role, the GSM Director leads supplier governance, ensures all documentation is accurate and pro-actively prepare to renew / re-source agreements.

The Role

Operations and Governance

• Identifies opportunities for optimization and operationalizes processes that increase efficiency reduce costs and creates capacity to support new and existing IT Supplier contracts
• Consults and collaborates with CIO, the Global Technology Leadership team, Third-Party Security, Finance and Legal on execution of technology roadmap.
• Represents Global Supplier Management in IT Leadership meetings
• Monitors and measures Supplier performance against industry targets and benchmarks, including Supplier cost savings and Supplier consolidation and Supplier Management SLAs

Business Strategy

• Consults with aligned IT business leaders on Supplier risk mitigation strategies
• Maximizes Supplier revenue opportunities in partnership with the IT Leadership Team
• Acts as the contractual point of contact between Suppliers and the business while identifying potential opportunities for negotiations and for favorability within contracts and with Value Added Resellers (VARs) including discounts, incentives and rebates
• Accountable for contracting and ongoing management of the performance/delivery of the products and services provided by assigned Suppliers
• Works closely with IT business leaders and Finance, leading teams to the development of short- and long-term sourcing strategies that support Strada IT goals and objectives
• Drives the execution of procurement policies and contracts to meet the needs of all internal stakeholders/workstreams and the delivery to clients, while eliminating or minimizing risks to Strada
• Manages the supplier governance process, based on supplier tiering approach; drives overall value and strengthens the ROI

Key Responsibilities:

For assigned suppliers:

• Act as the contractual point of contact between the company and suppliers, including executive and account leadership where required; manage the overall supplier relationship, including the goals and objectives of the business
• Lead supplier governance routines, as defined by Global Supplier Management policies and supplier tiering
• Ensure all documentation is accurate and maintained within the assigned data tools
• For renewal or new business needs:
• Pro-actively prepare to renew / re-source agreements with expiring term dates
• Construct financial and qualitative models to provide fact-based assessments of suppliers’ abilities to meet / exceed Strada’s needs at competitive price points
• Lead Internal teams through the strategic sourcing process transactions ​Lead in sourcing selection, following Strada’s processes and controls​Draft and negotiate contracts, in partnership with Legal, Finance and Business partners
• Work with Strada business leaders to understand requirements and business outcomes to effectively negotiate deals that meet those needs
• Lead governance process for tier A and B suppliers
• Complete assigned special projects, meeting schedule and quality requirements.

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelors deg