Procurement Sourcing IT - Senior Consultant

 

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

 

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.

 

Join our Team

 

It is an exciting time at Chain IQ and our team in Jersey City are looking for a Senior Sourcing Consultant 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.

 

Role Purpose

 

The primary purpose is to deliver value-add sourcing services to clients in a structured, professional and consistent manner.

 

We are seeking a dynamic, client-focused individual to join our US IT Sourcing team. The candidate must have experience in the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle for IT engagements, with a particular concentration in the Software Sourcing Category, as described herein. 

 

Responsibilities

 

We are currently seeking a Senior Consultant to join the Technology Services team. The Senior Sourcing Consultant needs to be a dynamic, highly client-focused individual with proven experience within Technology Services.

The individual will have experience in working with the main suppliers in the Americas and globally of Technology Services.

 

Main responsibilities will include:

 

• Directly manage IT Sourcing engagements of varying spend, risk, and complexity levels on the IT Sourcing (Americas) Team, managing engagements in one or more of the following categories: Software Licensing/Maintenance, Software as a Service, Hosted Platforms/Services, Market Data software and hosted platforms, Telecom/Networks, Data Center, Hardware, Desktop, and related IT Outsourcing and Managed Services 
• Communicate regularly with key business stakeholders to understand strategic direction, business requirements, objectives, and priorities across assigned categories; 
• Understand business requirements of each deal, and shape deals and contracts to meet those requirements; 
• Assess savings opportunities on all engagements, and work with clients to achieve optimal cost reductions/savings as appropriate; 
• Develop and maintain key IT Supplier relationships in the above named IT Sourcing categories, and stay current on their products, services, and competitors; 
• Manage competitive bids and RFXs for IT engagements using automated tools, and lead the evaluation and selection process across a cross-functional team of stakeholders; 
• Draft contracts based on clients’ standard templates, and customize deal-specific commercial terms/conditions as needed; 
• Follow required processes and procedures related to supplier engagement, contract negotiation and contract execution to ensure compliance with clients’ legal, regulatory, business, and regional policies. 
• Provide detailed project status (and associated Savings) reporting on all active and completed Sourcing deals, using required Chain IQ and client tools/platforms; 
• Partner with global Chain IQ colleagues to ensure cross-functional coordination of engagements, supplier management, process implementation, and best practices. 

 

Requirements

 

• Bachelors Degree (Supply Chain concentration and/or MBA would be a plus). 
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in IT Sourcing roles in one or more of the following categories: Software Licensing/Maintenance, Software as a Service, other Hosted Platforms/Services, Market Data platforms, Telecom/Networks, Data Center, Hardware, Desktop, and related IT Outsourcing and Managed IT Services; 
• Demonstrated sourcing and