Senior Manager, Sourcing

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The candidate will be responsible to drive development and implementation of the vision and strategy for area of category assignment and to provide flexible, responsive, and innovative sourcing support to the business area.

The candidate will be responsible for partnering globally and act as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership and functional leadership to drive strategic sourcing and supply management.

Category Knowledge: Extensive knowledge in Data Center Operations, Facilities, IT Enterprise/SaaS, Hardware, Security, Telecom, Infrastructure, Network, Value Added Resellers / Broad Line Resellers, and Real Estate. A preferred candidate will be experienced in several of the sub-categories.

Strategic Sourcing: Proven expertise with the various sourcing tools and analytical methods commonly practiced and used within a best-in-class and/or world-class Procurement organization.

Skills and Knowledge: Extensive

As Procurement influence is still growing within NTT Data Global Data Center, the role will need to work closely with the functional business unit heads to create value added category strategies and hold strong sourcing events. The candidate will need to have very strong interpersonal, communications and problem-solving skills as they will interact with very senior and high profiled leaders across NTT Data Global Data Center. They should display a passion for strategic sourcing, supply management and operational procurement.

What you'll be doing

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Global Category Management & Delivery

• Personally develops, leads, and manages larger sub-categories.

• Develops an end-to-end global category strategy, mapping out the current landscape and defining an improvement plan for the near, mid and long-term to stimulate interest from and engagement with stakeholders.

• Activities such as: market research, demand management, specification development, spend analytics, category strategy development, business case development, negotiation, E-Procurement & E-auctions, Vendor relationship management, and stakeholder engagement.

• Utilize established tools/systems & adherence to policies (Oracle/SAP/PowerBI/e-Maintenance).

• Feed success stories into overall Procurement communications.

Client/Internal Stakeholder Relations

• Demonstrating value delivery to a target audience of Global VP/Sr. Dir / Dir level stakeholders to reinforce stakeholder buy-in.

• Ability to explain Procurement practices, benefits to the organization, the value of Vendor Relationship Management participation in post contract management.

• Demonstrate NTT Data Global Data Center values in all relationships (including Vendors).

• As the Procurement Leadership Team is responsible for business-wide engagement, this role is equally responsible for the credibility and reputation of Procurement as a value-adding team. “Selling” Procurement is a key part of this role.  Specifically, where the business is not engaged, or late, finds ways of improving engagement and develops a plan of action.

• Ensure Procurement is a commercial asset and not just a compliance function.

• Champion and enact pan-business sourcing to leverage NTT Data Global Data Center’s buying power.

• Co-develop and execute sourcing strategies with the business, expertly advising and guiding the process to the best-fit approach, tactics and tools (e.g. outcome-based specifications, RFP/RFI/RFQ builds,  KPI/SLA development).

Processes, Metrics & Execution

• Track progress against objectives; refine and develop audience-specific updates.

• Use market research to ensure that NTT Data Global Data Center stays abreast of latest market cost/value/innovation developments per Category.

• Work in collaboration with Internal Audit/Risk and other functions to ensure compliance to policies and audit remediation.

• Responsible for the negotiation and contract management process, including facilitating extended team members involvement (e.g. Legal, Quality, Tax, Security, and Data Privacy).

• Responsible to the stakeholder for the timely procurement of contract services required for company operations.

• Create, prioritize, and