Sourcing Manager - Category IT
Location: Lodz (hybrid work - from Lodz and the surrounding area, Poland - remote)
Requirements:
- English language min C1
- Minimum 6-8 years of overall relevant experience in Sourcing & Procurement
- Experienced in tactical and strategic sourcing of IT goods and services for portfolio of IT Infrastructure, User, Telecoms, Applications, Software, supporting the Global IT Procurement Team is highly regarded
- Strong procurement expertise and commercial acumen to drive sourcing and demand management strategies across a broad array of category services
- Ability and proven experience in drafting sourcing planning, business case creation, sourcing execution including TCO approach
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- Prior experience in Project Management
- Hands on working experience in different ERP environments
- Negotiation skills
- Category management experience (as advantage)
Responsibilities:
- Develop and align own work plan, objectives, priorities, and processes within the context of the overall IT supply management and stakeholder community priorities and strategies
- Support global and regional strategic sourcing activities within the IT spend responsibility
- Identify, initiate and sustain direct interactions with appropriate internal stakeholders/functional/operating teams within the business to drive "buying" behaviour change required to meet business project objectives and implement the approved sourcing strategies
- Develop and follow supply market knowledge and insight (e.g., suppliers, price trends, cost drivers, acquisitions & disposals)
- Support the development of appropriate sourcing strategies for the spend within the area of responsibility
- Ensure that supply agreements, commercial terms & conditions, specification information, and pricing information, including changes, are communicated accurately and timely to appropriate operational teams/individuals
- Develop a deep understanding of and rigorously apply the UL strategic sourcing process and tools, including fully operational and actively using e-Sourcing tools, e.g., e-RFIs, e-RFPs, cost modelling, and others
- Partnering and managing the Suppliers