JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Our Strategic Sourcing Department is seeking candidates for the following position based in Atlanta, GA. This is a hybrid role with 3 days in the office.
• As a member of Global Sourcing & Procurement you will use your skills to guide stakeholders across the Technology and Digital functions to make strategic and cost-effective software purchasing decisions. You will then negotiate with suppliers to execute those purchases with optimum pricing and contractual terms.
• We are a Fortune 200 multinational industry leader. In this role you will have the opportunity to interact with senior leaders and impact the organization strategically through your management of a spend that reflects our size.
• Gain an understanding of current spend category landscape, identify, and assimilate key areas of opportunity, and begin building trusted advisor stakeholder relationships by effective and timely sourcing project delivery.
• Reporting to the Global Infrastructure Sourcing Lead, the candidate will be joining a team of Procurement professionals, many with over 10 years’ experience in both the software and financial services industries and long service with the firm.
• The expectation is that the Candidate will be a self-starter able to contribute immediately but we have Learning Tools and clear process documentation available. The Candidate will also build a mutually agreeable development plan with their manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain current understanding of the trends in the telecommunication and network services supply market in general and specifically the impacts of trends upon operations. Inclusive of rigorous analysis of market drivers, cost structures, direct/indirect buying options, competitive landscape, and M&A activity
• Formulate strategic sourcing options, model, and analyze each option and recommend sourcing strategies that will secure differential value for each of the product and service categories.
• Lead cross-functional teams in negotiating appropriate agreements with suppliers as well as supporting legal in finalizing and executing contracts (including defining and executing appropriate sourcing tactics in negotiating agreements with respective suppliers)
• Structure requirements and request data from existing and perspective suppliers for evaluation; review proposals; perform cost/value analysis of vendor’s products and services; and develop materials to communicate comparative results to cross-functional sourcing team.
• Maintain strong, trusting, consultative relationships with technology, legal, financial and operations teams specifically and the executive leadership team in general.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in sourcing telecommunications, network services, equipment, and related software, ideally in a matrixed, multi-national environment
• Advanced/Expert knowledge of telecom sourcing and contract negotiation
• Advanced/Expert knowledge telecom market competition, consumer trends, industry trends and technology innovation
• Direct experience working with global telecom vendors such as AT&T, Verizon, GTT, Orange, Cisco/Arista, Vodafone etc.
• Strong negotiator and communicator.
• Good working ability with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Additional IT sourcing category experience such as enterprise software/SaaS and professional services.
• Experience of using electronic procurement tools eg. Ariba, Oracle and/or Workday (Scout RFP) would be a plus.