What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Strategic Sourcing & Purchasing Consultant position at Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company?
IT Strategic Sourcing & Purchasing Consultant
Candidate Requirements The IT Strategic Sourcing & Purchasing Consultant will provide procurement support across the organization, with primary responsibility for IT-related sourcing, supplier management, contract negotiations, and renewal optimization. In addition to supporting technology procurement activities, this role will assist with sourcing and purchasing initiatives across other spend categories as business needs require. This consultant will partner closely with IT, Purchasing, Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders to drive value through strategic sourcing, effective supplier management, and efficient procurement operations. The role will also be responsible for performing day-to-day purchasing functions, including requisition processing, purchase order management, contract amendments, and procurement administration. The ideal candidate is a hands-on procurement professional with strong negotiation skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to build productive stakeholder relationships while achieving cost savings and process improvements. Key Responsibilities Strategic Sourcing • Serve as a procurement partner for IT-related spend categories, including software, SaaS, hardware, cloud services, telecommunications, and professional services. • Support sourcing activities across additional indirect and direct spend categories as needed. • Lead and support RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and competitive bidding events. • Negotiate pricing, contract terms, statements of work, and renewals to achieve optimal commercial outcomes. • Identify opportunities to consolidate suppliers, contracts, and renewals across the organization to leverage purchasing volume and improve pricing. • Conduct spend analysis, market research, and supplier benchmarking to support sourcing decisions. • Partner with stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies that balance cost, quality, service, and business requirements. • Support supplier performance management and relationship development. Purchasing Operations • Create, review, and process purchase requisitions and purchase orders in accordance with company policies and procedures. • Manage purchase order revisions, change orders, amendments, and closeout activities. • Facilitate contract renewals and amendments while ensuring compliance with procurement requirements. • Maintain accurate procurement records, pricing information, contracts, and supplier documentation. • Coordinate with Accounts Payable, Legal, Finance, and suppliers to resolve purchasing, invoicing, and contract-related issues. • Monitor open purchase orders and ensure timely follow-up and completion. • Support procurement reporting, spend analysis, savings tracking, and supplier metrics. Page 2 of 3 Required Skills & Qualifications • 5 years of procurement, purchasing, and strategic sourcing experience, with a strong preference for technology-related products and services, including software, SaaS, hardware, cloud services, and professional services. • Demonstrated negotiation and supplier management expertise, with a proven ability to secure favorable pricing, contract terms, and measurable cost savings. • Experience reviewing, negotiating, and managing contracts, renewals, amendments, and supplier agreements, while identifying opportunities for spend consolidation, supplier rationalization, and procurement optimization. • Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to effectively partner with IT and business stakeholders while balancing operational needs, risk, and cost objectives. • Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and organized, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, sourcing initiatives, and procurement transactions simultaneously. • Proficiency with ERP and procurement systems, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office applications, including experience supporting purchasing operations such as requisitions, purchase orders, and spend analysis. Preferred Qualifications • Knowledge of software licensing models, SaaS agreements, cloud services, and IT supplier ecosystems. • Experience supporting procurement transformation or centralization initiatives. • Familiarity with supplier relationship management and procurement best practices.
Estimated Min Rate: $35.00
Estimated Max Rate: $50.00
What’s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:
Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Visit https://www.yoh.com/applicants-with-disabilities to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.
For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
By applying and submitting your resume, you authorize Yoh to review and reformat your resume to meet Yoh’s hiring clients’ preferences. To learn more about Yoh’s privacy practices, please see our Candidate Privacy Notice: https://www.yoh.com/privacy-notice
Stay Safe During Your Job Search
Fraudulent recruiting communications have become increasingly common. Emails from Yoh recruiters will only come from an @yoh.com email address. Yoh will never ask candidates to pay fees, purchase equipment, send gift cards, or transfer funds as part of the recruiting or hiring process. If you receive a communication that appears suspicious or requests payment, contact Yoh directly before responding or sharing personal information.
Candidate Requirements The IT Strategic Sourcing & Purchasing Consultant will provide procurement support across the organization, with primary responsibility for IT-related sourcing, supplier management, contract negotiations, and renewal optimization. In addition to supporting technology procurement activities, this role will assist with sourcing and purchasing initiatives across other spend categories as business needs require. This consultant will partner closely with IT, Purchasing, Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders to drive value through strategic sourcing, effective supplier management, and efficient procurement operations. The role will also be responsible for performing day-to-day purchasing functions, including requisition processing, purchase order management, contract amendments, and procurement administration. The ideal candidate is a hands-on procurement professional with strong negotiation skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to build productive stakeholder relationships while achieving cost savings and process improvements. Key Responsibilities Strategic Sourcing • Serve as a procurement partner for IT-related spend categories, including software, SaaS, hardware, cloud services, telecommunications, and professional services. • Support sourcing activities across additional indirect and direct spend categories as needed. • Lead and support RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and competitive bidding events. • Negotiate pricing, contract terms, statements of work, and renewals to achieve optimal commercial outcomes. • Identify opportunities to consolidate suppliers, contracts, and renewals across the organization to leverage purchasing volume and improve pricing. • Conduct spend analysis, market research, and supplier benchmarking to support sourcing decisions. • Partner with stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies that balance cost, quality, service, and business requirements. • Support supplier performance management and relationship development. Purchasing Operations • Create, review, and process purchase requisitions and purchase orders in accordance with company policies and procedures. • Manage purchase order revisions, change orders, amendments, and closeout activities. • Facilitate contract renewals and amendments while ensuring compliance with procurement requirements. • Maintain accurate procurement records, pricing information, contracts, and supplier documentation. • Coordinate with Accounts Payable, Legal, Finance, and suppliers to resolve purchasing, invoicing, and contract-related issues. • Monitor open purchase orders and ensure timely follow-up and completion. • Support procurement reporting, spend analysis, savings tracking, and supplier metrics. Page 2 of 3 Required Skills & Qualifications • 5 years of procurement, purchasing, and strategic sourcing experience, with a strong preference for technology-related products and services, including software, SaaS, hardware, cloud services, and professional services. • Demonstrated negotiation and supplier management expertise, with a proven ability to secure favorable pricing, contract terms, and measurable cost savings. • Experience reviewing, negotiating, and managing contracts, renewals, amendments, and supplier agreements, while identifying opportunities for spend consolidation, supplier rationalization, and procurement optimization. • Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to effectively partner with IT and business stakeholders while balancing operational needs, risk, and cost objectives. • Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and organized, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, sourcing initiatives, and procurement transactions simultaneously. • Proficiency with ERP and procurement systems, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office applications, including experience supporting purchasing operations such as requisitions, purchase orders, and spend analysis. Preferred Qualifications • Knowledge of software licensing models, SaaS agreements, cloud services, and IT supplier ecosystems. • Experience supporting procurement transformation or centralization initiatives. • Familiarity with supplier relationship management and procurement best practices.
Estimated Min Rate: $35.00
Estimated Max Rate: $50.00
What’s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:
- Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20 hours per week)
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20 hours per week)
- Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20 hours per week)
- MetLife Voluntary Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
- Referral Bonus Programs
- Certification and training opportunities
Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Visit https://www.yoh.com/applicants-with-disabilities to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.
For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
By applying and submitting your resume, you authorize Yoh to review and reformat your resume to meet Yoh’s hiring clients’ preferences. To learn more about Yoh’s privacy practices, please see our Candidate Privacy Notice: https://www.yoh.com/privacy-notice
Stay Safe During Your Job Search
Fraudulent recruiting communications have become increasingly common. Emails from Yoh recruiters will only come from an @yoh.com email address. Yoh will never ask candidates to pay fees, purchase equipment, send gift cards, or transfer funds as part of the recruiting or hiring process. If you receive a communication that appears suspicious or requests payment, contact Yoh directly before responding or sharing personal information.
Salary : $35 - $50