IT Procurement/Category Manager

• IT Procurement/Category Manager
• Newark, NJ or Chicago, IL or Nashville, TN
• 6 months with possible extension

Responsibilities

• The person has to be able to cope with greenfield technology and ambiguity

• Sourcing team buying all hardware, software and IT services for clients globally.

•  Role will help shape our category strategies

• Technology Procurement with large scale Vendors.

• Creating strategies and sourcing/negotiations plans

• Stakeholder management

• Excel analysis.

• Story telling & presentation

• Self-motivated, self-driven

• Time management

Skills

• Greenfield technology and ambiguity
• Category management
• Creating strategies and sourcing/negotiations plans
• Expertise in Sourcing Strategies and market analysis
• Experience with Ariba, Sievo, Hicx, Microsoft Office 365, Monday.com.
• Working with executives.
• Working with global requirements.
• Working with large scale Technology Procurement Vendors such as SAP, Blue Yonder, AWS, MSFT, Salsify, Salesforce, Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, E&Y
• Professional qualification in procurement or supply chain (e.g. CIPS) or equivalent in experience
• Excel analysis.
• Story telling & presentation
• Stakeholder management
• Self-motivated, self-driven
• Time management