Job Details
We are seeking an experienced IT Sourcing & Contracts Specialist to join us within the IT PMO pillar in Arlington, VA. The experienced SOURCING & IT CONTRACTS SPECIALIST establishes sourcing goals and acceptable service levels. This person is responsible for negotiating and administering contracts and analyzing price proposals to enhance price, quality, timing, and reliability for sourcing of third-party IT goods and services for LNG Operations
Responsibilities:
- Sets negotiation terms for the procurement of IT goods, services, and supplies.
- Establish sourcing goals and acceptable service levels.
- Leads the negotiation of terms and conditions with limited Legal support.
- Utilizes sourcing best practices to lead initiative and project teams efficiently and effectively.
- Assist stakeholders in scope of work development
- Negotiates and administers contracts with IT suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.
- Analyzes price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
- Evaluates vendors' capability, quality, reliability, and price competitiveness.
- Identifies and conducts research on suppliers to ensure that the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply are met.
- Effectively communicates with and maintains relationships with internal stakeholders, challenging stakeholders when inefficiencies, process deviations, and strategy deviations are identified and working together to drive optimal business results
- Monitors supplier performance and contract activity, using data and supplier collaboration to find areas for improved cost savings and best-in-class supplier performance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor s Degree from a premier institute is a must, MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of supply chain management experience in the energy industry; experience in LNG liquefaction facilities highly preferred OR
- An advanced degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years' experience.
- Strong sourcing knowledge within Information Technology function; strong knowledge of on premise, cloud technology etc.
- Ability to work independently and in a global environment with global stakeholders across multiple countries.
- Strategic thinking- ability to think through and independently define priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate commercial terms with suppliers and achieve best-in-class results
- Knowledge and exposure to Indirect categories, cost reduction, sourcing, best practice RFQ s, negotiation process thereby guiding team to drive best outcomes for Carrier.
- Experience with SAP S/4 HANA, Coupa highly preferred
- Should have worked directly in analyzing Total Cost of Ownership of IT applications and services
- Should have experience driving initiatives for indirect categories to enable productivity.
- Ability to think through and independently define priorities for team Periodic engagement with stakeholders to define strategy, align on strategy, adapt strategy based on changing business needs and stakeholders' expectations.
- Strong desire to drive for results Strong sense of accountability for self and others
- Strong program management skills, including change management
- Excellent influencing / negotiation skills and ability to work multi-dimensionally in a complex business environment - ability to influence upward, peer-wide, and downward