Job Description

Our client is located in Northwest Houston and looking to add an IT Strategic Sourcing Specialist to their team on a CONTRACT TO HIRE basis. This is s 6 month contract and then will go permanent.

The IT Strategic Sourcing Specialist will oversee all aspects of IT contract management with exceptional expertise in IT RFx processes, IT ARB procedures, advanced IT product knowledge, and sophisticated IT contractual language to mitigate risk. This position also requires close collaboration with the IT Enterprise Architecture team to effectively manage and design the IT portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Execute the best options for solutions, which may include acquisition of IT products, outsourcing or insourcing, or other alternatives such as joint ventures, brokering vendor partnerships or potential IT acquisitions.
• Manage IT assets and communication with IT vendors related to company mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures.
• Draft, redline,and negotiate favorable terms and conditions in IT-related agreements for Professional Services, software licenses, SaaS/XaaS, data licensing, hardware, telecom, SOWs, Order Forms, etc. with selected contractors and vendors.
• Maintain an inventory of vendor spend by category (software, hardware, telecom, staff augmentation, services, etc.).
• Manage the workflow required to capture and analyze relevant data and information with the ITSM tool.
• Lead the evaluation of optimal sourcing and pricing options (RFx), taking into consideration outsourcing/cloud, hybrid, and insourcing models.
• Evaluate IT suppliers for commercial and contractual performance in all stages of the contract life cycle, and report the statistics to ITLT on a quarterly basis.
• Document any non-compliance or contractual breach for IT Suppliers, assist with identifying the pieces in the SOW that are out of compliance or were not delivered for legal action.

Required :

• Experience executing data-informed IT sourcing strategies.
• Comfortable in addressing strategic vendor relationships and developing strategies that look to reduce overall cost or risk.
• Understanding of IT asset management.
• Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions.
• Prepares and solicits bids.
• Issue and review requests for quotations/information.
• Negotiates for the purchase of goods, supplies, equipment and services.
• Prepares purchase orders and sends copies to suppliers and to the originating department of the request.

Job Tags

Similar Jobs