Director, IT Procurement & Contract Management

This highly visible IT Sourcing Director role offers the opportunity to, in partnership with an experienced group of IT procurement professionals, shape and directly influence S&P's most critical IT investment considerations through the development of robust, supporting category & sourcing strategies. This role involves collaborating with our CTO, CISO, CPO, Controller & their respective leadership teams to identify technical & business requirements, conducting market analyses, managing sourcing events, and negotiating contracts with new and incumbent suppliers to ensure best-in-class qualitative & quantitative outcomes are cross-functionally delivered.

The IT Sourcing Director will also manage supplier relationships, monitor performance, drive continuous improvement, and ensure compliance with organizational policies and procedures.

The ideal candidate will have executive presence, strong analytical skills, deep domain expertise spanning the IT product & managed services marketplace, and the ability to independently deliver significant cost savings while maintaining a balance of quality & innovation within the outcomes delivered.

- Create, refresh, and implement new or existing category strategies for all assigned sub-categories

- Lead high profile negotiations with large enterprise supplier partners, delivering maximum commercial benefit whilst ensuring business needs are met

- Build and maintain relationships with strategic vendors and internal stakeholders.

- Manage senior level stakeholder and appropriately challenge thinking, strategy or decisions by bringing strong commercial knowledge and market insights to bear

- Establish performance based professional service agreements spanning the IT managed service, Cloud, SaaS software, network, compute, data & analytics, and enterprise architecture capability spaces

- Translate business strategies into effective category & sourcing strategies.

- Achieve profit margin improvements through proactive sourcing approaches.

- Manage key supplier relationships and ensure performance, continuous improvement, and contract compliance.

- Develop and maintain tools and procedures for contract management.

- Facilitate resolution of contractual issues to minimize service disruptions.

- Track deliverables and obligations, ensuring compliance with agreements.

- Oversee the contract change process, ensuring all terms are met and risks are managed

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $149,031 to $260,291.25. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is not eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus or sales commission plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here

- Bachelor's degree in the field of Business, Finance, Technology, Mathematics, or Supply Chain Management

- Proven contract and supplier management experience with global, offshore Managed Services Providers

- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and accuracy

- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize in a dynamic work environment

- Outstanding presentation and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with senior management

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

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