Senior Manager, Sourcing and Procurement – IT Infrastructure

Overview

LogicSource Overview:

LogicSource is an innovative leader in sourcing and procurement services, we help companies increase profits through better buying.  LogicSource® is owned and operated by an experienced group of global business veterans who came together under the common goal to radically change the way sourcing and procurement works.  We’ve reinvented sourcing and procurement with an execution-based, fully transparent business model that ensures clients don’t spend a dime until they see results.

Our people gain exposure to projects and clients spanning a broad set of categories across multiple industries. Opportunities for getting involved, whether working across functions or learning a new category abound.

Our business model reflects our culture – radically different and rife with opportunity to make a difference. Our professionals enjoy the intellectual stimulation, challenge and satisfaction that only a sophisticated organization, coupled with relevant and meaningful business challenges to solve, can afford.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

We have an immediate opening for a full-time Senior Manager, Sourcing and Procurement – IT Infrastructure to support our retailer located in Columbus, OH. As a key member of our Client Services team, you will be responsible for leading and managing varying engagements within our client’s Information Technology Spend, in areas such as: IT Services, Software, Hardware, Telecom & Data Centers. This role will support $145MM in spend alongside the Senior Category Director, Sourcing and Procurement – Information Technology and Martech.  

Responsibilities:

• Aggressively develop cost savings and strategic sourcing projects while ensuring business continuity and high level of supplier performance.
• Manage spend, supplier, and market data from client and LogicSource resources to effectively analyze both savings opportunity and value chain impacts.
• Lead all levels of supplier market RFI / RFP activities, including execution, readouts, and business case implications.
• Develops a high-performing, cross-functional working relationship with client IT organization and business units to assist in sourcing strategies, vendor negotiations, problem resolution and overall vendor performance management.
• Meet with potential participants, both incumbents and non-incumbents, answer RFP related questions from vendors, analyze RFP results and support final vendor(s) awards.
• Drive annual productivity improvements in each category of spend by developing and ensuring implementation of ideas to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) for spend categories.
• Support development of new policies and procedures to drive savings and lead organizational and operational change management within managed categories of spend.
• Partner with LogicSource’s Center of Excellence (COE) to assess market conditions, understand spend leverage opportunities, benchmarking data, RFP builds, and related activities.
• Support as well as lead sourcing events, including vendor sourcing, vendor, and contract negotiations.
• Onboard new suppliers.
• Lead research and analytics efforts to both validate savings projections and enable more precise supplier negotiations.
• Review major contracts for key areas of spend and act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) resource for planning and leading complex negotiations or re-supply modeling. Create procurement playbook as it relates to cyclical spending.
• Consistently monitor and evaluate savings against targets by category, sub-category, and supplier.
• Support necessary negotiations. Apply both experience and the application of LogicSource’s sourcing methodology, ensuring all transactions comply with client policies and procedures.
• Source suppliers and build a best-in-class supply chain; cultivate and manage relationships with disparate suppliers. Fully utilize all strategic levers within sourcing process and find new paths to value.

• Build supplier management and continuous improvement methodologies with key suppliers.
• Work cross functionally to deliver sourcing and procurement cost savings, risk mitigation projects, and supplier enabled innovation.
• Aggressive focus on achieving overall category cost savings.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in Information Technology procurement, vendor management, and strategic sourcing with deep expertise, including but not limited to: IT Services, Software, SaaS, Telecom, Hardware & Point of Sale systems.

• Experience managing category spend over $50MM annually.
• Building and executing category strategies.
• Contract negotiation, contract redlining and contract management.
• Comfortable modeling Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Ability to drive change management and gain consensus from client stakeholders across several business units company wide.
• Experience in driving operational redesign and process improvement initiatives.
• Must possess strong overall knowledge and understanding of business and legal contract terms and broad understanding of the technology industry.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Individual needs to be detail oriented and able to deliver projects independently.
• High levels of supply chain and operational acumen, with demonstrated end-to-end understanding.
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Excel / financial analysis and PowerPoint / presentations.
• Prior implementation and adoption of eProcurement systems is a plus.
• Strong problem solving and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships, communicate effectively and influence.
• Flexible and adaptable in a changing environment.

Travel: This position may require limited travel. 

Other Duties: This Position Description is not an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities, and the employee is expected to perform other duties as necessary and assigned. The duties and responsibilities of this position may be modified at any time to meet changing business needs.