Sourcing Specialist

Robert Half is currently working with a client hiring a Sourcing Specialist. Within this position, you will work closely with Leads, low/medium complexity negotiation, and higher complexity deals with support from the manager as part of the IT Sourcing team The ideal candidate will also work closely with the Procurement Services which includes sourcing procurement and supplier management.

Daily responsibilities include:

• Create detailed negotiation strategies including points of leverage identification of all deal variables and development of appropriate counter offers.
• Advise internal customers on the negotiation plan and gain alignment on strategy timing and process steps.
• Encourage and lead competitive bidding events RFP to expose market pricing and maximize leverage.
• Negotiate all commercial terms according to team best practices while using templates for contracts.
• Review supplier contract redlines provide responsive edits and negotiate all contract terms to completion for governing agreements amendments amended/restated agreements SOWs and order forms.
• Negotiate/draft in real-time via video calls with suppliers.
• Act as a category subject matter expert to the organization across multiple functions divisions and geographic locations.
• Engage with internal customers and suppliers to support the resolution of medium complexity disputes license audits and other matters requiring a balance of assertiveness tact business acumen and diplomacy.
• Achieve annual savings targets and other performance metrics as assigned.
• Partner with internal matrix partners such as financial information security risk legal insurance etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree
• Minimum 1 year of IT sourcing negotiations experience.
• Ability to simultaneously lead multiple initiatives while consistently meeting timelines and milestones.
• Knowledge of business principles such as demand management project management commercial contracting technology licensing intellectual property ownership and GAAP accounting.
• Ability to accurately interpret complex contract language and summarize historical contracts.
• Ability to draft custom contract language while still conforming to best practices and commercial guidelines.
• Microsoft Word: You need to be very familiar with track changes document security keeping long/complex documents organized and clean
• Microsoft Excel: You need to be able to summarize and analyze supplier proposals provide customers with an understanding of the contract/expense view of each deal create models of complex licensing to validate supplier proposals and demonstrate a factual basis for savings
• Microsoft PowerPoint: You need to be able to create visually clean and professional slides for review by customers stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Experience using an intake/workflow application for tracking your active deals using Salesforce.
• Experience using an ERP application for research using Oracle Fusion
• Experience leading cross-functional collaborative teams in Customer Sourcing, Matrix Partners, and Project Management
• Experience working in a Fortune 500 company
• Experience working in a company that hosts sensitive customer information PHI

Salary : $28 - $32