Sourcing Manager - Network Services

Job Description As an IT Procurement Manager at our company, you will be responsible for delivering highvalue procurement solutions across Data, Digital & IT categories. Your role will involve driving bestinclass sourcing, supplier management, and value creation initiatives to ensure continuous productivity, cost optimization, and operational excellence in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives across IT domains, including requirements gathering, specification definition, demand management, and execution of sourcing strategies. - Plan, organize, and manage procurement projects by balancing priorities, resources, budgets, risks, and constraints to meet defined objectives and timelines. - Execute the complete Source-to-Contract (S2C) process, including market analysis, strategy development, RFP management, supplier evaluation, and contract negotiation using fact-based, adaptive negotiation approaches. - Identify cost-effective demand management opportunities in collaboration with stakeholders to support IT, business, and Procurement goals. - Ensure strategic alignment between business requirements and procurement strategies, driving consistency, transparency, and compliance. - Analyze and challenge specifications to optimize requirements, improve supplier competitiveness, and maximize value for internal customers. - Build and sustain strong stakeholder relationships, demonstrating an understanding of business priorities, operating models, and cross-functional dependencies. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, processes, and value delivery on a year-on-year basis. **Qualifications Required:** - 510 years of experience in IT Procurement or Technology Sourcing. - Strong project management capabilities with demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives. - Proven stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at multiple organizational levels. - Expertise in vendor management, including performance evaluation, governance, and relationship management. - Experience in root cause analysis, problem-solving, and customer needs assessment. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. In addition to the above, the desired skills for this role include Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Negotiating, Root Cause Analysis And Problem-Solving, and Vendor Management. As an IT Procurement Manager at our company, you will be responsible for delivering highvalue procurement solutions across Data, Digital & IT categories. Your role will involve driving bestinclass sourcing, supplier management, and value creation initiatives to ensure continuous productivity, cost optimization, and operational excellence in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives across IT domains, including requirements gathering, specification definition, demand management, and execution of sourcing strategies. - Plan, organize, and manage procurement projects by balancing priorities, resources, budgets, risks, and constraints to meet defined objectives and timelines. - Execute the complete Source-to-Contract (S2C) process, including market analysis, strategy development, RFP management, supplier evaluation, and contract negotiation using fact-based, adaptive negotiation approaches. - Identify cost-effective demand management opportunities in collaboration with stakeholders to support IT, business, and Procurement goals. - Ensure strategic alignment between business requirements and procurement strategies, driving consistency, transparency, and compliance. - Analyze and challenge specifications to optimize requirements, improve supplier competitiveness, and maximize value for internal customers. - Build and sustain strong stakeholder relationships, demonstrating an understanding of business priorities, operating models, and cross-functional dependencies. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, processes, and value delivery on a year-on-year basis. **Qualifications Required:** - 510 years of experience in IT Procurement or Technology Sourcing. - Strong project management capabilities with demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives. - Proven stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at multiple organizational levels. - Expertise in vendor management, including performance evaluation, governance, and relationship management. - Experience in root cause analysis, problem-solving, and customer needs assessment. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. In addition to the above, the desired skills for this role include Internal And External Customer Needs Analysis & Satisfaction Studies, Negotiating, Root Cause Analysis And Problem-Solving, and Vendor Management.