IT Sourcing Manager - Leadstack Inc

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Lead Stack Inc. is an award-winning, one of the nation's fastest-growing, certified minority-owned (MBE) staffing services provider of contingent workforce. As a recognized industry leader in contingent workforce solutions and Certified as a Great Place to Work, we're proud to partner with some of the most admired Fortune 500 brands in the world.

Job Title :Technology Sourcing  Manager
Location : Culver City, CA 90232 Hybrid 
Duration : 3 Months 

• Lead sourcing strategies in various technology products (hardware, software, network, and telecom), services (application development & maintenance and help desk), and cloud solutions categories to reduce TCO and deliver savings.
  • Market Research: Proactively monitor and understand the market and identify opportunities resulting from new product offerings and/or market shifts.
  • Lead RFP, RFQ, and RFI: Support business stakeholders in supplier selection and bid evaluation processes, including collecting requirements, managing bidder communications, and analyzing bid responses. Develop and manage Requests for Proposals, Quotes, and Information.

• • Baseline Spend and Report Savings: Quantify the baseline value of goods and services being sourced, the value of negotiations, and the final change in the total cost of ownership.
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• Manage relationships with internal SPE stakeholders and coordinate sourcing strategies, opportunities, and requirements with other Sony entities.
• Manage external supplier relationships and agreements.
• Leverage industry associations, peers, and stakeholders to identify and implement category best practices.

• Experience: 
  • Candidate must have a minimum of 4-6 years of corporate procurement/purchasing/sourcing or similar experience. 
  • Candidate must have experience in negotiating both domestic and international IT agreements.
  • Track record of delivering significant and measurable savings in a large, complex, and fast-moving organization.
  • Experience in Media and Entertainment, or Technology-based Industries.
  • Experience with Ariba and SAP preferred.
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  • Skills : 
  • Candidate must have strong category management knowledge, including but not limited to opportunity identification, spend analytics, sourcing strategy, project management, RFx processes, contract negotiation, supplier benchmarking, contract compliance, and procure-to-pay processes.
  • Familiarity with various Technology concepts such as cloud computing, licensing models, hardware asset management required.
  • The candidate must be a self-starter who can work independently and proactively identify potential areas for sourcing.
  • The candidate must have demonstrated:
    • high personal integrity and ethics
    • strong interpersonal and communication skills
    • ability to interact with senior leaders and demonstrate a professional presence
    • ability to effectively interface with senior-level client relationships
  • ability to negotiate strong pricing, business and legal terms and draft them into contracts with minimal legal support.
  • ability to logically manage issues and conflicts with suppliers
  • ability to influence others and to act as a change agent within their department and company
  • ability to learn and quickly develop subject matter expertise

To know more about current opportunities at LeadStack, please visit us at https://leadstackinc.com/careers/
Should you have any questions, feel free to call me 415-873-3646 on or send an email on Kshitiz.kumar@leadstackinc.com