Technical Strategic Sourcing Manager - GTN Technical Staffing

The Sourcing Principal will lead the development, execution, and management of sourcing strategies and tactical plans for Indirect spend categories (non-merchandise expenses). This role focuses on categories considered strategic, business-critical, or offering significant leverage opportunities. Indirect categories include Information Technology (IT), Marketing, Business Services, Human Resources (HR), and Supply Chain.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic relationships with C Level executives to understand and drive the long term vision for organizational support.
• Secure alignment across the organization for a multi year category plan, supporting both transformational projects while ensuring that run rate spend is proactively addressed. 
• Develop, manage and execute approved projects in the agreed upon timeline
• Demonstrate a key understanding of the Sourcing Process, and evangelizing engagement with Stakeholders to ensure alignment across approach and projects.
• Collaborate with the business to define category needs and specifications.
• Complete the collection, analysis, and reporting of category spend and savings data monthly.
• Conduct the development of sourcing strategies, industry and supplier research, bidding, supplier selection, and contract negotiations.
• Perform value analysis and total cost of ownership analytical activities.
• Coordinate strategic sourcing activities with stakeholders for sourced categories, including preparing category sourcing results and sourcing step details and summaries.
• Provide Stakeholders’department with spend savings analysis across categories for forecasting and budgeting purposes.
• Prepare periodic stakeholder activities alignment and category planning materials.
• Coordinate with Stakeholder and Legal department on contract negotiations
• Report on contracting activity

 Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Masters Degree
• Demonstrated understanding of Sourcing Processes, and Negotiation Tactics
• 8 plus years of relevant strategic sourcing experience
• Prior management experience
• Project management experience
• Procurement and strategic sourcing knowledge, specifically with multiple retail, non-merchandise specific category sourcing expertise
• Understanding of cost savings approaches
• Established strategic sourcing skills, including documentation and communication of strategy.
• Networking and team skills
• Strategically oriented
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Ability to successfully address large supplier relationships.