What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sourcing Manager position at Equifax?
What you’ll do:
Drive internal relationships, win through influence, and create strong alliances between the Global Sourcing Group, and other Internal Equifax customers.
Develop, prepare and negotiate pricing and contractual business terms and conditions for new contracts, contract renewals and amendments
Enable achievement of targeted cost savings for the global initiatives through sourcing strategy development, refinement and execution
Manage the RFx process including requirements gathering, vendor bidding, evaluation process and final down-selection and contracting. Perform pricing analysis and solution evaluation for assigned sourcing opportunities
Conduct supply market research associated with all aspects of assigned categories (e.g., opportunity assessment, strategy development, initiative execution)
What you'll bring:
Managing outsourcing and / or procurement functions, relationships and responsibilities
Internal customer engagement and influence skills
Bachelor's degree from 4 year college or university or commensurate experience
4-7 years’ experience in sourcing and contract management of various goods & services
Understanding of master services and statement of work contractual legal and business terms
Application Development and Maintenance as well as IT Infrastructure support knowledge including demonstrable experience of various outsourcing solutions (Outsource, Captive, Shared Services knowledge is preferable)
Understanding of IT market environments and emerging trends relating to complex contract negotiations and contract development with a broad analytical skills to help resolve vendor management issues, conduct research, pricing analysis
Experience managing commercial relationships with a broad range of vendors in terms of size of the vendor (i.e., revenue), complexity of services/products, and spend amount
Measurable negotiated savings, both in terms of real dollars and as a percentage of spend
Experience developing category strategies and rationalizing a supplier base
Experience with procurement, sourcing and contract management systems
What could set you apart:
Preferred experience in the financial sector or a heavily regulated industry
Experience working for a global organization. International project experience is a plus
PMP or Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP)certification
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