What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Sourcing Manager position at TalentBurst, an Inc 5000 company?
Requirements:
- Over 12-15 years IT experience preferably 5 years in IT Vendor Management and/or IT Sourcing
- Understanding IT products & services from a contract and vendor management perspective
- Understanding commercial [pricing services] with contracting and negotiation aspect.
- Ability to determine contractual/financial exposure/ negotiate contracts.
- Knowledge of contracting trends, licensing models
- Deep market knowledge of IT vendor (Application Svcs, SaaS, Consulting)
- Strong project and process management skills, with the ability to handle multiple vendors and multiple contracts, as well as a wide range of tasks.
- Knowledge of best practices for IT contract negotiation tactics and strategies.
- Where applicable, understanding of government and industry regulations that will influence contracting approach and vendor behavior (for example, SOX, SECURITY).
- Experience drafting IT Statement of Work/SLA, change order or amendment
- Customer-focused approach to delivering contract management services to internal IT Supplier agreements: knowledge of legal terminology related to supplier agreements
- Proven negotiation and contracting skills, and Project management skills
- Proficient in the use of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint, SharePoint
- Over 10 years relevant professional experience; 7-8 years' experience in Indirect
- Sourcing categories required (Project Application Development, SaaS, Maintenance
- Support)
