Strategic Sourcing Manager

Role: Strategic Sourcing Manager

Location: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY

Type: 4 Montths W2 Contract

Pay Rate: $55/Hr on W2

Role Purpose

This Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for leading the sourcing activities for the Corporate Services and Professional Services Categories. These services will include, but are not limited to, Transportation (including. Employee Shuttle, Black Car, and Ride Share), Food Services, Hospitality Call Center, Office Supplies, Mailroom, Reprographics and various other Professional Services as required.

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for managing the end to end sourcing processes, leading development, and execution of sourcing strategies, negotiating contracts, and managing key strategic suppliers. The successful candidate must have the ability to think analytically, lead cross company initiatives involving stakeholders both within the organization and across the wider enterprise, work independently, and manage multiple competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate deals that maximize cost savings and/or cost avoidance, improve service levels, mitigate contractual risks, and create/improve overall value for NBCU for the category areas mentioned above.
• Provide written and verbal deal updates to executive management and key business stakeholders on deal terms, strategies, risks, and outcomes.
• Analyze spend data from a variety of sources to develop fact based category strategies, gain buy in from stakeholders and implement sourcing strategies across functions/ business units and with various levels of management.
• Work effectively with stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization in order to achieve business and sourcing objectives.
• Negotiate robust contracts in conjunction with various stakeholders, while maintaining a strong understanding of contracting language and principles.
• Develop project plans, deliverables, metrics, and milestones. Implement process disciplines and management systems necessary to achieve desired results.
• Develop compelling business cases/analyses to drive meaningful change in process or supplier as appropriate to meet sourcing strategy and business objectives.
• Lead quarterly supplier reviews with key vendors to ensure progress and compliance with company's policies and key program objectives.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years procurement experience in a sophisticated sourcing environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field. MBA Preferred.
• Strong proficiency in all stages of the sourcing life cycle), especially the negotiation of contractual agreements in Corporate Services and Professional Services.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office suite including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY or Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Desired Characteristics

• Skills and flexibility to work across a variety of categories as may be required.
• Highly analytical – able to analyze complex data.
• Strategic Thinking skills including an ability to make sound commercial judgments related to sourcing initiatives and deals.
• Communication and Interpersonal skills including crisp verbal skills, effective listening, and facilitation skills.
• Execution skills including persistent drive for results utilizing sound project management, organizational and problem solving skills.

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Warm Regards,

Devesh Shukla
Business Manager - US IT Recruitment
Tricon IT Solutions
Direct: (609)-807-2115

Job Type: Contract

Pay: Up to $55.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person