Overview In this role, you lead strategic sourcing for Global IT Software Solutions, Subscription, and Mobility agreements, advising senior stakeholders to secure long-term value. You will coordinate with the Source to Contract team and cross-functional partners to develop category plans, negotiate complex contracts, and ensure governance and compliance. You'll drive cost efficiencies, leverage data to tell a compelling story, and influence senior decision-makers. This position offers impact in Gartner's AI-forward, high-performance environment.
Compensation / Benefits- hybrid work environment
- competitive compensation
- annual bonus or sales incentive plan
- generous PTO
- 401k with match up to 7200 USD
- stock purchase program
Responsibilities- Build strong stakeholder relationships to understand priorities across IT software, subscription, and mobility spend
- Develop strategic category plans with geographically dispersed teams and align on sourcing strategies
- Act as Procurement SME guiding stakeholders through sourcing and operational processes
- Monitor category trends and supplier landscape for traditional and emerging solutions
- Lead cross-functional sourcing processes, including requirements, supplier evaluation, and selection
- Develop negotiation plans focusing on TCO, SLAs, and business terms; oversee contract development and compliance
- Organize spend and performance data; present business cases to leadership
- Manage third-party risk, coordinate with Legal/Finance/IT Security, and obtain necessary approvals
- Create and lead business reviews on supplier performance and opportunities
- Guide stakeholders toward preferred suppliers and consolidate global supplier base
- Plan and coordinate addressable spend under source-to-contract management
- Possibly manage people in this role
Key requirements- 5+ years of sourcing and negotiation experience with highly complex technology agreements
- Proven ability to lead and deliver value in software category negotiations
- Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into insights
- Collaborative with internal and external partners; effective communicator
- Creative and innovative in solving problems and negotiating strategies
- Ability to work in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and manage multiple projects
- Independent decision-maker with strong ethics
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, G-Suite, and sourcing/procurement solutions for e-sourcing, spend analytics, CLM and P2P
- Geographically distributed cross-functional leadership experience
- Multilingual skills a plus
- collaboration
- clear communication
- strategic thinking
- e-sourcing
- spend analytics
- contract lifecycle management (CLM)
