Gestionnaire de catégorie – Services TI / Category Manager – IT Services

Rio Tinto • Montreal, QC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Opportunity to join our Global Technology Procurement team and deliver end-to-end procurement activities as they relate to Rio Tinto’s technology categories. Join a leading global company. Role based in Montreal, QC. We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other. We are looking for a Category Manager – IT Services who will be responsible for developing and executing category strategies, leading sourcing activities, and implementing contracts across Rio Tinto’s IT Services portfolio globally. This is a great opportunity for an experienced technology procurement professional with strong expertise in IT Services. You will enjoy working as part of the Global Technology Procurement team, collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders to influence decisions, manage a strategic portfolio, and improve the value delivered by service providers. You have a passion for process improvement, supplier governance, and service transformation. Reporting to the Principal Advisor – Technology Procurement, you will develop and execute category strategies for IT Services, including managed services, professional services, support services, and project-based services. You will analyze the IT Services market, supplier trends, delivery models, and cost drivers to identify opportunities for optimisation, standardisation, and risk reduction. You will support stakeholder engagement plans and partner with business and technology teams to define demand, service models, and sourcing strategies. You will provide commercial leadership and guidance to the relevant stakeholder teams. You will build and strengthen relationships with key IT Services suppliers to improve service performance, quality, innovation, and value delivery. You will work with complex data sets to assess spend, demand, contract performance, and category improvement opportunities. You will work closely with sourcing specialists, legal, finance and other business partners to support an efficient end-to-end source-to-contract experience for all stakeholders. You will lead or support negotiation strategies, commercial approaches, and communication plans for RFPs, renewals, and supplier negotiations. You will drive initiatives to reduce off-contract spend, improve compliance to commercial agreements, and maximize commercial and operational outcomes.

Requirements

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Significant prior experience in Technology Procurement, with strong category management expertise in IT Services
• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, Business Administration or related field or a combination of experience and education
• Ability to formulate and present analysis, recommendations, and business cases to support complex IT Services category strategies
• Minimum 5 years of experience with end-to-end procurement processes, including category driven buying channels
• Strong negotiation skills and demonstrated experience negotiating complex services agreements, statements of work, and service levels
• Experience in managing large international projects with the ability to influence key stakeholders
• Proficiency in using SAP, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Fluency in French and English, both written and spoken.
• Rio Tinto is a global company and the duties of this position may require daily collaboration with colleagues, teams, or partners based outside Quebec

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for IT Services, including managed services, professional services, support services, and project-based services
• Analyse the IT Services market, supplier trends, delivery models, and cost drivers to identify opportunities for optimisation, standardisation, and risk reduction.
• Support stakeholder engagement plans and partner with business and technology teams to define demand, service models, and sourcing strategies.
• Provide commercial leadership and guidance to the relevant stakeholder teams
• Build and strengthen relationships with key IT Services suppliers to improve service performance, quality, innovation, and value delivery.
• Work with complex data sets to assess spend, demand, contract performance, and category improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with sourcing specialists, legal, finance and other business partners to support an efficient end-to-end source-to-contract experience for all stakeholders.
• Lead or support negotiation strategies, commercial approaches, and communication plans for RFPs, renewals, and supplier negotiations.
• Drive initiatives to reduce off-contract spend, improve compliance to commercial agreements, and maximize commercial and operational outcomes.

Benefits

• Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level