Procurement Sourcing Manager

Hitachi • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

Hitachi Digital is seeking a Procurement Sourcing Manager to lead a team of category managers responsible for the procurement of services including HR, Marketing, consulting, professional services, and Finance. This role involves serving as a trusted business advisor to stakeholders, providing best-in-class technical consulting from a sourcing and external benchmark/industry perspective. The manager will lead the development and execution of sourcing projects, reverse auctions, and initiatives, ensuring alignment with Hitachi Digital's priorities. Key responsibilities include analyzing complex procurement scenarios, aligning negotiation strategies with long-term business goals, structuring contracts to optimize cost, mitigate risk, and ensure performance, and evaluating financial implications, total cost of ownership (TCO), and ROI of IT solutions. The role also requires managing vendor relationships, enforcing contract terms, monitoring vendor performance, developing a global preferred supply base, and fostering long-term partnerships with strategic vendors. Strong communication, emotional intelligence, and ethical sourcing practices are essential.

Requirements

• Experience managing people
• 5 years of experience in Procurement sourcing and category management.
• Understanding of basic procurement law with correlating ability to negotiate/oversee: master supply agreements, professional services agreements, statements of work, change requests, amendments.
• Experience in some of the following Procurement categories: Marketing, Human Resources, Professional Services, and Financial Services.
• Demonstrated track record of leading the sourcing process, working with stakeholders across businesses and geographies.
• Proven ability to communicate, influence and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels of an organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and must be a team player.
• Excellent negotiations skills with the ability to negotiate large volume, high risk deals independently.
• Strong supplier management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in eSourcing tool environment a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of category managers responsible for the procurement of services: HR, Marketing, consulting, professional services, and Finance.
• Serve as a trusted business advisor to stakeholders, providing best-in-class technical consulting from a sourcing and external benchmark/industry perspective.
• Manage the development and execution of sourcing projects, reverse auctions, and initiatives ensuring alignment with the overall priorities and objectives of Hitachi Digital as well as the specific business function.
• Negotiate high-value, complex service contracts generating significant savings and non-monetary benefits.
• Structure contracts to optimize cost, mitigate risk, maximize cash flow, and ensure performance and compliance.
• Evaluate financial implications, total cost of ownership (TCO), and ROI of IT solutions.
• Use procurement analytics to identify cost-saving opportunities and assess vendor risk.
• Manage post-contract management practices to enforce terms and monitor vendor performance.
• Develop and maintain a best in class global preferred supply base for respective area of responsibility.
• Foster long-term partnerships with strategic vendors.
• Manage vendor scorecards, SLAs, and escalation processes.
• Communicate and negotiate effectively with IT Executives and IT Senior leaders to adopt Procurement best practices in negotiations with large Software and Hardware suppliers.
• Ensure ethical sourcing and compliance with data privacy, security, and regulatory standards.
• Navigate a fast-paced multi-national environment with personnel from all over the many regions and foster excellent working relationships.
• Be well organized, confident in navigating demands from stakeholders, a natural self-starter with a willingness to learn and embrace new methodologies.

Benefits

• Industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing.
• Flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent).

What This Job Offers

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