Sr. Director Indirect IT Strategic Sourcing

Honeywell Aerospace • Tempe, AZ

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About The Position

At Honeywell Aerospace, the Sr. Director Indirect IT Strategic Sourcing leads global IT technology strategic sourcing and execution for Aerospace spend across IT software, hardware, IT services, and telecommunications, covering more than $350 million in global supplier spend. Reporting to the Senior Director Indirect Strategic Sourcing, the role partners closely with IT to understand global strategies and develop solutions that enable them.

The position leads a team of nine Commodity Managers and one Director. It owns supplier and category strategies, negotiates major technology agreements, manages software renewals, and develops approaches to optimize IT services, hardware, cloud infrastructure, and telecommunications spend. The role also drives productivity, spend reduction, working capital and cash improvements, and balance of trade while supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and divestitures.

Honeywell Aerospace is an independent, publicly traded aerospace and defense company building on more than a century of aviation heritage. Its products and services are used across commercial aviation, defense, and space, with systems on board 90% of the world's aircraft. The company reports approximately 58,000 employees worldwide and 2025 net sales of $17.4 billion.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of blended experience in strategic sourcing and IT category management, including working with and managing technology partners.
• Deep experience and understanding of IT software providers, system integrators, SaaS, cloud (IaaS/PaaS), data, and analytics.
• Must be a U.S. person as defined by U.S. export control laws and regulations: a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or person with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business, Supply Chain, or Finance.
• Experience with large enterprise IT software and system integrator or service providers.
• Customer focus and business acumen.
• High motivation and energy to get things done.
• Ability to execute and remove obstacles.
• Track record of navigating complex and ambiguous environments with intelligent risk taking.
• Ability to influence and lead at all levels.
• Desire to innovate and challenge the status quo.
• Strong negotiation skills, fluency with contract terms and conditions, and knowledge of effective technology-driven sourcing processes.
• Experience with agile development frameworks, outsourced IT service models, and system integrator models.
• MBA or Master’s degree preferred.
• P.M. or CPSM certification.
• Lean or Blackbelt certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of nine Commodity Managers and one Director.
• Negotiate multiyear Master Service Agreements, EULAs, and SaaS agreements.
• Negotiate large on-premise and SaaS software license agreements and manage the software renewal lifecycle.
• Support negotiations of implementation agreements with large IT service providers.
• Develop strategies to optimize IT services spend, consolidate suppliers, strengthen the Statement of Work process, and balance subcontract labor with contract services.
• Develop strategies with IT to better manage the laptop lifecycle.
• Develop strategies to optimize server spend and configurations in the context of IaaS growth.
• Develop strategies to manage broadband and dedicated internet services as Honeywell moves to SDWAN.
• Support the transformation of voice services (VoIP) and optimization of fragmented global telecommunications spend.
• Partner with IT leadership and service owners to jointly develop technology and supplier strategies.
• Drive procurement and sourcing requirements with speed, agility, and intelligent risk taking.
• Drive productivity, spend reduction, working capital and cash improvements, and balance of trade for the category.
• Lead development of supplier plans, scorecards, and Quarterly Business Reviews.
• Own supply base management and supplier strategies, and establish plans for preferred suppliers and tail spend.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and divestitures.

Benefits

• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• Educational assistance.
• Parental leave.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation, personal, and sick time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed