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senior Global IT Category Manager(m/w/x)
Global IT category management across multiple countries, identifying sourcing projects for cost savings. Extensive experience leading IT indirect spend procurement strategy required. Hybrid work model, access to local AECOM office.
Requirements
- Extensive experience (+6 years) leading IT indirect spend procurement strategy
- Extensive experience (+6 years) supporting strategic IT spend
- Extensive experience with IT category management tools and techniques
- Extensive experience (+8 years) with strategic sourcing tools and techniques
- Extensive experience running competitive sourcing RFx projects and contract drafting
- Extensive experience negotiating complex IT goods and services deals
- Strong leadership techniques and people development methods
- Extensive experience managing change in global sourcing projects
- Extensive experience with project management tools and techniques
- Extensive interpersonal and influencing skills
- Excellent contractual and commercial expertise
- Experience collaborating with tactical procurement teams
- Good supplier performance improvement tools & techniques
- Expert communicator with strong soft skills
- Ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscape
- Ability to build rapport as a trusted commercial partner
- Experience exploiting procurement technology
- Experience in savings calculations, forecasting and recording
- Experience in global strategic sourcing function (advantageous)
- Experience in professional services/ consultancy matrix organisation (advantageous)
- Knowledge of construction, infrastructure, transport or professional services sector (advantageous)
- Knowledge of Coupa (advantageous)
- Knowledge of PowerBI (advantageous)
- Excellent verbal and written English
- Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills
- Advanced MS Excel skills
- Degree in commercial, economics, business, or engineering
- Nationally recognized professional certification (e.g., CIPS, CPM)
Tasks
- Lead IT category management across multiple countries
- Identify sourcing projects for cost savings and quality improvement
- Manage major strategic sourcing projects in IT
- Analyze demand and supply for IT category
- Develop and implement business strategies for IT sourcing
- Manage tender processes and negotiate commercial contracts
- Support Business Lead in project implementation
- Manage Sourcing Managers on category-based projects
- Enhance supplier relationship management with strategic suppliers
- Ensure commercial management of strategic supplier contracts
- Use key performance indicators to monitor supplier performance
- Escalate performance issues with suppliers
- Utilize procurement technology and spend analytics
- Identify opportunities for commercial value and cost savings
- Improve operational efficiency and service quality
- Deploy fast, guided, and strategic buy channels
- Work with operational procurement teams on less strategic IT spend
- Support Procurement’s target operating model
- Implement no PO no pay policy and use of catalogues
- Develop change and project management plans
- Support new ways of working from category-based initiatives
- Demonstrate high standards of delivery
- Share best practices with the global Procurement team
- Review and improve end-to-end IT spend processes
- Enhance management of supplier base and channel management
- Improve contract management and purchase order compliance
- Optimize workflow and approvals
- Refine payment processes and data analytics
Work Experience
- 6 years
Education
- Bachelor's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- MS Excel
- Coupa
- PowerBI
Benefits
Flexible Working
- Hybrid work model
- Flexible work options
Other Benefits
- Access to local AECOM office
- Vision benefits
- Life insurance
- AD&D benefits
- Disability benefits
- Leaves of absences
- Voluntary benefits
- Business travel insurance
- Service recognition awards
Informal Culture
- Sociable and supportive global Procurement team
- Workplace encouraging growth, flexibility, and creativity
- Company culture championing inclusion, diversity, and employee well-being
Healthcare & Fitness
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
More Vacation Days
- Paid time off
Mental Health Support
- Well-being resources
- Employee assistance program
Retirement Plans
- Retirement savings plan
Competitive Pay
- Employee stock purchase plan
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senior Global IT Category Manager(m/w/x)
Global IT category management across multiple countries, identifying sourcing projects for cost savings. Extensive experience leading IT indirect spend procurement strategy required. Hybrid work model, access to local AECOM office.
Requirements
- Extensive experience (+6 years) leading IT indirect spend procurement strategy
- Extensive experience (+6 years) supporting strategic IT spend
- Extensive experience with IT category management tools and techniques
- Extensive experience (+8 years) with strategic sourcing tools and techniques
- Extensive experience running competitive sourcing RFx projects and contract drafting
- Extensive experience negotiating complex IT goods and services deals
- Strong leadership techniques and people development methods
- Extensive experience managing change in global sourcing projects
- Extensive experience with project management tools and techniques
- Extensive interpersonal and influencing skills
- Excellent contractual and commercial expertise
- Experience collaborating with tactical procurement teams
- Good supplier performance improvement tools & techniques
- Expert communicator with strong soft skills
- Ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscape
- Ability to build rapport as a trusted commercial partner
- Experience exploiting procurement technology
- Experience in savings calculations, forecasting and recording
- Experience in global strategic sourcing function (advantageous)
- Experience in professional services/ consultancy matrix organisation (advantageous)
- Knowledge of construction, infrastructure, transport or professional services sector (advantageous)
- Knowledge of Coupa (advantageous)
- Knowledge of PowerBI (advantageous)
- Excellent verbal and written English
- Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills
- Advanced MS Excel skills
- Degree in commercial, economics, business, or engineering
- Nationally recognized professional certification (e.g., CIPS, CPM)
Tasks
- Lead IT category management across multiple countries
- Identify sourcing projects for cost savings and quality improvement
- Manage major strategic sourcing projects in IT
- Analyze demand and supply for IT category
- Develop and implement business strategies for IT sourcing
- Manage tender processes and negotiate commercial contracts
- Support Business Lead in project implementation
- Manage Sourcing Managers on category-based projects
- Enhance supplier relationship management with strategic suppliers
- Ensure commercial management of strategic supplier contracts
- Use key performance indicators to monitor supplier performance
- Escalate performance issues with suppliers
- Utilize procurement technology and spend analytics
- Identify opportunities for commercial value and cost savings
- Improve operational efficiency and service quality
- Deploy fast, guided, and strategic buy channels
- Work with operational procurement teams on less strategic IT spend
- Support Procurement’s target operating model
- Implement no PO no pay policy and use of catalogues
- Develop change and project management plans
- Support new ways of working from category-based initiatives
- Demonstrate high standards of delivery
- Share best practices with the global Procurement team
- Review and improve end-to-end IT spend processes
- Enhance management of supplier base and channel management
- Improve contract management and purchase order compliance
- Optimize workflow and approvals
- Refine payment processes and data analytics
Work Experience
- 6 years
Education
- Bachelor's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- MS Excel
- Coupa
- PowerBI
Benefits
Flexible Working
- Hybrid work model
- Flexible work options
Other Benefits
- Access to local AECOM office
- Vision benefits
- Life insurance
- AD&D benefits
- Disability benefits
- Leaves of absences
- Voluntary benefits
- Business travel insurance
- Service recognition awards
Informal Culture
- Sociable and supportive global Procurement team
- Workplace encouraging growth, flexibility, and creativity
- Company culture championing inclusion, diversity, and employee well-being
Healthcare & Fitness
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
More Vacation Days
- Paid time off
Mental Health Support
- Well-being resources
- Employee assistance program
Retirement Plans
- Retirement savings plan
Competitive Pay
- Employee stock purchase plan
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About the Company
AECOM
Industry
Consulting
Description
Das Unternehmen ist der weltweit führende Anbieter von Infrastrukturlösungen, der sich für eine bessere Welt einsetzt.
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