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Present in 150 countries across five continents and with €42 billion consolidated sales, L'Oréal is the global industry leader. With 40 global beauty brands across four divisions, L’Oréal offers beauty for each covering all beauty categories and catering to all beauty desires. With the acquisition of the Australian brand Aēsop in 2023, the Group continues to expand its portfolio through targeted acquisitions as part of its drive to create the future of beauty.\nToday, L’Oréal includes more than 2,500 tech positions and is constantly growing. Beauty Tech is changing the game and leading the shift towards new consumer realities and a digital disruption. Championing Beauty Tech, we invent the beauty of the future while becoming the company of the future.\nBeauty Tech is how we know our consumers intimately, augmenting their beauty journeys with unparalleled diverse and sustainable experiences. Beauty Tech equips the Group with the key assets it needs to conquer this new world, where Tech has become strategic. With this ambition, L’Oréal continues to recruit diverse, innovative, skilled and passionate minds in different tech domains such as Data, Digital, Cloud, Cyber Security, IT Architecture, DevOps, Applications and Infrastructure.\nRole and team\nThe IT Contract Manager is part of L’Oréal Beauty Tech’s Vendor Management Office (VMO), working closely with IT teams and support functions, including Legal, Purchasing, Cybersecurity and Finance. The role supports the management and optimization of IT services partnerships and the development of contract management practices in an international environment.\nYou will oversee the contract lifecycle for IT services and, where relevant, software and hardware contracts, from defining requirements and reviewing terms to negotiation, execution, renewal and ongoing governance. You will help ensure that contracts comply with L’Oréal’s standards, sourcing strategy and internal requirements.\nKey responsibilities\nManage the contract portfolio and lifecycle: Coordinate reviews, renewals, amendments, extensions and end-of-contract activities with IT owners, Legal, Purchasing, Cybersecurity, Finance, suppliers and signatories. Maintain accurate records and ensure timely follow-up.\nReview and negotiate contracts: Draft, review and negotiate IT agreements-including MSAs, service agreements, application contracts and amendments-in partnership with Legal and Purchasing. Support alignment with standard templates and requirements covering areas such as cybersecurity, data privacy and sustainability.\nSupport sourcing and service transformation: Help implement sourcing models such as onshore, nearshore and offshore delivery, and support supplier transitions, consolidation, managed services, Agile delivery and other VMO-led optimization initiatives.\nManage supplier governance and performance: Support contractual and performance governance for key IT suppliers, including contract obligations, KPIs, SLAs, risks, escalations and improvement or renegotiation opportunities.\nAdvise and coordinate with stakeholders: Guide IT teams through contract processes, clarify contractual terms and identify key provisions and risks, such as termination, liability and discounts. 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