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Works with business and support units to help source most suitable technology suppliers at the best price to meet requirements. Carries out the Strategic Sourcing process designed to maximize competition and leverage when selecting and contracting with chosen vendors. Negotiates contracts generally between $50k and $500k in value.\nYou’ll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:\nExecute strategic sourcing activities for the assigned IT VAR category, representing approximately $22M in annual spend.\nResearch market dynamics, cost drivers, supplier business models, industry trends, and historical spend to strengthen sourcing strategies and negotiations.\nBuild internal stakeholder relationships to understand business needs and identify short- and long-term supply chain improvement opportunities.\nCoordinate supplier selection and qualification activities, including development, review, and approval of supplier selection criteria.\nPrepare and execute RFPs/RFQs, analyze bids and cost breakdowns, compare supplier proposals, and support sourcing recommendations.\nNegotiate commercial terms, drive best overall cost, and support contracts generally ranging from $50K to $500K in value.\nProvide ongoing IT Procurement and vendor management support, including purchase orders, invoicing, forecasting, quality issue resolution, supplier capacity, demand, and performance monitoring.\nResolve purchasing and supplier issues, including expediting goods, revising or canceling purchase orders, improving terms, addressing rejected goods, rework costs, and invoice discrepancies.\nDevelop long-term commercial relationships with strategic suppliers while supporting business metrics and category objectives.\nComplete spend analysis and prepare executive-ready reports summarizing sourcing recommendations, savings results, stakeholder impacts, operational considerations, and supply base consolidation opportunities.\nThe TOOLS you’ll bring with you:\nStrong communication, stakeholder alignment, and presentation skills.\nAbility to simplify complex issues, identify next steps, and influence cross-functional decisions.\nAnalytical capability to evaluate spend trends, supplier pricing, bid responses, cost breakdowns, and sourcing opportunities.\nStrong organization, time management, and ability to respond quickly in a fast-paced environment.\nWorking knowledge of procurement processes, strategic sourcing methods, supplier management, and technology category trends.\nSelf-driven, resourceful, and comfortable managing competing priorities with speed, agility, and accuracy.\nEducational Requirements\nBachelor's degree in relevant field such as Supply Chain/Logistics, Business, Engineering, Finance, or related technical field.\nSpecific course-work in purchasing, materials management, engineering, or quality assurance desirable.\nCPM/CPSM certification a plus.\nExperience Requirements\nSourcing or related experience, including proven capability using procurement principles or global supply chain management responsibilities.\nInternship/Co-Op experiences in purchasing, manufacturing, or related experience a plus\nPhysical & Environmental Requirements\nWillingness to travel domestically and/or globally (up to 10%). \nThe role is not remote. 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