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The role partners closely with IT leadership, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Digital, Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders to align sourcing initiatives with the Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan.\nYou will support and execute category strategies to optimize total cost of ownership, improve working capital, enhance supplier performance, manage technology risks, and ensure service continuity. 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Management\nManage strategic relationships with key technology providers including software publishers, cloud providers, telecommunications carriers, systems integrators, and managed service providers.\nConduct supplier business reviews and performance assessments aligned to service levels, cost, innovation, cybersecurity, and business objectives.\nSupport supplier selection, RFIs/RFQs, negotiations, and contract execution.\nCost & Working Capital Optimization\nOptimize software licensing, subscription utilization, maintenance agreements, and cloud consumption to reduce total technology spend.\nIdentify opportunities for technology standardization, consolidation, and rationalization across the enterprise.\nDrive software asset optimization through effective license management, subscription governance, usage analytics, and contract compliance.\nRisk Management & Supply Resilience\nAssess and mitigate supplier, cybersecurity, data privacy, operational, financial, and business continuity risks associated with technology suppliers.\nPartner with Information Security, Legal, Privacy, and Compliance teams to evaluate supplier risk and ensure compliance with information security requirements.\nEvaluate technology vendor concentration risks and develop mitigation strategies for critical systems and services.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nInfluence stakeholders to adopt enterprise sourcing strategies, preferred suppliers, and procurement best practices.\nPartner with IT Infrastructure, Digital, Applications, Cybersecurity, PMO, Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with enterprise technology objectives.\nPartner with Legal to negotiate commercial terms, service level agreements (SLAs), liability provisions, intellectual property protections, cybersecurity requirements, audit rights, data privacy obligations, and software licensing terms.\nOperations & Compliance\nSupport procurement escalations, reporting, and reconciliation 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