Director, IT Procurement

Hi, I'm Shahied Karriem your Recruiter and guide to joining CSG! We are excited to learn more about you and your unique background. The Director, IT Procurement is responsible for executing and continuously improving the strategy of a world-class IT procurement function. This role will collaborate across all business units within CSG and drive strategic supplier relationships, managing complex contract negotiations, and aligning IT procurement with enterprise goals.  This leader must have the desire and ability to work cross functionally with stakeholders across the entire enterprise to ensure that strategic business objectives are achieved. 

Essential Job Functions 

• Provide functional strategic sourcing and negotiation expertise within IT spend categories including hardware, software, SaaS, infrastructure, network and IT consulting services.
• Effectively plan and lead the negotiation strategy for high-value, complex sourcing events (RFx) and contract negotiations with major strategic technology providers in alignment with IT stakeholders. Manage the negotiation of business terms, cost savings, service levels, and performance standards to meet business goals.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to IT business stakeholders, ensuring procurement solutions meet their operational needs.
• Build strong, proactive partnerships across all departments to ensure alignment, transparency, and responsiveness.
• Verify the relevance of the sourcing strategy by consulting with leaders, understanding external market trends, monitoring business conditions and priorities, continually validating, evolving, and adjusting the suitability of the functions’ strategic objectives to ensure alignment.
• Conduct regular business review meetings with internal stakeholders to ensure supplier performance is meeting expectations, contractual commitments, and service levels and that any concerns are communicated in a timely manner ensuring the avoidance of service disruption and stakeholder satisfaction. Provide advice on all procurement related issues and ensure business remains in compliance with Finance, Legal, and Procurement procedures.
• Manage the Supplier Onboarding and Supplier Management programs to drive operational performance, compliance and overall supplier relationship health. Manage quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with key suppliers to assess their capabilities, financial stability, and on-going performance using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and scorecard development.
• Lead the IT Procurement team with a service-oriented mindset, ensuring they are equipped with the right tools and training to deliver results that are aligned with business needs.
• Cultivate a strong team environment and a strong service culture that ensures delivery of timely and quality services to all customers.
• Operate with significant autonomy.
• This job requires domestic and/or international travel up to 10%. 

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain, Accounting, or equivalent combination of education and experience required

Experience

• 10 - 12 years of overall strategic sourcing and IT procurement experience
• Experience in Category Management approach, especially within IT categories
• Ability to negotiate complex technology agreements that align with business needs
• Experience in running complex Sourcing events (RFx) and analyzing results
• Excellent management and supervisory skills with experience managing extended global teams (North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America, EMEA)
• Excellent relationship management skills and collaboration expertise with all business functions and executive level management.
• Leadership, project management, research, and analytical skills are a must
• Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• Ability to lead and manage people.
• Deep business and financial acumen and strong strategic and conceptual skills.
• Attention to detail and analysis accuracy.
• Ability to make decisions and commit to completion dates.
• Demonstrated organizational, time management, and multi-tasking skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues of high complexity.
• Ability to go into the office or meet face-to-face with vendors as needed.
• Ability to conduct market analysis and present information to management and SMEs.
• Ability to use a personal computer.  Proficiency with other Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language in a business environment.

Please submit your application at csgi.com/careers. Applications will be accepted for at least 5 days from original posting date.

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