It Sourcing Manager (it Professional Services, Telecommunications, Software, It Hardware)

Kalamazoo, MI, United States

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Job Description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite
What you will do -
As the Sourcing Manager, you will partner with the IT leadership team and functional spend owners to deliver improved cost and service levels. You will work on improving processes and systems to enable improved speed to execution while developing and driving enterprise-wide spend leverage strategies, including strategic supplier development in order to act as a trusted advisor.
Additional responsibilities:

Partner with the IT leadership team, including IT VP's, as well as functional spend owners to develop and execute sourcing strategies which support global IT business requirements
Lead/support supplier sourcing activities for the IT category, specific activities include: Data collection and spend analysis, market research, the RFx process, negotiations, contracting, implementation and continuous improvement
Deliver consistent year-over-year savings by leveraging over $600M annual global spend
Develop and implement supplier category strategies and best practices for the IT category team
Develop and advance procurement professional talent

What you need -

Bachelor's degree - required
8+ years relevant working experience - required
Experience developing, negotiating, and implementing commercial contracts, including supply and service agreements - required
Subject matter expert level experience in IT indirect procurement categories - required

Travel Percentage: 10%
Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability.
Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.