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Position Details: Remote Position

Job Title: – IT Sourcing Associate

Duration: 12 months Contract

Location- Princeton,NJ,08540

Description:

• Leads negotiations for contractual and commercial terms for complex IT Agreements including Master Services Agreements, Software as a Service Agreements and Software Licensing Agreements

• In conjunction with IT Category Managers and Internal Stakeholders, fully understands business objectives and translates them into sourcing strategies to support those objectives

• Leads moderate to highly-complex competitive sourcing events and supplier negotiations; determine appropriate methods of procurement; solicit bids, quotations and proposals; evaluates competitive offerings and recommend overall best offer for a product or service.

• Reviews and critically assesses business specifications and statements of work;

• Delivers sourcing projects from commencement through to contract execution

Relationships

• Supports IT Category Managers in delivery of Category Plan strategies, sourcing and productivity opportunities

• Works with Legal Resources to articulate specific contractual areas of concern; assesses and understands which contract terms are Legal Issues vs Business Issues

• Strategically negotiates Business and enterprise-level Legal Terms and Conditions with Suppliers and Service Providers

• Applies analytics to ensure compliance by preferred suppliers and with contract terms; provides analytical tools to support management of preferred suppliers.

• Supports Business Partnering & Strategy in communicating purchasing policies and procedures to users when needed.

• Maintains effective relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, helps resolve escalated quality problems; helps identify measurements for improvement and target-setting

• Coordinates, reviews and responds to supplier inquiries.

Supplier Management

• Supports Business Partnering & Strategy in managing preferred suppliers using the clients Supplier Management methodology and compliance requirements.

• Manages selected internal and external relationships with suppliers, cross-functional and/or multi-functional teams.

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Minimum of 6 years relevant industry experience

• Proficiency in IT procurement – specifically IT Services Agreements and Software/SaaS Licensing Agreement, contract negotiations, managing contract development and compliance

• Demonstrated ability to partner with and manage internal stakeholders at all levels within a highly matrixed organization, working across cross-functional, cross-organizational teams.

• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, including Word, Power Point and Excel.

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:

• Master’s Degree in related field

• Knowledge of and proficiency with Icertis Contract Management Application

• Relevant industry certifications (e.g. Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), Certified Technology Procurement Executive (CTPE) or Certified Technology Procurement Specialist (CTPS))

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $30.00 – $32.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• IT Sourcing Associate: 4 years (Preferred)
• Contract Management: 4 years (Preferred)
• IT procurement – IT Services Agreements: 4 years (Preferred)
• IT procurement – specifically Software/SaaS Licensing: 4 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote