Sr Sourcing Manager
AT&T - Dallas, Texas
Overall Purpose
Manage, negotiate, monitor and strategically source vendor contracts/sub-contracts specifically for Chief Data Office Services, hardware and/or Software. Position will primarily support AT&T Chief Data Office contracts.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Provides interpretation of terms and conditions of
contractual obligations. Negotiate contract modifications, follow-up
quotations, revisions, terms and conditions with vendors.
Responsible for the review and administration of long-term
and/or blanket purchase contracts, RFP processes. Responsible for commercial
contract issues and terms, negotiations and/or administration agreements
including renewal, new business, invoicing, credit holds, receivable issues and
consolidations.
Managing strategic relationships with business unit owners
and vendors, understanding of application of numerous corporate policies and
stakeholder groups, identifying and mitigating complex legal and compliance
issues.
Sourcing of vendors, familiarity and/or interest in emerging
technology focusing on related services/hardware/software, ability to gain
understanding of industry to make educated recommendations about pricing,
vendor selection, competition, market compression, optimization, etc.
Works closely with technical and financial teams to ensure lifecycle management for services, hardware, or software contracts across the enterprise.
Establish key contract frameworks and KPIs for optimal vendor performance.
Administers contracts in accordance with company and customer policies and procedures, provide interpretation and analysis of contract documents and reviews and evaluates customer requests for changes in or revisions of contracts that involve technical specifications, cost, or schedule impact on the company.
Works closely with technical and financial teams to ensure lifecycle management for services, hardware, or software contracts across the enterprise.
Establish key contract frameworks and KPIs for optimal vendor performance.
Administers contracts in accordance with company and customer policies and procedures, provide interpretation and analysis of contract documents and reviews and evaluates customer requests for changes in or revisions of contracts that involve technical specifications, cost, or schedule impact on the company.
Assists in the development of long and short-term objectives
to ensure that programs and efforts are directed toward achieving company goals
and cost savings. May initiate corrective action to assure objectives are met.
· Assist in evaluation of new technologies and vendors.
Assists in the establishment and administration of business
unit policies, procedures and systems.
Manages communication cadence and transparency for new
requests with business unit business operations team, finance, technical teams,
and global supply chain.
Participates in the development of forecasts and budgets for
area of responsibility.
Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data
requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
Exercises judgment in selecting methods and evaluation
criteria for obtaining results.
Supervisory: No.
Location(s): Plano, TX; Dallas, TX
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum Graduate/Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with Procurement, business law or CPM experience, or Graduate/Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- Five or more years’ experience in management of strategic supplier relationships and contracts.
- Ability to manage intense workload with short timeframes
- Ability to learn and understand AT&T’s internal and external Cloud strategy, Open Source Software , Virtual Network Functions and network architectures
- Strong leadership, negotiation, legal drafting of custom language and communication skills
- Business, cost management and quality experience
- Structured process orientated approach
- Skilled in independently creating and generating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and “What-If” scenario financial modeling and analysis for complex comparative sourcing events
- Understanding of complex contractual terms and conditions including intellectual property ownership
- Ability to generate comprehensive commercial deal sheet terms by fully understanding client requirements, usage and budget forecasts, supplier products/services and defining flexibility terms to adequately support contractual use by multiple business unit
- Strong Business Acumen
- Juris Doctor degree a plus
- Big Data or Automation business management or technical experience a plus
Posted: 30+ days ago
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