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Job Description
As a Sourcing Analyst within our Business Technology category, you will bring your process improvement and collaboration skills with your strong attention to detail to contract, procure and ensure proper payments for the needs of IT and other corporate functions. You’ll drive improvement in existing processes through better leveraging of technology, data and analytics. Reporting through the data and analytics group, you will use and grow your strong knowledge of Excel, data, and Power BI to take them to new levels and provide new insights to the IT leadership team. You’ll be an important member of the team to identify and drive cost-saving opportunities. Primary responsibilities include:
Drive transformation in BT licensing, payments and analytics:
Establish ServiceNow Vendor Management solution as the primary focal point of all data and processes regarding contracts and payments
Re-engineer processes to eliminate duplication of effort within IT and with partner organizations like finance (AP)
Implement best practices in procurement, incorporating automation and innovation where applicable.
Identify vendor KPIs; collect data and provide insight to leadership on problem vendors
Improve reporting through use of Power BI utilizing data from ServiceNow and ERP
Further improve contract management of cloud services and drive cost optimization opportunities
Improve cross-functional collaboration by facilitating communication between IT, legal, finance, marketing, and other business units.
Facilitate new and renewal contracts and other purchases:
Assist IT leadership by facilitating creation of new purchase orders and contracts and onboarding of new vendors
Establish and maintain strong relationships with vendors and ensure renewals are handled properly
Assist Project Managers in setting up capital projects and tracking spend to them.
Maintain the IT corporate credit card by purchasing items and submitting expense reports as needed
Ensure payments are made with proper financial controls:
Review invoices and route for approval and payment
Troubleshoot contracts and invoices and drive to resolution
Facilitate the IT Finance Function
Prepare documents and analyses in preparation for annual budgeting
Lead discussions by bringing forward proposed actions / plans for each vendor for the following year