iSpace is a global services company focused on outsourcing, consulting and staffing. Over the last decade, we have helped numerous corporations and institutions reach their business objectives and IT goals.

iSpace services are centered in three areas - IT Outsourcing, IT Staff Augmentation, and Business Process Outsourcing. Our team of seasoned professionals based in the United States and India focus on providing results, driving innovation and affecting outcomes. Our clients have come to rely on our expertise, our commitment to quality, customer service and our innovative approach to problem solving to help create sustainable value for their customers and shareholders.

Specializing in Healthcare, Entertainment, Automobile and Financial Services, we work with Fortune 1000 companies throughout the United States. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is reflected in the fact that over 90% of our client base have remained with us for over 5 years.

Position: Technology Strategic Sourcing Manager
Location: Culver City, CA
Duration: 2-3 months contract (might go longer)

The Strategic Sourcing Manager initiates and manages strategic procurement activities, outsourcing opportunities, and contract negotiations to reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and improve profit. This manager will work primarily with IT and other Technology-related functions to provide products and services across all business units both domestic and international. The ideal candidate will have strong experience the strategic sourcing and procurement of Technology products and services and a track record of working successfully with senior management, legal and financial representatives to deliver measurable savings and results.

Responsibilities
Develop and implement sourcing strategies in various technology product (e.g. desktop, laptop, server, storage, network and telecommunication), service (e.g. application development and maintenance, help desk, etc), and cloud-solution (e.g. Software-as-a -Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service) categories to reduce TCO, cycle time and improve quality.

• Market Research: Proactively monitor and understand the market and identify opportunities resulting from new product offerings and/or market shifts (e.g., exit or entry of suppliers, changes in pricing, etc.).
• Project Management: Initiate and manage strategic sourcing projects across multiple business units across the company. Manage projects and drive TCO reduction – from development of opportunity and planning to delivering results within timeline
• Analysis, RFP, RFQ, RFI: Develop and manage Requests for Proposals, Quotes, and Information including the collection of requirements, management of bidder communications, and analyze bid responses.
• Negotiation: Negotiate and draft enterprise wide agreements that minimize financial and business risk exposure and provide optimal terms and conditions. Understand and negotiate business specific legal terms and conditions and explain them to clients in an easy to understand manner.
• Baseline and Savings Measurement: Quantify the baseline value of goods and services being sourced, the value of negotiations, and the final change in total cost of ownership.
• Tangible Results: Successfully own and deliver savings goals/targets from planning/inception through realization of benefits.

Manage and develop internal relationships with clients and stakeholders throughout the company's various business units and coordinate sourcing strategies, opportunities and requirements with other entities.

• Proactively meet with internal clients and develop client relationships.
• Provide senior level procurement support to internal clients (of all levels of experience and title) on supplier contracts.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders such as Legal, and Risk Management
• Manage external supplier relationships and agreements in areas including:
• Develop and manage the supplier base with input from internal clients.
• Manage ongoing outsourcing contracts including involvement in client status meetings and contract performance measurement.
• Monitor performance of suppliers and serve as a resource to resolve issues and problems.
• Maintain active knowledge of market rates and spend for commodities and benchmark best practice capabilities against other firms.

Requirements
Experience

• Minimum of 3-5 years of corporate procurement/ purchasing/ sourcing experience in the IT category.
• Sourcing skills including but not limited to: identifying sourcing opportunities, performing spend analysis, development of sourcing strategy, project management, development of RFX documents, negotiation, contract management, supplier bench-marking, contract compliance, purchase order development, and resolution of payment issues, etc.
• Experience in negotiating both domestic and international IT agreements is preferred.
• Demonstrated track record for delivering significant and measurable savings in a large, complex and fast-moving organization
• Internal or external business consulting experience highly desired
• Experience in Media and Entertainment, or Technology-based Industries
• Experience with Ariba and SAP preferred

Skills

• The candidate must be a self-starter who is able to work independently and pro-actively identify potential areas for sourcing and have demonstrated:
• High personal integrity and ethics
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to effectively manage senior-level client relationships
• Strong MS Office Suite skills required (including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Project and Visio)
• Ability to negotiate strong pricing, business and legal terms and draft them into contracts with minimal legal support.
• Ability to logically manage issues and conflicts with suppliers
• Ability to perform make versus buy outsourcing analyses and to develop total cost of ownership models
• Ability to influence others and to act as a change agent within their department and company

Education

• Undergraduate Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance or Business preferred
• CPM/CPSM or other similar certification preferred

2-3 Months contract (might go longer)