IT Sourcing Manager

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your experience to a world-class company that is market-leading for both content and technology? If yes, we are looking for you!

Join our team! Lead professional teams to develop and implement sourcing strategies that align with business and operational requirements. Drive the integrated procurement system to address sourcing challenges and support the category's business goals.

About the Role

In this opportunity as an IT Procurement, Manager, you will:

• Coordinate and collaborate with various teams, both within and outside of sourcing, to meet financial and operational requirements.
• Develop departmental plans including business, production, or organizational priorities. In-depth business and managerial knowledge specific to Procurement Operations.
• Ensure high standards of data quality and accuracy in different sourcing tools, databases, and platforms, with a particular focus on data quality assurance and comprehensive reporting to support informed decision-making and strategic planning.
• Drive integrated procurement system and operations strategy to help category deliver their business challenges.
• Lead day-to-day procurement operations and support, compliance management, system integration with TR core infrastructure, and spend/supplier management performance.
• Drive the analysis of historic spending, existing contracts, and business budgets to build a clear view of addressable spending.
• Lead collaborative discussions with Category Leads to clearly understand business requirements and applicable category strategy/plans to define a potential opportunity pipeline.
• Draft and prioritize an implementation plan for the assigned scope of initiatives/categories of spend, developing detailed strategies aligned with category agenda/business priorities.
• Execution of approved pipeline of assigned initiatives with the goal of reducing costs through the adoption of Digital tools (eRFx/e-Auctions), managing risk through the review of contracting arrangements, and supporting business through timely execution.
• Manage the resolution of complex or unusual problems.
• Develop relationships with key customers and work closely with Global Category Leads and business, Finance, Legal, and Information Security teams to drive contract drafting and negotiation.

About You

You’re a fit for the role if your background includes:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Credible knowledge and expertise across a wide range of Technology Procurement areas of spend, with significant experience in successfully developing and negotiating agreements within any value between $50K - $1M across geographies.
• 5+ years of applicable experience across the Procurement value chain, operations, program management and sound understanding of applicable laws / regulations.
• Strong ability to clearly understand business needs, historic spend, construct of existing contracts, applicable buying practices, external market drivers to build an insightful profile for assigned spend.
• Expert ability to understand the different cost drivers in the end-end value stream within various Technology sub-categories, develop a TCO/TVO model and build applicable strategies to drive sustainable value.
• Excellent (external and internal) relationship management and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Experienced sourcing practitioner, with deal architecture and negotiation skills, understanding of best-practice sourcing methodology and a demonstrated track record of working ethically to achieve excellent outcomes.
• Strong experience in contracting process from drafting to execution by negotiating contracts through applying best in class practices.
• Knowledge of the sourcing marketplace and trends in the industry including the ability to assess the impact of change in the context of the sourcing strategy.
• Expert analytics and ability to develop coherent and high-quality sourcing collateral including business case, contract summaries, and RFx materials.
• Experience with Source to Pay tools such as Ariba / Fieldglass.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English).
• Experience of building strong relationships with senior business executives.
• Location: Mexico City

To apply, please upload your updated resume in English.

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

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