Role Purpose:

Own the end-to-end IT procurement strategy for a global manufacturing organization across plants and corporate functions. Act as the senior technology commercial negotiator, shaping deal strategy, leading complex negotiations, and governing the full contract lifecycle - converting supplier spend into commercial advantage while de-risking the technology estate. This is a strategic partner role to the CIO and executive leadership, not a transactional buying function.

Key Responsibilities:

- Strategy & governance: Define and own global IT procurement and category strategy across EUC, data centre/network, software & licensing, cloud, telecom, and managed services; set policies, controls, and delegation of authority aligned to enterprise and digital-transformation roadmaps.

- Executive business partnering: Trusted commercial advisor to CIO, Finance, Legal, and business leadership; translate demand plans and technology roadmaps into sourcing strategies and investment decisions.

- Negotiation strategy: Set negotiation plans for material deals - target outcomes, walk-away positions, leverage/BATNA, should-cost and benchmark analysis - before going to market.

- Deal leadership: Personally lead the most complex, high-value negotiations (multi-year enterprise licensing such as Microsoft/SAP, hyperscaler commitments, multi-tower managed services) using competitive tension and staged strategies. Must have a record of closing multi-million-dollar, multi-year IT deals with quantified savings.

- Commercial structuring: Structure agreements that protect long-term value - pricing/rate-card mechanisms, volume/ramp commitments, benchmarking and price-review rights, indexation/FX protection, renewal caps, termination for convenience, and exit/transition assistance.

- Contract lifecycle ownership: Own contract lifecycle with Legal - playbooks, clause library, execution, obligation tracking, amendments, disputes, renewals, exits - supported by a global contract repository and rolling 12-month renewal calendar.

- Supplier governance & performance: Rationalize supplier base into preferred-partner models; govern OEMs, hyperscalers, SIs, telecom providers, and MSPs post-signature via SLAs, scorecards, QBRs, remedy enforcement, and recovery of value leakage.

- Contractual & third-party risk: Own contractual risk with Legal, IT Security, and Compliance - DPAs, cybersecurity/audit obligations, IP/source-code protection, business continuity, and ESG commitments.

- Value delivery & transparency: Own IT procurement budgets, forecasts, and savings commitments; drive cost optimization, demand rationalization, and value engineering; report savings, cost avoidance, and value realization with clear spend visibility across regions and plants.

- Team & capability building: Lead, coach, and develop a global IT procurement team; raise negotiation and contracting capability across the function.

Key Skills & Competencies:

- Deep expertise in IT procurement, strategic sourcing, and category management

- Strong vendor governance, stakeholder management, and executive-level influencing

- Solid understanding of manufacturing IT, plant environments, and industrial operations

- Excellent analytical, financial, and cost-optimization mindset; comfortable with contract and spend data

- Ability to operate at both strategic and executional levels in a complex global environment