Job title: Manager of Global Sourcing IT
Company: News Corp
Job description: Manager of Global Sourcing, IT
About News Corp:
News Corp is a global diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers and businesses throughout the world. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including: news and information services, book publishing, digital real estate services, cable network programming in Australia and pay-TV distribution in Australia.
What You’ll Do:
Responsible for various Technology categories (Software, Hardware, Telecom) and sourcing assigned to them, including identification and development of vendors, analysis, and negotiation of renewals, and contracting. Responsible for coordinating and supporting the category execution team to optimize total acquisition cost at global and regional levels.
Provide Strategic Procurement management to News Corp, including accountability for Supplier engagement for Software, Hardware, Telecom and Professional Services Contracts predominantly in EUR & US region. Responsible for ensuring the procurement processes across News Corp are challenged, improved, and consistently applied.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to understand and negotiate contracts for Software, Hardware, Network, Telecom, End User Computing Device, Peripherals & APCs.
- Responsible for coordinating with the Sourcing execution team in India for renewals of the current contracts efficiently optimizing cost and usage.
- Coordinate between various business partners and legal to ensure that legal understands the business arrangement and that the business partners understand legal implications. Ability to translate business requirements into contractual language.
- Ability to manage the communications with a global team including UK and India locations.
- Provide subject matter expertise for all Technology Categories including developments within the market, competitor activity, technology, and capability to ensure a strong negotiating position and deliver lowest cost acquisition.
- Drive the delivery of annual cost saving initiatives and meet the terms of any contractual obligations, negotiating Long Term Agreements, to support the agreed Category strategy.
- Governance and Ownership of Long Term Agreements for the Suppliers.
Required Experience and Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 4-7 Years of extensive contracting and sourcing experience within a technically demanding environment, including significant experience in establishing, driving and developing Supplier Relationships.
- Significant experience in negotiations including contracting and the establishment of long-term agreements
- Experience of developing and implementing Category Strategies for IT
- Ability to forge strong internal and external relationships
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Some Travel will be required
- Experience with global sourcing
- Fantastic communication skills, a continuous improvement mindset and the willingness to learn and grow. Most importantly you will be passionate about our News Corp Values and exceeding customer expectations.
- Courage – Take ownership for issues and problems.
- Collaboration – Share knowledge and experience with others
- Commitment – Focuses on exceeding customer expectations, delivering right first time with zero defects.
Location: Princeton, NJ
Working Arrangement: Hybrid 3 – days in office
Equal Opportunity Employer:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets
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Expected salary:
Location: Princeton, NJ
Job date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 07:31:57 GMT
