At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers.
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Reporting to the Director of Professional Services Procurement, this position is responsible for providing senior leadership and support to a team of resources in Procurement and Support Services (PSS) supporting various stakeholders across the Information Technology organization while being the face of Procurement. Primary responsibility includes managing a team of category leads that support Procurement related activities (Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Category Management and Plan, Sourcing (RFP/RFI), Negotiations and Contracting) for IT Professional Services (IT Consulting and IT Managed Services) category. In addition, this position is also responsible for indirect procurement operational activities like spend analytics, building and implementing category processes, leading and developing the team. This role does not include procurement of IT Hardware or IT Software. Individual must have Procurement experience (end to end sourcing and contracting) and specifically in the field of IT as it relates to bringing on IT Consulting firms for various initiatives for IT life-cycles (e.g. Engineering Services, DevOps, AppDev, Information Security, Infrastructure) as well as partnering with IT Consulting firms to perform Outsourcing related activities for HCSC. Have familiarity with Outsourcing contracts and their structure.

REQUIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain or Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of relevant strategic sourcing or contracting experience for professional services in a highly complex environment OR 8 years of relevant strategic sourcing or contracting experience in a highly complex environment.
• Experience in client relationship development and management.
• Experience in presentation, excel, project management and leadership skills.
• Experience in negotiating, advanced skills to structure beneficial contracts, and ability to evolve contracts to best-in-class and minimize risk to HCSC.
• Experience with supply chain integration.
• Experience influencing cross functional teams and business decisions at an Enterprise level.
• Critical thinking skills with high learning agility and the capability to outline a direction and drive towards the outcomes.
• Possess strong financial skills and business acumen.
• Partners with business leaders and participates with senior management in the development of project specific strategies and deliver solutions which address business challenges and which positively impact business goals.
• Possess knowledge of the customer’s needs and translate that into knowledge regarding the particular sourcing opportunities that may exist.
• Skilled at project management and capable to lead multiple projects any given time with proper prioritization and time management.
• Interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• PC proficiency to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

PREFERRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proven people leader success; including performance management, employee development, goal setting, hiring/selection, and motivation.
• 9 years of relevant strategic sourcing or contracting experience in a highly complex environment including IT Professional Services (Consulting and Managed Services).
• Oversees the development of sourcing strategies, industry and supplier research, bidding, total cost of ownership analysis, supplier selection and the negotiation of business terms to maximize the total value to HCSC.
• Partners, coordinates and integrates with PSS resources, Legal, Tax, Risk Management, Information Security, Finance and other organizations to provide seamless service.
• Ability to lead a team in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.
• Responsible for leveraging various system generated reports including active and expiring contracts, cycle time, workload, spend analysis and numerous others used in PSS. Responsible for the usability of the systems in PSS and by PSS customers.
• Responsible for establishing and ensuring standard processes exist and are followed in the sourcing and contracting process across all teams in PSS.
• Supports mergers and acquisitions by actively participating in the development of integration strategies and implementing any new business processes and workflows.
• Maintains effective communication with management regarding development within areas of assigned responsibilities and perform special projects as required or requested.
• Identifies barriers to potential solutions and develops and implements action plans to overcome obstacles.
• Ability to keep up with market trends and bring new Sourcing and Contracting ideas and information to the Customer’s senior leaders
• Participates in and supports leadership activities including strategic and operational planning sessions, staff meetings, monthly/quarterly business meetings etc.
  Relocation is not provided at this time.
  Sponsorship is not provided at this time.
  Hybrid work arrangement to include 3 days in the Chicago office and up to 2 days working from home.
  

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