Strategic Sourcing Contractor - Technology

New York, NY, US • Posted 10 hours ago • Updated 10 hours ago
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Skills

  • Investment Management
  • Presentations
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • SQL
  • Tableau
  • Strategy Development
  • Demand Management
  • Process Reengineering
  • Collaboration
  • Optimization
  • Accountability
  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • Market Analysis
  • Market Research
  • Research
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Sourcing
  • Decision-making
  • Risk Management
  • Business Continuity Planning
  • Cost Management
  • People Management
  • Mentorship
  • Management
  • Financial Services
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Computer Hardware
  • Microsoft
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Adobe
  • IBM
  • Snow Flake Schema
  • Financial Planning
  • Budget
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Procurement
  • Accounting
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Data Science
  • Operations Research
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Science
  • RFI
  • Request For Proposal
  • RFQ
  • Business Cases
  • Vendor Development
  • Due Diligence
  • Operations Management
  • Escalation Management
  • Finance
  • Modeling
  • Analytics
  • Negotiations
  • Technical Drafting
  • Service Level
  • Law
  • Articulate
  • Legal
  • MEAN Stack
  • Customer Service
  • Training And Development
  • SAP BASIS

Summary

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Strategic Sourcing Contractor - Technology for a contract assignment with one of our premier investment management clients in New York, NY. Hybrid 4 days per week onsite.

Responsibilities:
  • Strategic Advisory: Serve as a strategic advisor to all levels of management on all matters related to sourcing and procurement, offering insights and recommendations to optimize the vendor portfolio and achieve corporate transformation objectives. Build and deliver executive-ready presentations using advanced analytics (Power BI, SQL, Tableau) to support sourcing decisions and business cases. Contribute to enterprise-wide cost optimization programs by identifying and accelerating high-impact sourcing initiatives.
  • Sourcing Strategy Development: Conduct rigorous external spend analysis to uncover opportunities for cost optimization. Design and execute comprehensive sourcing strategies to reduce cost, improve delivery resilience, and streamline vendor portfolios through competitive bidding, proofs-of-concepts, demand management, supplier consolidation, and process reengineering efforts that align with the company's overall business goals, ensuring cost-effectiveness, and quality.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with enterprise cost targets and transformation goals. Build and manage cross-functional cost optimization programs to drive accountability and transparency in sourcing decisions.
  • Supplier Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, negotiating and drafting favorable terms into contracts, ensuring the highest standards of quality and service.
  • Market Analysis: Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities within the supply chain, and prepare PowerPoint decks to support informed sourcing decision-making.
  • Risk Management: Identify potential risks within the supply chain and develop mitigation plans to ensure business continuity and minimize disruptions.
  • Cost Management: Implement cost-saving initiatives and strategies to reduce overall expenses without compromising on quality or performance.
  • People Management: Recruit, coach, mentor, and indirectly manage junior staff as necessary.


Required Skills:
  • 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or supply chain strategy in a complex, global environment-ideally within financial services, tech, or consulting, with a proven track record of success in a technology-related strategic sourcing advisory role.
  • Experience working on enterprise-level software and hardware purchase agreements with the likes of Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, AWS, Google, Adobe, IBM, and Snowflake among others.
  • Experience working in or partnering with a Financial Planning and Analytics function or other budget-setting and spend tracking function.
  • Exceptional program and stakeholder management skills with a strong bias for execution.
  • Strong command of procurement analytics and ability to translate data into actionable insights and persuasive narratives.
  • Expertise with cat
  • Bachelor's Degree, with preferences for Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Data Science, Operations Research, Technology or Supply Chain Management, or Entrepreneurship.
  • Advanced degrees in Business, the Sciences, Engineering, Law, or related areas preferred.
  • Category planning, competitive bidding techniques (RFI, RFP, RFQ), creation of business cases, vendor selection, vendor risk due diligence, operations management, and vendor dispute/escalation management.
  • Financial modelling skills to build multiple negotiation scenarios, total cost of ownership models, consumption models, and demand forecasts based on spend analytics and other data sources.
  • Depth in drafting, redlining, and negotiating global contracts, including experience drafting service level agreements (SLAs). This includes a solid understanding of contract law, including demonstrated ability to understand, interpret and articulate key legal terms in agreements.


SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.
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  • Dice Id: sgainc
  • Position Id: 26-01222
  • Posted 10 hours ago

Company Info

About Software Guidance & Assistance

Founded in 1981, SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider with a national footprint and headquartered in the shadow of Wall Street. We’re a certified women-owned business. We provide contingent staffing, direct placement, and professional and managed services to transform businesses and evolve careers. We’re small enough to tailor our services to each client and big enough to deliver for some of the world’s largest employers. Our professionals are experts in areas such as IT, finance, accounting, risk, and clinical.

SGA provides contingent staffing, direct placement, and professional and managed services nationwide for Fortune 500 companies, mid-size businesses and select startups.

Our core skillsets include all areas of technology – business & data analysis, cyber & network security, database administration, development & architecture, infrastructure, program & project management, quality assurance & testing. We also deliver talent across professional business functions such as finance, accounting, risk, and clinical.

Our Professional & Managed Services team delivers IT projects through onshore, offshore and hybrid delivery models. We develop software products, modernize applications, add features, and integrate and maintain systems. Our scope covers, among others, complex application suites, data management and visualizations, machine learning and mobile applications.

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