Sourcing IT - Senior Consultant

Chain IQ Group AG; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Chain IQ Group AG is seeking a dynamic IT sourcing professional to join the Americas team. This role focuses on end-to-end IT sourcing across software licensing, SaaS, hosted platforms, and data center services, delivering value to clients with disciplined, process-driven procurement.

You will work with stakeholders, shape contracts, identify savings, and manage bids across regions. The position offers an international environment and the chance to influence multi-national contracts, reporting

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in IT sourcing roles.
• Proven negotiation and contract drafting skills.
• Experience with software licensing, SaaS, and IT services.
• Ability to manage global vendor relationships across regions.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage IT sourcing engagements of varying spend and complexity.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to align on requirements and priorities.
• Shape deals and contracts to meet business needs.
• Identify savings opportunities and drive cost reductions.
• Maintain supplier relationships and stay updated on products and competitors.
• Lead competitive bids and RFX processes with cross-functional teams.
• Draft and negotiate contracts aligned to client templates.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and client policies.
• Provide project status and savings reporting using required tools.
• Collaborate with global colleagues for cross-functional coordination.

Skills

IT sourcing

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Stakeholder management

RFX management

Vendor management

Cost savings

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

MBA (benefit)

Job description

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters - bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

Role Purpose

We are seeking a dynamic, client-focused individual to join our US IT Sourcing team. The candidate must have experience in the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle for IT engagements, with a particular concentration in the software sourcing category. The primary purpose is to deliver value-add sourcing services to clients in a structured, professional and consistent manner.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage IT sourcing engagements of varying spend, risk, and complexity levels on the IT sourcing (Americas) team, managing engagements in one or more of the following categories: Software licensing/maintenance, software as a service, hosted platforms/services, market data software and hosted platforms, telecom/networks, data center, hardware, and related IT outsourcing and managed services
• Communicate regularly with key business stakeholders to understand strategic direction, business requirements, objectives, and priorities across assigned categories
• Understand business requirements of each deal, and shape deals and contracts to meet those requirements
• Assess savings opportunities on all engagements, and work with clients to achieve optimal cost reductions/savings
• Develop and maintain key IT supplier relationships and stay current on their products, services, and competitors
• Manage competitive bids and RFXs for IT engagements using automated e-tools and lead the evaluation and selection processes across a cross-functional team of stakeholders
• Draft contracts based on clients’ standard templates and/or review vendor paper and negotiate them to be fit-for-purpose based on client requirements, and customize deal-specific commercial terms/conditions as needed
• Follow required processes and procedures related to supplier engagement, contract negotiation and contract execution to ensure compliance with clients’ legal, regulatory, business, and regional policies
• Provide detailed project status (and associated savings) reporting on all active and completed sourcing deals using required Chain IQ and client tools/platforms
• Partner with global Chain IQ colleagues to ensure cross-functional coordination of engagements, supplier management, process implementation, and best practices

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (Supply Chain concentration and/or MBA would be a plus)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in IT sourcing roles
• Demonstrated sourcing and negotiation experience with major IT suppliers and/or global telecom carriers
• Ability to perform contract drafting and negotiations with limited additional legal support for Master SW license maintenance agreements, supply/task orders/SOWs, amendments, service level agreements (SLAs); etc.
• Ability to structure contracts with multiple concurrent schedules, annexes, supply orders, and attachments across multiple global regions
• Demonstrated experience in identifying savings and cost reduction opportunities in IT contract negotiations and developing and leading negotiating strategies to achieve those savings
• Ability to manage engagement risk through identification and assessment of relevant hypothetical issues that could impact each engagement, and documenting such scenarios and relevant risk sharing in the contract
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to effectively communicate with and influence senior clients/stakeholders
• Ability to quickly understand and apply new concepts (i.e., business models; governance models; scaling of platform from local to regional to global; supplier pricing models; contracting options and alternatives; sourcing tools and platforms; sourcing process, policies, and procedures)
• Ability to effectively organize and prioritize a wide array of initiatives to tight deadlines

Join a truly global team.

We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let’s shape the future of procurement - together.

Chain IQ – Create. Lead. Make an impact.

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