Global Procurement Sourcing & Vendor Senior Manager

The Boston Consulting Group GmbH; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm seeks a Senior Sourcing & Vendor Manager to drive category management and vendor strategies within their IT and Digital Products functions. The role emphasizes collaborative vendor management, strategic sourcing initiatives, and building effective supplier relationships to ensure value realization and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement or vendor management.
• Experience with IT supplier ecosystems and contracting models.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead category and vendor management capabilities for IT and Digital Products.
• Develop sourcing plans and negotiate contracts with vendors.
• Manage vendor relationships and support budgeting initiatives.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Vendor management

Negotiation

Communication

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Procurement or Business Administration

MBA/advanced technical degree preferred

Tools

Vendor management platforms

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

We are seeking a Senior Sourcing & Vendor Manager who will be responsible for leading category and vendor management capabilities supporting the IT and Digital Products functions at BCG. This new role will sit within our Procurement organization but be fully dedicated to supporting the IT Platform Engineering organization for at least the first 18-24 months. The role will be accountable for driving a long-term category strategy, navigating over 300 vendors and ensuring strong alignment with delivery leadership. This role will work collaboratively with the IT VMO and other functions across the vendor lifecycle. Given the scale of spend and complexity across teams, the role's breadth will span category management, strategic sourcing, renewals, vendor consolidation, supporting vendor management programs, and proactive commercial management to unlock significant cost savings and operational efficiency.

Role Responsibilities

• In support of IT and Digital Products leadership, captures, centralizes and consolidates resource forecasts, project demand and roadmap plans into vendor requirements, uses expertise in the development of category plans, sourcing plans and sourcing approaches.
• Partners directly with Platform Engineering delivery leadership and broader IT/Digital Product leadership to drive sourcing strategies that improve vendor management governance, strengthen process, improve delivery models, reduce risk, and drive vendor performance.
• Ensures that strategic sourcing and negotiation plans are established including target outcomes, timelines and milestones. Ensures execution of sourcing, negotiations and contracting against these plans, either through direct lead responsibility or partnership with other IT Sourcing Managers.
• Partners with teams, facilitates planning, advises on trade-offs, and helps resolve priorities
• Establish strong relationships with new and existing suppliers across negotiating, contracting and onboarding of new agreements and suppliers.
• Supports the maintenance of relationships between strategic vendors and internal resources, including IT stakeholders and executive leadership. Develops strategies for supplier engagement.
• Supports and maintains visibility of the end-to-end category lifecycle within Platform Engineering, from demand shaping to performance management, driving consistency and reducing administrative overhead for delivery teams.
• In collaboration with the IT VMO and IT leadership, identify risks associated with key vendors.
• Responsible for leading budgeting and financial analysis initiatives in collaboration with IT Finance, optimizing vendor investments, and ensuring value realization. As required, provide support into the Quarterly Business Reviews with key suppliers.
• Presents vendor insights to IT and business leadership and the IT VMO to help in the shaping vendor management decisions with data-backed narratives
• Evaluate existing processes and continually formulate/refine guidelines including, sourcing supplier engagement and contracting practices
• Leads or contributes to cross-functional initiatives that enhance IT capabilities, process effectiveness, or functional alignment, adapting to emerging needs across IT and Digital Products

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or vendor management, ideally in a high-growth, technology-driven environment
• Seasoned leader with a track record of driving innovation in category and vendor strategy. Deep experience with IT supplier ecosystems and a variety of contracting models (staff augmentation, managed services, outsourcing, etc.)
• Experienced negotiator adept at securing favorable terms and fostering mutually beneficial vendor relationships
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement, and presentation skills; highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and related business tools
• Strong project management skills to deliver category and vendor management projects on time and on value
• Highly self-directed and comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment; thrives in a hands-on, execution-focused role
• Ability to navigate through a global framework, handle conflicting priorities and goals
• Working knowledge of vendor management platforms and tools helpful
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university preferably in Procurement, Business Administration or related field. MBA/advanced technical degree preferred

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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