Sourcing Manager - IT

Verizon; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Senior Category Sourcing Manager in Ireland to lead IT category sourcing, guiding internal stakeholders through acquisition processes and delivering strategic supplier management. You will identify suppliers, draft requirements and agreements, and seek cost-saving opportunities while monitoring performance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, negotiation of terms, and collaboration with Legal, Tax, and policy experts to maintain Verizon’s market-leading position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant Strategic Sourcing experience.
• Category Sourcing Management and/or Supplier Management experience.
• Must have right to work in Ireland; no sponsorship provided.

Responsibilities

• Plan and propose sourcing strategies that best support business needs.
• Create, update, and present the Category Strategy.
• Perform market analyses to find potential new suppliers and develop existing partnerships.
• Negotiate commercial terms for agreements and renewals.
• Lead cross-functional teams to document requirements and reach consensus.
• Work with Legal, Contract Manager, Tax, and policy experts.
• Verify suppliers are upholding contract terms and update key deal briefings.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Ariba

SAP

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where you can truly learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world.

Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

What You’ll Be Doing…

You’ll be leading the sourcing process for an IT Category within the IT Sourcing Department, where we spend more than five hundred million dollars per year. While guiding your internal business stakeholders through the acquisition process, you’ll be identifying potential suppliers, reviewing & drafting requirements and agreements, analyzing qualifications, negotiating deals, identifying savings opportunities and monitoring supplier performance. Our purchasing power combined with your skills and expertise will help us maintain our market-leading position. Come play a meaningful role in driving continuous cost savings and revenue generation.

What You Will Be Doing

• Planning and proposing sourcing strategies that best support business needs.
• Creating, updating, and presenting the Category Strategy.
• Performing market analyses to find potential new suppliers, while maintaining and developing existing partnerships.
• Negotiating commercial terms for agreements and renewals.
• Handling the sourcing process and leading cross-functional teams to document requirements and reach consensus.
• Working closely with Legal counsel, Contract Manager, Tax, and other policy subject matter experts.
• Validating that suppliers are upholding contract terms and updating key deal briefings.

What We’re Looking For…

You understand commerce. Because you are a master relationship builder, external suppliers see you as an invaluable partner and internal stakeholders see you as a trusted advisor. You have no problem prioritizing multiple simultaneous projects and you’re no stranger to tight timelines. You are comfortable chairing cross functional meetings and communicating with both internal and external parties at Senior level when required. Balancing the intersection of cost, efficiency, and quality, you expertly negotiate the best outcomes for all parties.

You’ll Need To Have

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant Strategic Sourcing experience.
• Category Sourcing Management, Supplier Management and/or Purchasing experience.
• To be considered for this role, applicants must already hold a valid right to work in Ireland. We are currently unable to support employment permit sponsorship.

Even better if you have one or more of the following

• IT or Technology Strategic Sourcing experience.
• Negotiation, cost management and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of the commercial legal language, terminologies related to contracting.
• Project & Stakeholder Management in a complex multi-project and multi-geography environment.
• Ability to work independently, as directed, with limited supervision.
• Experience in driving cross-functional teams to achieve common goals in complex deals.
• Competence in AI tools to increase efficiency, accuracy and speed to the required work processes.
• Certifications in CPSM/CPM/CIPS/CSCP and/or Lean Six Sigma.
• Experience in Ariba, SAP, Google Suite & Microsoft Suite applications.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.