Senior IT Sourcing & Vendor Management Leader

TEKsystems; United States; Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing and vendor management across IT services, software, SaaS, and professional services in a contract role based out of Austin, TX. You will own complex sourcing initiatives and collaborate with IT, Legal, Finance, and risk leaders to drive category strategies balancing cost, service, and risk.

You will negotiate terms, establish governance, and manage supplier relationships across the vendor lifecycle, including SLAs and KPIs, in a

Qualifications

• Strong experience in centralized procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or Vendor Management Office.
• Ownership of end-to-end sourcing projects, not just portions of procurement.
• Experience sourcing IT services, software, SaaS, IT labor, or Professional Services.
• Knowledge of procurement processes, supplier governance, and vendor lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience negotiating complex supplier contracts and terms.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives for IT services, software, SaaS, IT labor, and Professional Services.
• Partner with business leaders to understand goals, budgets, supplier challenges, and risk priorities.
• Develop category strategies using spend data, market intelligence, competitive benchmarking, and TCO analysis.
• Lead competitive sourcing events, including RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs.
• Evaluate suppliers based on capabilities, pricing, service, security, risk, compliance, and value.
• Develop and lead negotiation strategies for complex technology and service agreements.
• Review, negotiate, and redline contracts with Legal, Information Security, Risk, and stakeholders.
• Negotiate pricing models, licensing terms, service levels, payment terms, warranties, renewal provisions, and termination rights.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships throughout the vendor lifecycle.
• Establish SLAs, KPIs, scorecards, governance routines, and corrective-action plans.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, supplier consolidation, demand management, process improvement, and risk reduction.
• Support ongoing VMO initiatives, procurement controls, contract compliance, and supplier-governance standards.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Vendor management

Contract negotiations

Stakeholder management

Spend analysis

Sourcing events

Education

Bachelors degree or equivalent

Tools

MSA

SOW

SaaS agreements

Data Protection Addendum

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing and vendor management across IT services, software, SaaS, and professional services in a contract role based out of Austin, TX. You will own complex sourcing initiatives and collaborate with IT, Legal, Finance, and risk leaders to drive category strategies balancing cost, service, and risk.

You will negotiate terms, establish governance, and manage supplier relationships across the vendor lifecycle, including SLAs and KPIs, in a