Strategic IT Sourcing Lead, Core Infra

Citizens; Johnston (RI); On-site; USD 123,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Maternity/paternity leave

Flexible work arrangements

Education reimbursement

Wellness programs

Job summary

Citizens is seeking a Senior Sourcing Lead to drive cost savings and strategic supplier partnerships across Core IT Infrastructure services, including Data Center, Hosted Mainframe, and Backoffice IT. You will manage spend, influence procurement decisions, and partner with business leaders to align sourcing strategies with company goals.

The role reports to the Senior Sourcing Team Manager in Strategic Sourcing within Procurement and emphasizes cross-functional leadership, market intelligence,

Responsibilities

• Develop commodity strategies to achieve cost savings and improve quality and service levels by identifying opportunities and sourcing strategies for strategic/complex negotiations.
• Oversee all spend activity for assigned commodity and determine proper action plan for all purchases that meet Procurement involve threshold.
• Lead cross-functional teams to execute sourcing initiatives including the competitive bidding process and contract negotiations.
• Ability to negotiate, including contract red lining for all types of corporate transactions using an Agile contracting framework.
• Provide Category Procurement subject matter expertise for the associated business/function.
• Effectively work with functional and business groups as a trusted advisor to determine desired product/service specifications and projected demand when making recommended action plans.
• Maintain close relations with the industry supply base and industry experts with the objective to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities for assigned category areas and recommend key actions.
• Utilize analytical thinking and tools to identify new benefits generation; prioritize projects to ensure demonstrated impact to the business.

Job description

Citizens is seeking a Senior Sourcing Lead to drive cost savings and strategic supplier partnerships across Core IT Infrastructure services, including Data Center, Hosted Mainframe, and Backoffice IT. You will manage spend, influence procurement decisions, and partner with business leaders to align sourcing strategies with company goals.

The role reports to the Senior Sourcing Team Manager in Strategic Sourcing within Procurement and emphasizes cross-functional leadership, market intelligence,