WNS - Senior Sourcing & Contracting Associate - IT Category Procurement

Senior Sourcing & Contracting Associate - IT Category (SO)

WNS- Denali is a procurement-focused, technology-agnostic managed services provider that enables organizations to win at procurement: influence more spend through- Category Management- and transition to a- New Procurement Operating Model. We support Global 1000 companies by offering an array of best-in-class procurement solutions, including Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, Contract and Supplier Management, Tactical and Transactional Procurement, and Accounts Payable. We bring deep Category expertise extending across various direct and indirect spend categories.

Our efforts to integrate human capital strategy into the overall growth strategy have been acknowledged on several leading platforms. We were recently recognized in the AON Best Employer 2017 rankings, a feat that we have achieved for the second consecutive year. The WNS-Denali office in Pittsburgh was named a "Best Place to Work" in 2016, 2017 and 2020.

WNS Denali, provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

- Project Category Sourcing Coordinator (Sr. Associate) IT - Hardware: Ensure end-to-end successful completion of the assigned requests/projects working with Sourcing Managers & Business Stakeholders

Primary activities:

- Support Sourcing Managers in completion of end to end sourcing activity in the IT - Hardware and Software space (heavier volume in hardware sourcing and contracting)

- Strategize on best in class sourcing strategy and execution levers to maximize value in all projects assigned to the sourcing team in the IT category.- Document that strategy in instructions within the team's Category Cards.

- Conduct full Spend Analysis for Opportunity Identification

- Coach and train other sourcing coordinators to utilize multiple levers appropriate for the IT Category to continually assist the client in driving to achieve category strategy goals.

- 7 - 9 years Source to Contract experience

- Bachelor's degree, Master's preferred

- Stakeholder management experience

- 3-5 years of Project management experience

- Demonstrated intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint

- Advanced user of excel and pivot tables or equivalent similar tools such as Tableau

- Source to Pay experience needed

- Construction and Facilities category knowledge preferred

- Ability to work in fast paced, technology environment

- Dynamic and energetic

- Ability to multi-task and project manage to closure

- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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