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EY Technology Sourcing Manager - Remote in Dallas, Texas
At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.
The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.
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The opportunity
The purpose of the global EY organization is to Build a Better Working World. The insights and services the organization provides help to drive long-term value for clients, people, and society and to build trust in the capital markets. An essential function under EY Business Enablement, Supply Chain Services (SCS) is a global team with more than 600 professionals in over 35 countries supporting the EY organization across the globe. This structure helps enable knowledge-sharing across categories and regions, streamlining efforts in seeking innovative suppliers that can provide exceptional client service to maximize SCS’s value for the EY organization and the world's supply chain.
A key component of SCS is Global Procurement, whose purpose is to drive significant synergies and value creation from sourcing to contract lifecycle management, deliver exceptional client experiences and build more vital collaboration to manage Technology, Talent, Alliances and Brand, Marketing and Communications (BMC) spend categories. We forge meaningful supplier relationships and strengthen supplier resilience to help EY maximize long-term value for its people, clients and communities.
The Alliances Procurement team build and strengthen our relationships across the EY Alliance ecosystem, ensuring visibility and value realization across our account base while supporting the building of new platforms and seamlessly shifting to protect EY investments. Alliances are co-branded, commercial business relationships between independent companies that combine innovative business capabilities to help create client value.
Through this opportunity, you will support the EY-Adobe Alliance within Global Procurement. This Alliance designs and delivers transformative experience cloud solutions to drive advances in organizations’ digital transformation agendas. Supported by Adobe solutions across customer data, content and commerce, the EY and Adobe teams help organizations improve their marketing capabilities and analytics, enabling actionable insights that reduce cost and drive revenue
Your key responsibilities
Be a senior contributor on an Alliances Procurement team, aligned to one or more strategic Alliances.
Develop Alliance strategies for assigned suppliers in partnership with Alliance teams.
Stakeholder and supplier relationship management
Act as a senior strategic leader/contributor and trusted business advisor – manage complex transactions directly or indirectly, working closely with senior stakeholders to deliver successful results.
Manage full lifecycle of contracts for assigned programs of work and key suppliers.
Pro-actively manage contract negotiations for assigned projects
Build and foster collaborative working relationships with internal business partners.
Supporting and leading stakeholders through the Onboarding of Alliances Goods and Services end-to-end process.
Socialization and facilitation of the Procurement policy and processes, ensuring that the project teams and stakeholders understand the value of the policy and adhere to it accordingly.
Timely and frequent submission of management information, including project status and savings reporting.
Supporting Supply Chain Services’ overall global strategies
Facilitation of any needed market research to identify potential and develop existing Alliances, ensure competitive pricing and terms, etc.
Skills and attributes for success
Experience with senior stakeholder engagement with the ability to collaboratively co-develop strategies and set and manage expectations.
Comprehensive experience with negotiating contracts related to cloud-based solutions, software licensing & rationalization, and professional services
Comprehensive experience with negotiating contracts globally and regionally.
Experience of working in a Sourcing/Procurement/Supplier Management team in a complex and global environment.
Strong influencing and networking skills as the organization relies on working in cross-functional teams across borders.
Fluent, effective, transparent, and timely English communication skills required across multiple mediums (email, voice, IM, etc) in a global environment.
The ability to independently manage and prioritize workload.
Proficient organizational skills.
Demonstrate a positive attitude and have an appetite for change.
Provide exceptional Client Service.
May assume counsellor responsibilities as part of the role at a future date.
To qualify for the role, you must have
7 - 10 years’ experience of Alliance procurement or equivalent multi-pillar relationship management, with an emphasis on technology sourcing.
Experience in a leadership position a plus.
Business degree or equivalent a plus.
Combination of work and experience may be considered.
Ideally, you’ll also have
CPM (US), CIPS (UK) or similar Procurement certification is welcomed but not essential.
Good knowledge of IT suppliers and emerging technologies.
Experience working in an IT role as part of delivering technology solutions is a plus.
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What we look for
Successful team members are high energy individuals with experience working in a truly global, culturally diverse organization where change is embraced. Relationship building is key and excellent oral, written and communications skills in English is necessary to deliver Exceptional Client Service to our stakeholders.
What we offer
The compensation ranges below are provided in order to comply with United States pay transparency laws. Other geographies will follow their local salary guidelines, which may not be a direct conversion of published US salary range/s. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $96,300 to $180,100. The salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $115,600 to $ 204,600. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.
Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.
EY is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.
EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com