Director, Sourcing Delivery
Company: The Hartford
Location: Hartford
Posted on: January 25, 2023
Job Description:
You are a driven and motivated problem solver ready to pursue
meaningful work. You strive to make an impact every day & not only
at work, but in your personal life and community too. If that
sounds like you, then you've landed in the right place.The
Director, Sourcing Delivery for the Technology & Outsourcing
Category is an important role within The Hartford's Global
Procurement Team responsible for supporting the end-to-end
contracting activities in accordance with category strategies set
by the Category Manager for Technology & Outsourcing.Reporting to
the AVP, Category Management, the Director, Sourcing Delivery is
accountable for executing high complexity procurement activities
including contracts and related activities (i.e., approvals and
savings submissions, etc.), for Technology & Outsourcing. This role
will work closely with the Technology & Outsourcing Category
Managers in addition to Information Technology Leadership, Business
and Stakeholders to ensure the effective execution of assigned
sourcing and contracting initiatives that support Technology &
Outsourcing business goals.*This is a hybrid position and will
require some weekly office presence in our Hartford, CT location.*
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Drafts, reviews, and negotiates statements of work, change
orders, amendments, and similar contractual documents on complex
contracts
- Acts as the primary contact between the Category Management
team, Business Units, and Legal, ensuring that all legal and
contractual matters are addressed efficiently and promptly
- Drive continuous improvement by developing and promoting
negotiation concepts and RFx best practice
- Act as a change agent facilitating the optimum appropriate
application of relevant tools, processes, and approaches
- Guide, coach, and support all procurement functions with
negotiation and RFx best practices and advanced methodologies and
concepts
- Provide varying levels of support across low and medium
complexity cases, depending on need
- Reviews and manages contractual obligations of the parties and
provides continual review to ensure that all terms and conditions
are met
- Responsible for escalation of contractual or commercial issues
to the leadership team, especially issues that are not solved
satisfactorily by the project team in a timely manner
- Provide leadership for internal Procurement process improvement
initiatives
- Develop and implement standards operating procedures for
Contracting and Sourcing activitiesQualifications
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in sourcing and negotiating
agreements within the relevant category in a large, highly matrixed
company including significant experience and expertise leading
strategic sourcing process
- Experience with complex IT, network, software, cloud, data
storage, managed services or business process outsourcing
agreements
- Ability to identify and lead process improvement
opportunities
- The ability to meet deliverables on time and work in an
evolving and growing environment that is prone to changes
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Highly responsive and service-oriented attitude
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation
skills
- Deep knowledge of best-in-class sourcing & contracting
processes
- Demonstrated leadership of complex supplier contracting,
ideally at Fortune 100 and across multi-entity global corporate
structure
- Extremely customer-focused, taking the time to understand the
needs of the business,
- JD or an advanced degree in a related area, a plus
- Experience using Coupa and/or other contract lifecycle
management tools, a plusCompensationThe listed annualized base pay
range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the
external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or
below the listed range based on factors including but not limited
to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies
required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The
Hartford's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards
may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and
on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this
role is:$117,360 - $176,040Equal Opportunity
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