Director, Strategic Sourcing - Technology

Job Requirements The Enterprise Sourcing team serves as a strategic enabler for the company, driving excellence in category management, supplier relationship management, and strategic sourcing. Collaborating closely with business and functional leaders across the enterprise, the team ensures informed supplier selection and skillfully negotiates agreements that maximize value while safeguarding against risk. We are seeking a seasoned Sourcing executive with strong experience and a proven track record in driving meaningful third-party savings in technology spending The Director of Technology Sourcing shall lead a team in partnering with leaders across the company to understand business priorities, challenge existing spend where appropriate, and influence sourcing and supplier decisions. The Director shall develop category management to maturity by optimizing addressable categories, rationalizing vendors, and increasing purchasing leverage to deliver stronger commercial outcomes, and shall create category strategies with a rolling 3-year plan for pursuing savings and other value-added opportunities. The Director shall form and manage relationships with key suppliers, including negotiating enterprise-level agreements and resolving potential disputes; build a high-performing team; and lead sourcing transformation, including change management on new processes. The Director shall also keep key stakeholders updated on category performance and opportunities on a regular basis. This role can be based in Burbank, CA, San Francisco, CA, or Orlando, FL. Responsibilities of the Role: Business Partnership and Category Management: Partner with leaders across the company to understand business priorities and influence sourcing and supplier decisions Challenge existing spend where appropriate (need, scope, utilization and pricing), and engage early, before requirements are set and suppliers are selected Build alignment and buy-in across Finance, Legal, Information Security and business leaders, and keep stakeholders informed on category performance, supplier negotiations and opportunities on a regular cadence Sourcing strategy creation and delivery within Technology categories: Responsible for developing and implementing category strategies, aligned with the business objectives of the relevant Disney stakeholders Build strong partnerships with business and functional stakeholders. Collaboratively develop a multi-year sourcing plan for specific categories aligned to business objectives and technology strategy. Partner closely with the vendor management offices, architecture, product owners, and business stakeholders of the technology organizations to develop and execute on category strategies. Establish bold cost-take-out goals and drive cost-saving initiatives and continuous improvement projects within the category to achieve them Drive innovation in categories by exploring new sourcing models, technologies, and processes Lead cross-functional teams to execute category strategies Monitor key metrics to track actual performance versus plan and identify additional opportunities for cost savings and other value adds Category Management Maturity: Develop category management to maturity to increase purchasing leverage and commercial outcomes Move the work from reactive renewals to proactive category ownership Establish a spend baseline and optimize addressable categories, segmenting spend by strategic importance, risk and opportunity Lead vendor rationalization and consolidation to simplify the supplier base and reduce duplicate capabilities Increase purchasing leverage by aggregating demand across business units, standardizing terms and optimizing pricing models and commitments Track and validate hard savings and cost avoidance Category Ownership: This Director will be responsible for category strategies and associated savings projects and contract negotiations for the following technology categories. The Director must partner with the other Direct…

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