Commodity Manager - IT & Software (Mid-Level)

About NCR Atleos

NCR Atleos, headquartered in Atlanta, is a leader in expanding financial access. Our dedicated 20,000 employees optimize the branch, improve operational efficiency and maximize self-service availability for financial institutions and retailers across the globe.

TITLE: Commodity Manager, Indirect - IT & Software

LOCATION: Belgrade, Serbia

GRADE: 11

POSITION SUMMARY & KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Independently manages the workflow for the commodity manager's primary duties: strategic sourcing, contract lifecycle management, and compliance/governance

• Guides the selection, development, and management of Strategic Suppliers to meet commodity cost and performance goals, with emphasis placed on ability to identify cost targets for relevant technology and product roadmaps.

• Understands and monitors current commodity market conditions/trends, developing technologies, supplier capacity/ capability, product knowledge, customer requirements and supply/demand challenges.

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of NCR's Atleo's procedures, processes and policies, especially the sourcing policy and contracts policy.

• Implements a rigorous and disciplined process for managing the supply base including leading periodic reviews, monitoring and managing supplier performance (quality, cost, delivery, technology, service, and leadership), managing supplier relationships, performing root cause analysis and resolution, developing and monitoring supplier improvement plans, and collaborating with engineering to align technology roadmaps.

• Leads negotiation and completion of contracts with global strategic and preferred suppliers to maximize benefits across NCR Atleo's.

• Establishes a strong network and fosters collaboration with customers, suppliers, key stakeholders, and commodity team members.

• Develops and implements spend management strategies including supplier assessments and rationalization, negotiation for best total cost of ownership, make vs. buy analyses, cycle time improvements, security of supply, supplier diversity, continuous improvement, EDI, and procurement/IT/engineering collaboration.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA/BS undergraduate degree

• At least three years of progressive commodity/supply chain management experience; three years of direct source-to-contract experience (either as a sourcing manager or as a business unit manager)

• Indirect category management experience (either as a sourcing manager or as a business unit manager); strong understanding of IT and software business and procurement concepts, including software licensing, cloud architecture, IT labor SOWs, and software-as-a-service

• Strong negotiation, and contract management skills; including a working understanding of contractual terms and conditions and risk mitigation.

• Understanding of the legalities of ethical purchasing behaviors and the ability to work with Legal on assuring those aspects

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Five years of direct source-to-contract work facilitating bilateral master agreements.

• Five years managing IT and software sourcing

• In-depth experience with procurement and services contracts, including software as a service (SaaS), software licensing, and hardware sales and service

Offers of employment are conditional upon passage of screening criteria applicable to the job.

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