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At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to Be Alight.
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Champion People be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight act with integrity, be real and empower others.
Its why were so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our teams expertise in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
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Job Description
Job Title: Strategic Sourcing Buyer-Technology
Responsible for creating & implementing Technology Category Strategies including the sourcing life cycle and commercial activities for aligned suppliers. Serves as the organizational expert in the category to meet internal requirements that drive desired business outcomes and financial results.
Build and grow knowledge of key category markets supported providing development of Technology Category Strategies as required.
Provide Category Leads and Category Managers with all required category / supplier / contract management related support. This may include the following:
Negotiations of Technology (Software or Services) related Contracts
Proactively engage key Business Stakeholders to Lead in developing Category Strategies
Create Analytics/Dashboard which Category Leads may use to perform read-outs and other information
Supplier Management responsibilities for assigned Category Suppliers
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