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The Global Sourcing IT Category Manager role at NTT focuses on optimizing IT supply chain activities and driving strategic sourcing initiatives. This role ensures effective operation, strategic alignment, and integration of global sourcing and IT supply chain activities across all NTT Operating Companies. It carries accountability for the overall performance of the IT supply chain within NTT Global Sourcing, including ownership of key functional, operational, and strategic objectives. The position is responsible for executing business plans, delivering savings targets, and driving sourcing initiatives that support NTT’s global IT supply chain. The role also supports and helps implement the overarching sourcing strategy across NTT’s multi‑billion‑dollar annual spend in hardware, software, and related IT services.
Job Responsibility:
Ensures effective operation, strategic alignment, and integration of global sourcing and IT supply chain activities across all NTT Operating Companies
Carries accountability for the overall performance of the IT supply chain within NTT Global Sourcing
Responsible for executing business plans, delivering savings targets, and driving sourcing initiatives that support NTT’s global IT supply chain
Supports and helps implement the overarching sourcing strategy across NTT’s multi‑billion‑dollar annual spend in hardware, software, and related IT services
Ensuring that all sourcing activities align with NTT Global Sourcing priorities and broader corporate goals
Contributing to consistent, optimized, and strategically guided procurement practices across the organization
Responsible for supporting and helping manage all elements of the strategy, which include reduce cost, improve operational performance, mitigate risk and improve the overall financial performance of NTT through its acquisition and management of IT assets
Manage the strategy on an on-going basis, ensuring it is communicated and adhered-to across all regions and Operating Companies
Assembling and leading cross-functional teams to drive the IT Supply Chain and Sourcing strategy
Partner with stakeholders in the Operating Companies, Accounts, Delivery, Alliances and Global Procurement (GP) on IT cost savings and performance improvement initiatives
Work alongside other Procurement leaders and teams, as well as leadership across the NTT Operating Companies to analyze spend, assess current and changing market forces across the IT industry, and assess current commercial arrangements across NTT to identify/drive improvement opportunities
Develop working relationships with key internal stakeholders to ensure IT requirements are defined and demand is accurately reflected
Partner with NTT Operating Companies to drive improved operational performance – such as supply/demand planning, cycle times, forecasting, maintenance practices and contractual compliance
Requirements:
Minimum 8 years of experience in progressively challenging roles in supply chain management, strategic sourcing and/or category management with most experience within the broad Information Technology space
Minimum 3 years of experience in IT cloud sourcing & contracting
Experience in sourcing MSFT or AWS or GCP products and services at global level
Should have a fair understanding of MSFT or AWS or GCP contracting, product and services / support services terminologies
Must have hands-on experience managing a category of IT spend and delivery on a global or regional basis
Hands-on team member able to drive major, complex IT supply chain and/or cost reduction projects
Experience in supplier relationship / vendor management and conducting business reviews with suppliers
Manage contract life cycle and operation activities such amendment, target tracking, maintain records & hygiene in relevant project management system
Strong understanding of IT vendor sales and pricing models, as well as support and maintenance services
Must have demonstrated ability to effectively manage commercial and strategic relationships on a global basis with Tier-1 IT suppliers
Experience in defining and driving key aspects of supply chain operational excellence in a global, multi-business unit environment
Bachelor degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or an equivalent technical discipline
Fluent written and verbal English required
Strong analytical skills
Self-Starting
Proactive
Self Learning
Must have attention to detail
Maintain data & project hygiene
Must be able to assess historical spend and asset usage data from multiple disparate sources
Able to analyze the current state of practices within NTT Global Sourcing and NTT Operating Companies
Able to document IT technical requirements and service level requirements where none exist
Able to analyze current IT Agreements and assess alignment with end-customer Agreements
Strong ability to work across multiple accounts and delivery organizations globally to build aggregated demand forecasts
Strong ability to analyze various asset acquisition practices and identify opportunities to reduce cost and/or risk
Must have strong verbal, presentation and written communication skills
Solid knowledge in financial analysis
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
Nice to have:
An advanced degree in one of these disciplines and/or an MBA is preferred
Additional knowledge of below sub-categories of IT is added advantage, which includes product acquisition, maintenance and life cycle management: Software