Senior Global Indirect Sourcing Category Manager

As the Senior Global IT Sourcing Category Manager you will serve as a strategic partner to IT Digital Cybersecurity and business leaders co-developing sourcing strategies that enable technology outcomes while optimizing total cost of ownership. This role is highly collaborative focused on building trust aligning priorities and influencing decisions across a global matrixed organization.

You will work sidebyside with stakeholders to shape sourcing approaches that balance cost risk innovation and speed supporting both daytoday operational needs and longterm technology transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with IT and business stakeholders to understand technology roadmaps architectural standards demand drivers and future capabilities.
• Codevelop and execute IT category strategies covering software SaaS cloud infrastructure telecom cybersecurity and IT services.
• Facilitate ongoing dialogue between Procurement IT Finance Legal and Risk to ensure sourcing decisions are well aligned transparent and sustainable.
• Build and manage a jointly prioritized sourcing pipeline ensuring stakeholders buy in from concept through implementation.
• Lead RFIs RFQs and RFPs in partnership with IT teams aligning commercial outcomes with technical and operational requirements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders by providing market insights supplier intelligence and recommendations on sourcing and commercial models.
• Lead endtoend commercial negotiations including direct contract redlining and collaboration with Legal Finance and stakeholders to resolve complex terms related to pricing risk liability SLAs data privacy and compliance.
• Manage a high volume of concurrent contracts and sourcing initiatives maintaining momentum across multiple negotiations and ensuring timely execution without sacrificing quality or stakeholder alignment.
• Balance value delivery across cost optimization supplier performance innovation flexibility and risk mitigation.
• Support supplier relationships through collaborative governance performance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Promote adoption of best practice IT procurement processes while remaining flexible to evolving business and technology needs.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across procurement and IT communities.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5 years of experience in indirect procurement with strong emphasis on IT sourcing and stakeholder partnership.
• Proven experience working collaboratively with IT leadership and functional teams.
• Handson experience sourcing key IT categories such as software SaaS cloud infrastructure telecom cybersecurity and IT services.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and redline complex supplier contracts including software SaaS cloud and IT services agreements.
• Strong understanding of IT commercial constructs (subscriptions licensing consumption-based pricing managed services).
• Experience facilitating crossfunctional discussions and aligning diverse perspectives into shared outcomes.
• Willingness to travel domestically as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated success as a trusted business partner not just a transactional sourcing lead.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with the ability to influence without authority.
• Procurement Certification
• Advanced experience negotiating and redlining complex IT contracts with the ability to manage a high volume of concurrent agreements and drive timely execution across multiple stakeholders.
• Strategic curious and outcome oriented with attention to both relationships and results.
• High integrity collaborative mindset and strong work ethic.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving technology landscapes.
• Quick learner with interest in emerging IT trends and sourcing models.

Additional Information :

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $80000 USD - $120000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.

Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more visit our website at .

Equal Employment Opportunity

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time