Sourcing Manager Software, Cloud and AI

Company Description

Job Description

We are strengthening our SW, Cloud and AI Sourcing team with a new Sourcing manager position. In this role, you will work as a Sourcing manager driving sourcing initiatives, negotiating supplier contracts and building supplier relationships.

Key responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing to Maximize Value & Minimize Waste

• Executing strategic sourcing initiatives, focus on software, cloud and AI
• Drive early involvement in sourcing process, co-creating a forward-looking sourcing pipeline
• Negotiating and managing supplier contracts
• Deliver measurable cost reduction and cost avoidance across external spend.
• Identify and execute cashflow optimization opportunities, including payment term improvements and P2P compliance.
• Actively seeking new opportunities for sourcing initiative pipeline

Supplier Strategy & Delivery Enablement

• Act as a supplier manager towards designated suppliers
• Drive and develop strategic supplier relationships in collaboration with stakeholders
• Contributing to overall team performance as active member of the sourcing team
• Drive commercial optimization initiatives, including:
  • Renegotiation of key contracts
  • Supplier consolidation and demand management
• Contribute to sourcing category strategies

Risk, Compliance & Governance

• Ensure adherence to sourcing policies, contracting standards, and PO compliance.
• Strengthen governance across sourcing processes and supplier engagements.
• Drive data-driven decision making through analytics, reporting, and market intelligence.

Your new team and leader

We operate as one, integrated Sourcing team. In this role you will report to Head of SW, Cloud and AI Strategic Sourcing, Heikki Liimatta.

Personality & working style

You are an engaging and business-minded sourcing professional with 5+ years of strategic sourcing experience and have a proven track record of negotiating significant sourcing initiatives and supplier management to ensure execution of the negotiated deal. You are:

• Doer who has bias for action & delivering impact – highly structured way-of-working, impact-oriented approach and independent (self-starter) working style
• Influencing and presenting skills – you have ability to communicate effectively both with executives and specialists and genuine desire & ability to deliver business impact to the company
• Highly analytical & fact-based – you can both see the big picture, identify long term trends and to drill down to drivers when needed. You use data to drive real business benefits and bring speed to decision making and execution
• Result oriented project manager - Being able to identify new opportunities to create impact, prioritize the work and secure successful implementation of these initiatives
• Highly skilled in negotiation, indirect influencing and selling ideas in complex matrix organizations.
• Team player who can contribute to teamwork, also in areas outside of own direct responsibilities

Experience & education

• 5+ years of strategic sourcing experience with a proven track record of negotiating significant sourcing initiatives and managing global suppliers
• Experience in working with global software suppliers is preferred
• Experience in software licensing and cloud based -solutions business models is preferred
• Proven negotiation skills
• Experience in building and managing strategic supplier relationship to maximize value
• Experience of managing spend and using TCO (total cost of ownership) to minimize waste
• Experience from working in international organization with complex business models and matrix organization
• M.Sc. from relevant field
• Fully proficient written and verbal English communication skills

Qualifications

Additional Information

At Tieto, we believe in the power of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, genders (m/f/d), and walks of life to join our team, as we believe that this fosters an inspiring workplace and fuels innovation. Our commitment to openness, trust, and diversity is at the heart of our mission to create digital futures that benefit businesses, societies, and humanity.

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