IT Strategic Portfolio Management Practitioner #1028304
Job Description:
Practitioner Position Description:

• Come help build a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. Our Company was built on the belief that freedom of movement drives human progress.
• It’s a belief that has fueled our passion to create great cars and trucks.
• And today, it drives our commitment to become the world’s most trusted mobility company, helping our customers stay connected and move safely, confidently, and freely.
• Our company software operations are on a mission to revolutionize mobility.
• We create and implement new business models and leverage cutting-edge technology and data science to disrupt how people and goods move.
• We’re looking for talented procurement professionals who want to help lead this disruption.
• We need leaders who are entrepreneurial and bring a mix of creativity, and technical and business skills to create solutions that partners and customers cannot resist.
• This IT Supply Chain Project Manager will negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies.
• Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction.
• Has knowledge of best practices, industry trends, and how thier area intergrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate vendors in the IT software categories.
• Support the development of Category Strategies which are robust enough to meet company’s evolving business requirements.

 
Skills Required:

• Drive on-time sourcing of key software in initiatives within cost and regulatory requirements.
• Align Integrated Services sourcing strategies with other business unit strategies to maximize leverage.
• Lead sourcing
• Build strong cross-functional relationships within the various internal business units and departments to further algin on strategic category vision and savings opportunities.
• Drive and support Supply Base optimization and strategic priorities through leverage of the Enterprise spend.
• Be a progressive thinker, seeking out ways to drive efficiencies, find cost savings, or spend reduction opportunities, with intelligence of what is best in class

 
Experience Required:

• Strong communicator that can effectively transition from bottom-up details to concise, clear executive-level messaging.
• Ability to build relationships and trust across organizations to drive decisions and alignment.
• Strong data & analytics understanding for synthesis of complex data into clear, understandable format.
• Initiative-taking and resourceful; comfortable with navigating ambiguity.
• Flexible and adaptable attitude to changing priorities.
• Collaborative leader and collaborator.
• Ability to creatively problem solve, adjust priorities, and manage workload with agility in the team, to deliver business critical objectives.

 
Education Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree, master’s degree preferred, not mandatory (or in progress)
• 5+ years of supply chain/commodity/program management experience

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023!
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