Eaton’s Information Technology division is seeking an IT Sourcing Manager – Strategic Partnerships to join our team. This position will be based in Beachwood, OH; Raleigh, NC; Moon TWP, PA; Houston, TX; Menomonee Falls, WI or Galesburg, MI.

　　The expected annual salary range for this role is $120,075 - $176,110 a year.

　　Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

　　What you’ll do:

　　The IT Sourcing Manager - Strategic Partnerships will be responsible for the entire ecosystem of our IT strategic partnerships. The manager will create processes from scratch and will be integral in creating a center of excellence from the ground up. There will also be a very large cost savings and vendor consolidation target to hit annually ($10m+).

　　The IT Sourcing Manager is responsible for managing the contracts, relationship, performance, cost, and risk management activities for a high-volume base portfolio of vendors.

　　• The Manager must be able to navigate the working partnerships with vendors to ensure that contractual commitments are delivered across IT.

　　• Strong ability to work with key stakeholders to ensure that their vendor requirements are met, resolving problems, mitigating SLA issues, assisting with audits, mediating disputes and escalating issues.

　　• Work alongside procurement, supply chain, finance, and IT stakeholders to assist with developing master service agreements (MSA), statements of work (SOWs) and various vendor contracts.

　　• Work with Legal and IT Security team representatives to develop, redline, and insert appropriate legal protections in contracts.

　　• Will co-create strong processes to establish clear VMO control policies.

　　• Develop metrics, dashboards, scorecards on vendor performance in accordance with VMO policies, existing requirements and regulatory obligations.

　　• Develop summarized contract elements which will be used to operationalize the fully executed contract.

　　• Identify appropriate relationships in conjunction with internal customers and vendors to drive proper alignment on business and operational topics.

　　• Facilitate and maintain partnerships between the vendors and IT stakeholders, including executive leadership.

　　• Define governance cadence for each vendor quarterly. Ensuring reviewed (contract, business, risk) are occurring in accordance with the agenda, participants and cadence defined.

　　• Manage consistent capture of portfolio performance including financial, execution and value realization within the organization.

　　• Provide insight to the businesses and executive leadership on current vendor relationships, including spend, relationship health and vendor performance, as well as providing mitigation options for any vendor-related issues and risks.

　　• Administer commercial and financial arrangements with vendors including reviews on billing, performance credits, and internal chargebacks, where appropriate.

　　• Ensure risk assessments and reviews are performed at the onset of vendor selection and continue to occur with the cadence defined.

　　Qualifications:

　　Basic Qualifications:

　　Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution.

　　Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT management, procurement, asset management AND/OR contract negotiations

　　Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship now or in the future.

　　No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work locations listed will be considered. Active-duty military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　Experience with IT contracts SaaS, Cloud software and security.

　　Vendor Management experience

　　Skills:

　　Soft Skills:

　　Strong presentation and negotiation skills, assertiveness, customer service and collaboration

　　Strong verbal and written communication

　　Experience with all key IT groups and an understanding of IT categories (software, hardware, digital, etc.)

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