Director of Sourcing, IT

Responsible for executing the enterprise sourcing vision and strategy. Directs a team of individuals assigned to assess opportunities in specific categories.

Essential Functions

• Builds consensus on approach among stakeholders, and arrive at solutions that enable an enterprise approach to sourcing with significant cost reduction while improving or sustaining quality/service, supply chain integrity and other corporate objectives (e.g., diversity, sustainability).
• Ensures compliance with the governance process and the Company sourcing methodology.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

• Category Strategy:Develop and execute category strategies for the portfolio of sub-categories within IT: Managed Services, Compute, Storage, Network, etc. Identify opportunities for cost savings, risk mitigation, policy/process changes, demand management, etc.
• Ongoing Category Management: Collaborate with IT partners and internal business partners to manage the IT Category with clear objectives including financial and operational objectives. Work with stakeholders to execute the category strategy and refine the operating model (ways of working with the IT organization and the business partners). Deploy knowledge of the industry to improve external spend effectiveness. Use market intelligence to identify opportunities for FedEx to improve external spend effectiveness.
• Strategic Sourcing: Manage competitive sourcing events(i.e., RFx) and deploy industry knowledge to FedEx's advantage. Lead complex negotiations with counterparties, structure deals and agreements to meet business requirements
• Team Leadership:Develop, recruit, train and mentor a high-performing team of sourcing experts with the right capabilities to lead the IT sub-categories. Develop and manage a capability roadmap for the IT Sourcing team.
• Supplier Management:Actively shape supplier relationships to align vendor performance with FedEx's requirements, risk management frameworks, and business objectives.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 4-year degree
• 10+ years of relevant experience in IT sourcing in a global, complex, matrixed organization. Experience within the IT function (e.g. vendor-facing experience) will also be considered.
• 5+ years experience leading teams and managing complex projects
• Skills: Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Risk Management, IT expertise, Strategic Thinking, Executive Presence and Communications, Stakeholder Management, Advanced Sourcing, Contract Management, Project Management, Financial Acumen & Cost Optimization

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, or other related quantitative discipline is required.

Minimum Experience

Significant leadership experience and knowledge of sourcing, and supply chain processes is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Demonstrated success in leading/executing complex projects, building out business cases, and working with external suppliers is required. The ability to build collaborative work environments, agile teams, and consensus among various stakeholders is essential.

Preferred Qualifications: The ability to work remote within the US excluding Alaska, Hawaii and US territories may be available based on business need. Depending on your location, you may be required to work at a FX Campus several times per week.

Pay Transparency: This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the range is a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary for the lowest level to the current starting salary of the highest level. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay: $12,476.52/month - $22,873.62/month

Additional Details: The desired locations are Memphis, Plano, TX or Pittsburgh.

FedEx. Where now meets next.

Our vision is to be the earth's most engaged advocates of connected commerce where open borders, new markets and fair, sustainable practices are the norm for the billions of personal supply chains being managed every day in our always on, mobile-first world. We stand for ease, access and opportunity. We lead purposeful innovation, champion entrepreneurs, advocate free trade and empower humans and their place in the era of autonomy and AI. We fight for our customers, a more sustainable planet and an ethical playing field.

FedEx inspires its more than 530,000 employees to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. FedEx is committed to connecting people and possibilities around the world responsibly and resourcefully, with a goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040.

FedEx has been recognized on many different lists both for business success and for being a great employer:

• FORTUNE Magazine: No. 18 among "World's Most Admired Companies" (2023)
• Newsweek Magazine: One of "America's Most Responsible Companies" (2023)
• Forbes Magazine: One of "Americas Best Large Employers" (2023)
• Newsweek Magazine: One of "America's Greatest Work Places for Diversity" (2023)
• FORTUNE Magazine: One of the "Blue Ribbon Companies" that appears on 4+ Fortune Annual Award Rankings (2023)
• FreightWaves: #1 Among the "Top 500 For-Hire Carriers" (2023)
• FreightWaves: Freight-Tech 25 Award, honoring innovation and disruption within the freight industry (2023)

FedEx Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetics disability, or protected Veteran status.

FedEx Corporation does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. Further, FedEx Corporation is prepared to make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the desired position, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact recruitmentsupport@fedex.com.