IT Strategic Sourcing & Purchasing Consultant

The IT Strategic Sourcing & Purchasing Consultant will provide procurement support across the organization, with primary responsibility for IT-related sourcing, supplier management, contract negotiations, and renewal optimization. In addition to supporting technology procurement activities, this role will assist with sourcing and purchasing initiatives across other spend categories as business needs require. This consultant will partner closely with IT, Purchasing, Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders to drive value through strategic sourcing, effective supplier management, and efficient procurement operations. The role will also be responsible for performing day-to-day purchasing functions, including requisition processing, purchase order management, contract amendments, and procurement administration.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on procurement professional with strong negotiation skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to build productive stakeholder relationships while achieving cost savings and process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing

• Serve as a procurement partner for IT-related spend categories, including software, SaaS, hardware, cloud services, telecommunications, and professional services.
• Support sourcing activities across additional indirect and direct spend categories as needed.
• Lead and support RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and competitive bidding events.
• Negotiate pricing, contract terms, statements of work, and renewals to achieve optimal commercial outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate suppliers, contracts, and renewals across the organization to leverage purchasing volume and improve pricing.
• Conduct spend analysis, market research, and supplier benchmarking to support sourcing decisions.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies that balance cost, quality, service, and business requirements.
• Support supplier performance management and relationship development.

Purchasing Operations

• Create, review, and process purchase requisitions and purchase orders in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Manage purchase order revisions, change orders, amendments, and closeout activities.
• Facilitate contract renewals and amendments while ensuring compliance with procurement requirements.
• Maintain accurate procurement records, pricing information, contracts, and supplier documentation.
• Coordinate with Accounts Payable, Legal, Finance, and suppliers to resolve purchasing, invoicing, and contract-related issues.
• Monitor open purchase orders and ensure timely follow-up and completion.
• Support procurement reporting, spend analysis, savings tracking, and supplier metrics.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5 years of procurement, purchasing, and strategic sourcing experience, with a strong preference for technology-related products and services, including software, SaaS, hardware, cloud services, and professional services.
• Demonstrated negotiation and supplier management expertise, with a proven ability to secure favorable pricing, contract terms, and measurable cost savings.
• Experience reviewing, negotiating, and managing contracts, renewals, amendments, and supplier agreements, while identifying opportunities for spend consolidation, supplier rationalization, and procurement optimization.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to effectively partner with IT and business stakeholders while balancing operational needs, risk, and cost objectives.
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and organized, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, sourcing initiatives, and procurement transactions simultaneously.
• Proficiency with ERP and procurement systems, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office applications, including experience supporting purchasing operations such as requisitions, purchase orders, and spend analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of software licensing models, SaaS agreements, cloud services, and IT supplier ecosystems.
• Experience supporting procurement transformation or centralization initiatives.
• Familiarity with supplier relationship management and procurement best practices.

Since 1995, iTech Solutions Inc., has been providing IT Consulting and Direct Hire Services to the Insurance, Financial, Communications, Manufacturing and Government sectors with local offices in Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New Jersey / Pennsylvania area.

Our recruiting strategy is simple, if you want to find qualified IT professionals then use IT professionals to find them. So at iTech Solutions, our personnel are all career IT professionals with a wide range of IT experience. We can honestly say our staff understands the technologies, the complexities of finding and selecting the appropriate personnel and the pressures of running successful IT projects.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

iTech Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.