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Job Title: Senior Analyst, Software Sourcing

Job Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week in office)

Position summary:

In the News Corp Global Sourcing Organization, our aim is to unlock value for News Corp to reinvest in what matters most. We do this by bringing speed, efficiency, and security to buying at News Corp and with all business units within. We partner deeply across News Corp’s business units to deliver solutions fit for purpose.

As a centralized organization operating in a high complexity environment, we bring one voice to stakeholders, suppliers and vendors to ensure the best outcomes.

Our organization fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement while providing opportunities for ongoing career growth and development. As category execution support, you will partner closely with key stakeholders to execute sourcing strategies related to your category in your remit.

Accountabilities

Execute the category strategy for assigned category, collaborating with key stakeholders, team members, and leaders affected by the respective category

Develop RFx opportunities for software contracts and provide input to the Category Performance framework and provide metrics related to category performance and continuously track & monitor

Populate the category cards detailing overall category strategies, preferred suppliers, and business unit requirements for execution; execute to ensure category health is tracking per strategy/goals/plan

Identify areas of opportunity to reduce waste and establish reduction targets; Identify and execute implementation of continuous improvement/cost

Establishing strong relationships with internal business partners; building a robust understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories; Rationalize specification

Execute the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.

Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies; maintain sourcing ethics in accordance with News Corp’s global policies & methodologies

Work with senior cross-functional internal customers as well as the Business Sourcing Partner to define detailed business requirements with designated business units, prioritizing business requirements and taking them through approval process

Execute change management within designated business units to increase utilization of best practices sourcing and procurement solutions

Assists the Business Sourcing Partner in business unit capacity and demand planning forecasting customer business unit demand

Vendor Management (Evaluation, Negotiation, Selection, Qualification)

Support the evaluation, negotiation, selection and qualification of vendors

Support the negotiation of contracts with selected suppliers leveraging tools/technology or supplier contract template especially the following: Software as a Service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing agreements, comprehensive Master Services Agreements, Master License and Service Agreement, Statement of Work,

Amendments, etc. and negotiation of global preferred supplier agreements, following the legal guidelines.

Execute SOWs of complex and strategic nature through creation to approval

Manage escalations to the legal department appropriately, as needed

Partner with the contract management team regularly

Critical Experiences | Competencies | Abilities

Bachelor of Arts or Sciences Degree or equivalent experience required, MBA is a plus

[Important]: Minimum 5-6 years of experience working on software contracts (SaaS, Cloud & Data Center contracts & software licensing models) with passion for technology and a good understanding of software technology market knowledge

Minimum 3-4 years of global sourcing experience

Minimum 4 years demonstrated track record of people management leadership experience is required

Minimum 2-3 years of sourcing transformation experience (e.g., significant prior experience in all elements of sourcing and category management)

Certification in Procurement such as PMP/CPSM/CSCP, preferred

Embraces fact‐based decision making; naturally seeks to leverage and/or integrate market data, spend analytics, and cost modeling

Excellent communication skills (written & oral), interpersonal skills with analytical skills to act as an effective change agent, unlocking barriers to value for priority spend categories

Expert negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and conducting negotiations.

Strong project management skills, including adhering to stakeholder timelines, and meeting management skills

Extensive knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.

Experience working in a large, global, highly matrixed organization, and works easily in multi-business unit project settings; able to facilitate teamwork across corporate boundaries.

Contract drafting experience as well as excellent understanding of contractual terms, both commercially and legally.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic.

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