Kenvue is currently recruiting for a: Manager, IT Procurement **What we do** At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. **Who We Are** Our global team is ~ 22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours. **Role reports to**: Director of Global IT Infrastructure Procurement **Location**: Latin America, Colombia, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Bogota **Work Location**: Hybrid **What you will do** The Manager, IT Procurement role is responsible for supporting the development and execution of Procurement activities across Information Technology spend category, driving alignment between business and category strategies. This role will support executing strategic business and industry engagement to establish a reliable, resilient, and effective supply base for the company. This role will also be tasked with supporting end-to-end spend management responsibilities in partnership with their peers, including, but not limited to, Category Management, Supplier Management, Sourcing, Contracting, and Innovation. This role includes development of sourcing strategies, stakeholder management, maximizing total cost of ownership and identifying savings opportunities through Procurement’s value contribution while achieving compliance with policies, strategies, and processes. The Manager, IT Procurement will also strive to meet the mutually agreed Procurement targets contributing to the overall budgeting targets, delivering on financial, ESG, service, and innovation targets. Manager, IT Procurement is accountable for defining and achieving clear targets in conjunction with his/her Procurement counterparts and business stakeholders. Key Responsibilities - Defines Category Strategy for the Global IT category. - Analyzes category and defines category profile, incl. risk assessment, supply base assessment and SRM strategy. - Benchmarks category practices to identify improvement initiatives. - Build category specific strategic plans in alignment with the regions / countries and align strategic plans to financial budget and global business strategies. - Defines procure to pay (P2P) and efficient buying channel strategy, identify and consider automation potential and P2P/Channel effectiveness. - Deliver financial, ESG, service, and innovation targets. - Lead Global IT category strategy implementation and savings realization. - Initiate internal and external analysis. - Consolidate requirements, acting as a business partner for business / other functions, supporting the alignment and optimization of specification with the business / other functions. - Leads contract implementation and drives contract compliance. - Accountable for efficient alignment enablement / activation of negotiation outcomes by increasing the level of automated content within the category, instructing on new content updates and by providing clear instructions about the category strategy to enable compliance. - Accountable for savings delivery according to the mutually defined targets - Align to company wide Diversity goals and supplier value capture objectives. - Support the work and efforts of a cross-functional Sourcing Team in all stages of a strategic sourcing project. - Collaborates and aligns with global / regional / local procurement teams as applicable. - Supports supplier selection and fact-based negotiations. - Contribute to leading practice exchange throughout Procurement organization. - Lead RfX through E2E execution. - Collaborate with legal to finalize contractual agreement and its administration. - Work with Global Procurement Leader to implement and activate contracts globally. - Manage strategic commercial supplier relationship management with key suppliers within the defined category scope. - Maintain and manage relationship with suppliers identified as key suppliers in the IT category both globally and regionally, monitors performance of key suppliers according to the guidelines. - Lead supplier management activities, set up cross-functional review meetings with key strategic suppliers to improve performance and increase value creation. - Support the identification of potential contract improvement opportunities and re-negotiations. - Manage key business stakeholders and business representatives. - Act as escalation point