Senior Director Analyst – Procurement and Sourcing Technology (Remote-Europe)

Senior Director Analyst – Procurement and Sourcing Technology (Remote-Europe)

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About this role:
Gartner is looking for an analyst to provide research and advisory to global clients in the US, EMEA and beyond. You are likely to have experience as a Procurement Technology Leader or an IT Leader serving Procurement, work for technology vendors in the Procurement Tech space, or worked as a system integrator/ consultant helping implement and optimize procurement technology.  Your experience will include helping Executives transform their Procurement digital ambitions into actual digital capabilities and achieve best-in-class performance. 

The successful candidate will possess thought leadership and have extensive knowledge in working with various procurement applications vendors and technologies including selecting, implementing, driving adoption and change management and/or managing procurement technology vendors. Knowledge of procurement application vendors such as Coupa, SAP Ariba, Jaggaer, GEP and Ivalua are preferred as well as emerging procurement technology providers. You will also have a strong sense of business challenges facing Procurement Executives today.

Topics that would be expected to be covered include:
-    How to best select Procurement application vendors and technologies
-    How to plan for and facilitate the implementation of procurement technology
-    How to accelerate time to value of your technology implementation
-    How to develop a successful Procurement technology vision and strategy
-    How to transform Procurement digital capabilities
-    How will the Procurement technology market evolve
-    Emerging technologies most impactful to Procurement executives. (system knowledge should include areas like - Source-to-Pay (S2P) suites, enterprise contract life cycle management (CLM) solutions, savings management tools, intake tools, T&E applications, data and analytics in procurement, and procurement orchestration tools)

What you will do: 
You will work with a collaborative team of highly experienced experts to build pragmatic and authoritative research and advice that directly addresses the priorities and challenges of clients aligned to the procurement technology sector. The focus is helping clients understand the impact of technology on their procurement function and helping them to select and use the best fit technology vendors for their procurement organization. You will primarily support procurement leaders, application leaders who support procurement, technology vendors and providers, consultants and investors.

You will be writing research and represent thought leadership by providing advice to Procurement technology leaders, Chief Procurement Officers, and their teams on: 
o    How to use AI to improve automation in sourcing and procurement.
o    Emerging analytics capabilities to improve my source-to-pay processes.
o    Value drivers in the business case for sourcing and procurement applications.
o    Creating a technology roadmap that best aligns with the business objectives.
o    How to select best-fit technology vendors within the Source-to-Pay (S2P) market landscape
o    How to plan for, resource, and manage a procurement technology implementation 
o    How to drive adoption and achieve desired return-on-investment for procurement technology

Keys to success will include:
•    Remaining ahead of the curve on developments and issues within these specified areas as well as applicable adjacent areas of procurement applications.
•    Delivering high quality actionable advice through presentations and inquiry calls, and discussions with clients
•    Write high quality, clear, actionable, advisory research documents

What you’ll need:
•    12+ years of experience working with various procurement application vendors and technologies associated with delivering successful procurement experiences.
•    Extensive Sourcing and Procurement application implementation experience 
•    Strong familiarity with solutions from major technology providers such as Coupa, SAP Ariba, GEP, Jaggaer, Ivalua is strongly preferred.
•    An ability to articulate the role procurement and sourcing technology plays in delivering business value.
•    Experience leading strategic transformation projects that focus on digital enablement. 
•    A perspective on what emerging technologies are most relevant for procurement and how they will impact the procurement function. 

To thrive in this role, it helps if you are obsessed with your topic! Gartner analysts are correctly viewed as THE experts. This means you need to know your markets, vendors, trends, management practices, etc. and be able to see the forest and the trees.
•    Excellent collaborator with the ability to quickly build rapport and gain client trust
•    Confident presenter with a high level of executive presence (prior experience with speaking engagements is a plus)
•    Analytical thinker with the ability to process information quickly and make actionable recommendations
•    Willing to challenge conventional norms and views

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