DTICI_VMO_Strategic Sourcing Advisory_T6

1.1 Sourcing Strategy Management

• Develop and own IT category sourcing strategies across major technology domains — cloud, infrastructure, application management services (AMS), DevOps, Licensing, etc. — aligned to business and financial goals.

• Maintain an in-depth, current understanding of the market for categories under management, including vendor landscape, pricing trends, delivery models and emerging technology/innovation.

• Identify and drive cost-optimisation and value-creation opportunities — rationalisation, consolidation, and benchmarking-led savings — across the sourcing pipeline.

1.2 Business Case & Leadership Advisory

• Lead development of business cases supporting sourcing, tiering and consolidation decisions across IT portfolio.

• Provide leadership advisory support directly to the Steering Committee on strategic vendor and portfolio decisions.

• Translate advisory group output into concise, decision-ready recommendations for senior stakeholders.

• Facilitate business alignment sessions and executive briefings on procurement strategy and sourcing initiatives.

• Constructively challenge stakeholder requirements against market best practice to ensure the organization pursues optimal, well-informed sourcing decisions.

1.3 Market Intelligence & Benchmarking

• Own and continuously refresh market intelligence on IT vendors, delivery models, technologies and pricing trends relevant to the program's topics.

• Direct structured benchmarking sprints comparing incumbent and prospective Tier 1 vendors on rate cards, SLA scope and delivery quality.

• Maintain a benchmarking evidence base to support sourcing and renewal/exit decisions.

1.4 Team Management

• Manage, prioritise and quality-assure the output of the external Sourcing Advisory Group.

• Set research standards and review cadence for market intelligence and benchmarking deliverables.

• 10+ years in IT sourcing, vendor advisory or strategy consulting, ideally with direct exposure to benchmarking and business-case development.

• Post-Graduate degree in Business Administration, Finance, Supply Chain or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Proven experience advising senior/executive stakeholders on vendor and sourcing strategy.

• Strong analytical and market-research capability, with the ability to synthesize complex vendor/market data into clear recommendations.

• Experience managing a portfolio of strategic sourcing initiatives alongside tactical sourcing activities, while leading and coordinating external advisory and T&M teams to deliver business objectives.

• Consulting-based advisory experience preferred.

• Strategic and analytical thinking, comfortable operating with incomplete market data.

• Strong written and verbal communication for executive-level advisory output.

• Structured research and benchmarking methodology.

• People leadership for a small, specialist analyst team.