Sourcing Senior Consultant I analyzing operational and statistical data to support business decisions at Allstate. This role requires a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the trusted IT partner for Global Procurement leadership across Direct & Indirect and GBS Operational Procurement teams (PTP)
- Facilitate ongoing dialogue between IT and Procurement stakeholders to ensure full alignment and mutual understanding of priorities
- Translate Procurement strategies into an actionable technology roadmap in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture and IT leadership using advanced technologies including Artificial Intelligence
- Collaborate with Project Managers and Business Analysts to scope and execute approved projects and enhancements
- Monitor project progress, manage stakeholder expectations, and ensure business readiness for change
- Track benefits realization and user adoption post-implementation
- Develop and maintain a technology roadmap aligned with business goals
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize enhancement opportunities and innovations based on business value and feasibility
- Ensure initiatives are aligned with enterprise IT standards, cybersecurity policies, and compliance requirements
- Act as the escalation point for system performance issues and outages impacting Procurement operations
- Coordinate with IT and business teams to plan system outages to minimize impact
- Plan, lead and deliver project and enhancement delivery in an agile manner to remove risks associated to End of Life and security as well as smaller non-ERP maintenance projects
- Hold the delivery execution teams accountable in achieving scope, schedule, financial & quality commitments through operating a metrics-based management system
- Ensure the project success metrics are met and technology investment delivers business value in line with expectations
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Procurement or Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related field (Master’s preferred)
- Business Analysis certification
- ITIL certification
- Project Management certification
- Agile experience
- 7+ years of experience in IT or Procurement / Supply Chain roles
- At least 3 years in a business relationship or IT program leadership capacity
- Proven track record in building strategic partnerships and delivering technology-enabled business outcomes
- Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP preferred), Ariba and Source To Pay solutions
- Strong understanding of Sourcing, Contracting, Operational Procurement and Payables technologies
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a complex, matrixed organization
- Experience of managing 3rd parties and 3rd party delivered services
Benefits
- annual bonus
- life insurance
- company stock saving plan
- paid volunteering hours
- flexible approach
- private health care with dental care package
- multisport card/my benefit platform
- Hands-On training
- Team-Customised training
- subsidies for language classes
- subsidies for certifications and postgraduate studies
- referral bonus
- recognition program
- mentoring program
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