Gartner

Sr. Director Analyst, Sourcing and Procurement Technology Expert

Gartner

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Canada

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged 'must-have insights' content
  • Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs
  • Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs
  • Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing insights positions across a team of analysts
  • Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights
  • Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions
  • Create and deliver high value presentation materials for Gartner events, industry conferences, and client briefings
  • Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content
  • Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery
  • Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members
  • Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly with Gartner insights

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
  • 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, etc
  • 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
  • Demonstrate executive presence
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills
  • Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data
  • Subject matter expert comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
  • Strong business and financial acumen
  • Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)
Benefits
  • World-class benefits
  • Highly competitive compensation
  • Disproportionate rewards for top performers
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
sourcing application implementationprocurement technologiesdata analysismarket trend analysispresentation skillsstrategic transformation projectsdigital enablementthought leadershipcontent creationclient engagement
Soft Skills
executive presenceorganizational skillswritten proficiencyverbal proficiencyanalytical skillspresentation skillscollaborationmentoringcoachingclient-centric approach