Procurement

Introduction

At IBM Finance & Operations, we are the backbone of IBM's transformation driving efficiency, transparency, and smart decision-making across the business. Our teams provide the insight and discipline that guide strategy, ensure financial strength, and enable IBM to invest in innovation and growth. Working in Finance & Operations means combining analytical skills with collaboration and curiosity. You'll partner with colleagues across functions and geographies, using data, technology, and process excellence to create solutions that improve performance and deliver measurable impact. IBM offers continuous learning, career development, and a culture that values diverse perspectives. Join us and be part of a global team that keeps IBM moving forward, while building your own future in a dynamic and evolving environment.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Procurement Operations Professional specializing in Contract Management, you will analyze external client requirements, internal client requirements, and supplier solutions to draft custom outsourcing agreements. This role requires a deep understanding of contract law to create stand-alone custom agreements that meet internal and external client needs.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Draft Custom Agreements: Analyze client requirements and supplier solutions to draft highly custom multi-tower complex outsourcing agreements, ensuring internal client and external client needs are addressed.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work extensively with various internal client stakeholders to ensure their needs are met in supplier agreements, making strategic decisions on contract vehicles and terms.
• Establish Supplier Relationships: Develop knowledge of the supplier's product/service model through the establishment of supplier relationships, enabling effective negotiation and agreement drafting.
• Negotiate with Internal Clients: Negotiate with internal clients to ensure their requirements align with the supplier's service model at the target price, presenting proposed contracts and leading calls with internal client teams.
• Manage Client Input: Coordinate with internal client teams to gather timely input on technical, business, and financial requirements, ensuring agreements meet client needs.
  
  

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Contract Law Knowledge: Experience working with contract law to draft custom agreements, with an understanding of how to leverage contract vehicles and terms to protect internal client interests.
• Custom Agreement Drafting: Exposure to drafting highly custom multi-tower complex outsourcing agreements that meet internal and external client needs.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Experience working with suppliers to develop knowledge of their product/service model and establish effective relationships.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Experience working extensively with various internal client stakeholders to ensure their needs are met in supplier agreements.
• Technical and Financial Requirements: Exposure to gathering and incorporating technical, business, and financial requirements into agreements.
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Legal Education Background: Exposure to contract law, enabling the ability to understand and apply contract principles to draft custom agreements.
• Complex Outsourcing Knowledge: Experience working with multi-tower complex outsourcing agreements, analyzing client requirements and supplier solutions to create custom agreements.
• Supplier Product/Service Understanding: Exposure to developing knowledge of supplier product/service models, establishing effective supplier relationships to inform agreement drafting.