Senior Director, Category Management and Sourcing – Information Technology

Job description

JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Director, Category Management and Sourcing – Information Technology leads a team responsible for managing category management and strategic sourcing needs for Marriott’s Global Procurement Department, with a specific focus on the Information Technology (IT) category. This role will be responsible for leading a team to drive best-in-class category management and strategic sourcing across multiple IT verticals, including enterprise software, hardware, cloud services (SaaS, Paas, IaaS), infrastructure, cybersecurity, digital platforms, telecommunications, and IT professional and managed services. The Senior Director drives adherence to and communication of Marriott procurement policies and processes, leads a team of procurement professionals, serves as the primary point of escalation for issues, delivers effective communications at all levels (including to executive leadership), and leads cross-functional teams on IT procurement initiatives. As a key member of the Global Procurement team, this leader will partner closely with Global Technology, Information Security, Digital, Finance, Legal and other corporate and continent, leaders to enable Marriott’s technolo...