Michael Cole

Director, Global Strategic Sourcing (IT) @ Michael Kors

Country

United States

City

Wood-Ridge

Industry

Apparel & Fashion

Skill

Key Performance Indicators, Business Reviews, Business Relationship Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Analysis, Business Intelligence, Contract Management, Contract Negotiation, ERP, FDA, Inventory Management, Management, Manufacturing, Medical Devices, Negotiation, Oracle Applications, Oracle E-Business Suite, Process Improvement, Procurement, Purchasing

Experience

Director, Global Strategic Sourcing (IT)

Michael Kors

2019-6 - Present · 7 yrs 4 mos

East Rutherford, NJ

 Responsible for IT category management of $200M+ in global IT spend across all IT categories: hardware, software, security, telecom, professional services, and business process outsourcing.  Develop and implement sourcing strategies to reduce overall IT spend.  Drive pricing and contract negotiations with the business leads, IT stakeholders and legal to ensure we achieve desired outcomes.  Partner with IT leads and business stakeholders to develop a total cost of ownership and business case in support of the decision-making process.  Analyze spend to identify savings opportunities and present findings to executives for approval to implement.  Partner with stakeholders to develop RFP requirements, scorecards, and decision criteria for new IT purchases.  Remediate vendor performance issues with strategic suppliers.