About NCR Atleos
NCR Atleos, headquartered in Atlanta, is a leader in expanding financial access. Our dedicated 20,000 employees optimize the branch, improve operational efficiency and maximize self-service availability for financial institutions and retailers across the globe.
TITLE: Commodity Manager, Indirect – IT, Software & Telecom
GRADE: 12
Position Summary
At
NCR Atleos
, we are transforming the way the world connects commerce and technology. As an IT Commodity Manager, you will lead sourcing strategy, commercial negotiations, and supplier management across software (SaaS, on-prem, cloud), IT infrastructure, and global telecom services. This high impact individual contributor role requires strong supplier engagement, advanced negotiation skills, hands-on vendor management, and cross functional collaboration with IT, legal, finance, and engineering across global time zones. You will drive cost optimization, contract compliance, and support strategic procurement initiatives in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute commodity sourcing strategies across enterprise software, IT infrastructure, and global telecom services.
- Lead full lifecycle supplier engagement: RFx execution, pricing negotiations, supplier evaluation, and contract management (MSAs, SOWs, SLAs, Order Forms)
- Independently manages the workflow for the commodity manager’s primary duties: strategic sourcing, contract lifecycle management, and compliance/governance
- Drive software license renewals, compliance reviews, supplier rationalization, and audit readiness programs.
- Analyze supplier cost structures, pricing benchmarks, and KPIs to support negotiations and business decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across geographies to align requirements, resolve issues, and deliver sourcing outcomes.
- Maintain supplier records, contract databases, and procurement dashboards for visibility and reporting.
- Support sourcing process improvements and ensure adherence to procurement governance and ethical standards.
- Manage day-to-day operational activities with suppliers, including issue resolution, service levels, payment tracking, and inventory coordination.
- Assist in tactical pricing discussions and support contract negotiations under the guidance of senior team members.
- Review commercial terms of agreements and collaborate with the senior commodity manager and legal team before addressing redlines.
- Maintain vendor planning documents and savings tracking in tools such as QuickBase or equivalent.
- Stay updated on emerging trends including GenAI-enabled enterprise platforms and evolving commercial models.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from a recognized Indian university in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or IT.
- At least seven years of progressive commodity/supply chain management experience; four years of direct experience in IT category sourcing, procurement, or vendor management.
- Deep understanding of IT and software business and procurement concepts, including software licensing, cloud architecture, IT labor SOWs, and software-as-a-service.
- Strong negotiation and contract management skills; including a working understanding of contractual terms and conditions and risk mitigation.
- Understanding of the legalities of ethical purchasing behaviors and the ability to work with legal on assuring those aspects
- Ability to indirectly influence and lead cross-organization teams.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving/troubleshooting, communications, presentation, and problem-solving/trouble-shooting skills
- Effective time/resource management and project management skills/capabilities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Proven ability to work across global time zones and effectively support supplier and stakeholder relationships in multiple regions.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA, MMS, or PGDM in Supply Chain, Business, Law, or an IT-related discipline (preferred, not required)
- Five years of experience with enterprise-level software and telecom vendor contracts
- Exposure to data center sourcing, IT asset lifecycle, and telecom carrier management
- Strong financial modeling, ROI analysis and TCO modeling skills
- Demonstrated success in delivering value, improving supplier performance, and ensuring contract compliance.
Leadership & Colloboration Skills
- Executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders without direct authority.
- Skilled in contract negotiation, issue resolution, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Self-starter with strong organizational and time management abilities.
Offers of employment are conditional upon passage of screening criteria applicable to the job.
EEO Statement
NCR Atleos is an equal-opportunity employer. It is NCR Atleos policy to hire, train, promote, and pay associates based on their job-related qualifications, ability, and performance, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, medical condition, military or veteran status, or any other factor protected by law.
Statement to Third Party Agencies
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