IT Sourcing and Workforce Manager

Mission Overview:

This is a consultancy mission at a client site, where you will represent Keystone Solutions as an IT Sourcing & Workforce Manager. As a Keystone Solutions consultant, you will be hired to work on client projects, bringing your expertise and our values to every engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain the IT Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) and IT Sourcing Strategy based on group and local IT strategies.
• Implement the approved IT Sourcing Strategy across all IT domains, ensuring compliance with strategic objectives and governance rules.
• Develop and maintain sourcing dashboards, KPIs, and management reports; identify sourcing risks and propose mitigation plans.
• Analyze capacity and resource planning, reporting on budget risks and opportunities.
• Build, maintain, and continuously improve the IT sourcing repository and workforce database, ensuring accurate visibility of all internal and external resources.
• Maintain workforce and sourcing data quality within reporting tools; report on workforce composition, sourcing ratios, staff evolution, and sourcing performance indicators.
• Provide management with reliable data to support decision-making and budgeting.
• Act as the owner of the IT sourcing budget, monitoring expenditures and workforce-related costs, ensuring alignment with workforce plans and budget targets.
• Support budget forecasting, financial planning, and cost optimization initiatives; track sourcing-related savings and benefits realization.
• Manage the end-to-end demand process for external resources and sourcing services, coordinating requests with approved providers and ensuring proper approval workflows and contract signature processes.
• Liaise with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and HR teams throughout the sourcing lifecycle; monitor contract renewals, amendments, and resource onboarding activities.
• Monitor the quality and effectiveness of services delivered by external providers, defining and managing SLAs, operational KPIs, and performance indicators.
• Analyze the IT strategy and technology roadmap to identify future workforce requirements; define strategic, critical, emerging, and obsolete skills.
• Maintain a forward-looking IT Skills Framework; assess current workforce capabilities and identify competency gaps.
• Develop and coordinate reskilling and upskilling initiatives in collaboration with HR and IT leaders; build and monitor training and certification roadmaps.
• Support internal mobility and talent development programs; measure workforce readiness and capability maturity.
• Ensure critical knowledge transfer from external providers to internal teams.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in IT, Finance, Business Administration, or HR.
• Sourcing & Vendor Management certification is a plus.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar function.
• Experience with IT sourcing processes and tools is mandatory.
• Fluency in French and English is mandatory; Dutch is an asset but not required.
• Communicative, with strong networking and negotiation skills.
• Organised, methodical, and rigorous.
• Creative and solution-oriented.
• Team player with motivating and listening abilities.
• Decision-making skills.
• Expectation: 50% on site & 50% homeworking.

Why Join Keystone Solutions?

• Consultancy Nature: Embrace your role as a consultant, working on-site and making an impact in diverse client environments.
• Dynamic Projects: Experience a variety of challenges and projects across different industries and organizations.
• Turbo-Charged Learning: Accelerate your professional development and broaden your expertise through continuous learning opportunities.
• Skyrocketing Ambition: Grow your career within a framework that values ambition and supports your progression.
• K-Stone Values: As a K-Stone, you bring our core values to every engagement, ensuring excellence and integrity in all you do.

Ready to Apply?

If you are ready to tackle technical and strategic challenges in a dynamic consultancy environment, apply today at Keystone Solutions Career Portal.