IT Sourcing Manager

About the Role

LG CNS Singapore is expanding its IT services footprint across the APAC region, bringing proven digital transformation capabilities from Korea to regional clients. This role is for an IT Sourcing Manager who will lead sourcing activities for IT transformation initiatives and standard product selection, while ensuring procurement decisions support cost efficiency, governance, and compliance.

What You Will Do

• Build and refine end-to-end processes for IT procurement, including workflow design, internal control alignment, and continuous process improvement.
• Own sourcing for major transformation programmes and other strategic IT initiatives, working closely with stakeholders from the earliest planning stages.
• Develop and manage standard product and service catalogues in partnership with IT teams to improve consistency and lower total cost of ownership.
• Use spend analysis to uncover savings opportunities, rationalise suppliers, and support commercial negotiations that improve value.
• Run RFI, RFQ, and RFP activities, including vendor assessments, due diligence, and selection for software, infrastructure, and IT services.
• Lead commercial discussions covering pricing, licensing, service levels, renewals, and other contract terms, while coordinating reviews with Legal and Risk teams.
• Set up procurement governance routines, approval checkpoints, and documentation practices that meet audit, risk, and regulatory expectations.
• Track supplier performance against KPIs and SLAs, conduct regular reviews, and help resolve performance issues with delivery teams.

Experience and Background

• You should bring at least 15 years of experience in IT procurement, with a strong background in banking or financial services.
• Hands-on exposure to the banking technology supplier landscape is important, including licensing approaches, commercial models, renewal cycles, and supplier capabilities.
• Experience should span multiple IT categories such as on-premises and SaaS software, cloud and on-prem infrastructure, and IT services.
• Knowledge of procurement regulations and compliance expectations across the Asia-Pacific region is required.
• You should have a proven record of creating procurement strategies, operating models, processes, and governance structures from scratch.
• Experience managing large-scale sourcing programmes across both CAPEX and OPEX is necessary.
• Prior work negotiating with major vendors such as Microsoft and Amazon for transformation, standardisation, and savings initiatives is highly valuable.
• Strong capability in spend analysis, supplier negotiations, and building supplier performance and risk management frameworks is expected.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as business administration, information technology, law, or procurement is required.
• Professional procurement credentials, such as CIPS or an equivalent qualification, are preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management skills are essential.
• Familiarity with widely used procurement tools will be an advantage.

Terms and Conditions

• This is a 1-year contract assignment, with the possibility of renewal and conversion to a permanent role.
• The expected start is immediate.
• The position is based onsite in Singapore, Singapore.