Sr. Analyst, Connected Technologies Sourcing

Sr. Analyst, Connected Technologies Sourcing

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Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These words describe life  one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high‑quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is essential to the company’s vision to move people beyond what’s possible. At TFS, you will help create best‑in‑class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.
Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment‑based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time.

Toyota’s Indirect Procurement Shared Services (IPSS) Department supports TFS and TMNA. We need highly motivated and qualified Sourcing and Contract Specialists to support indirect technology procurement for the Connected Technologies (CT) and Systems & Electronics Planning (SEP) divisions. The primary responsibility is to support the execution of category procurement strategies for the Information Systems/Technology category in support of CT and SEP.

• Develop, implement, and support strategies that consider One Toyota objectives, especially for shared suppliers and/or shared services/commodities.
• Build and maintain close relationships with business units and supplier partners to deliver comprehensive and cross‑enterprise process improvement solutions.
• Develop and implement multi‑year sourcing strategies for responsible spend categories using data analysis and internal collaboration.
• Responsible for developing negotiation strategies based on analysis and execution via supplier negotiations.
• Process business requests to issue purchase orders to suppliers.
• Effectively manage all sourcing and price negotiation activities and incoming ad‑hoc business unit requests resulting in a contract or purchase order.
• Negotiate pricing and achieve cost savings while mitigating financial and legal risks for the enterprise.
• Design, plan, manage, and lead complex and simple RFIs, RFPs, and quote requests with cross‑functional teams.
• Draft, redline, negotiate, and execute contractual documents with support from Toyota legal.
• Assess, identify, and analyze legal issues and provide clear recommendations to management and business partners.
• Participate in project meetings and recommend contractual language and approaches.
• Manage open contract action list and work to achieve business objectives within the targeted completion date.
• Coordinate meetings, strategy discussions, negotiations, and overall planning initiatives; maintain version control of agreements.
• Research existing agreements and provide summaries or interpretations of language.
• Manage contracts through the approval process working with Procurement and/or Legal as necessary.
• Maintain contract records for various third parties in an organized and consistent manner.
• Develop a thorough understanding of Toyota’s business, people, products, policies, markets, compliance framework, and customers to properly mitigate risks.
• Maintain confidentiality of all agreements and business strategies.
• May be requested to work on ad‑hoc projects including business strategy, vendor communication, etc.
• Support Technology Procurement and Sourcing activities for the Toyota Enterprise in North America or globally as appropriate.
• Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously and develop and execute sourcing/negotiation strategies with little direction.
• Be proactive in communication with key customers and stakeholders, leading frequent touchpoints to align all open activities, expiring contracts, and opportunities for improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Business Administration, Supply…