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:
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Define and maintain the IT Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) and IT Sourcing Strategy based on group and local IT strategies.
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Implement the approved IT Sourcing Strategy across all IT domains, ensuring compliance with strategic objectives and governance rules.
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Develop and maintain sourcing dashboards, KPIs, and management reports; identify sourcing risks and propose mitigation plans.
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Analyze capacity and resource planning, reporting on budget risks and opportunities.
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Build, maintain, and continuously improve the IT sourcing repository and workforce database, ensuring accurate visibility of all internal and external resources.
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Maintain workforce and sourcing data quality within reporting tools; report on workforce composition, sourcing ratios, staff evolution, and sourcing performance indicators.
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Provide management with reliable data to support decision-making and budgeting.
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Act as the owner of the IT sourcing budget, monitoring expenditures and workforce-related costs, ensuring alignment with workforce plans and budget targets.
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Support budget forecasting, financial planning, and cost optimization initiatives; track sourcing-related savings and benefits realization.
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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.
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Liaise with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and HR teams throughout the sourcing lifecycle; monitor contract renewals, amendments, and resource onboarding activities.
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Monitor the quality and effectiveness of services delivered by external providers, defining and managing SLAs, operational KPIs, and performance indicators.
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Analyze the IT strategy and technology roadmap to identify future workforce requirements; define strategic, critical, emerging, and obsolete skills.
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Maintain a forward-looking IT Skills Framework; assess current workforce capabilities and identify competency gaps.
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Develop and coordinate reskilling and upskilling initiatives in collaboration with HR and IT leaders; build and monitor training and certification roadmaps.
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Support internal mobility and talent development programs; measure workforce readiness and capability maturity.
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Ensure critical knowledge transfer from external providers to internal teams.
Requirements:
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Master’s degree in IT, Finance, Business Administration, or HR.
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Sourcing & Vendor Management certification is a plus.
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At least 10 years of relevant experience.
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Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar function.
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Experience with IT sourcing processes and tools is mandatory.
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Fluency in French and English is mandatory; Dutch is an asset but not required.
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Communicative, with strong networking and negotiation skills.
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Organised, methodical, and rigorous.
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Creative and solution-oriented.
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Team player with motivating and listening abilities.
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Decision-making skills.
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Expectation: 50% on site & 50% homeworking.
Why Join Keystone Solutions?
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Consultancy Nature: Embrace your role as a consultant, working on-site and making an impact in diverse client environments.
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Dynamic Projects: Experience a variety of challenges and projects across different industries and organizations.
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Turbo-Charged Learning: Accelerate your professional development and broaden your expertise through continuous learning opportunities.
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Skyrocketing Ambition: Grow your career within a framework that values ambition and supports your progression.
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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 .
