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 .