Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Role:
Responsible for leading sourcing strategy development, execution, contract negotiations, and management for spending across Indirect categories, with strong specialized knowledge in the IT category portfolio.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead strategic and tactical sourcing activities with spend above $500K across multiple categories and a high degree of complexity.
- Manage contract lifecycle process (including uploading contracts, developing standard templates, and monitoring/tracking expiry).
- Manage catalog governance and procurement operations.
- Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms for assigned spend categories.
- Research potential vendors, develop and execute an RFP for spend above $500K.
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation is translated to RFP and contracts as appropriate
- Perform cost and scenario analysis and benchmarking to inform sourcing decisions.
- Negotiate contract terms of agreement and pricing, delivering and recording annual P&L savings.
- Support projects assigned for various sourcing activities.
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior sourcing generalists on category-specific requirements.
Functional and Technical Skills
- Sourcing expert – strong experience with sourcing process, supplier management, contract negotiations, and procure-to-pay operations
- Experience with ERP systems, spend analytics, eSourcing, and contract management systems required.
- Excellent category-specific sourcing and category management skills in key portfolios of spend in Indirect (e.g., Services, IT, Facilities)
- Expert understanding of multi-step strategic sourcing processes and strategies
- Experience negotiating agreements/contracts with suppliers
Understanding of procurement processes, tools, and best practices
Leadership / behavioral
- Thrive in an entrepreneurial environment – self-starter who looks for ways to improve existing processes.
- Strong customer service orientation, keen to deliver on internal customer needs
- Desire to mentor and coach junior team members
Analytical thinker who makes decisions using data and insights – will need to prepare analysis to develop sourcing strategy/scenarios/savings.
Experience & Qualification
- 8+ years of procurement experience within indirect categories, preferred but not limited to the IT category.
- Proven working experience as purchasing manager, sourcing manager, agent
- Degree in supply chain management, operations or business administration (nice to have)
- High level of English language competency (verbal and written)