Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

Overview

Lead category management and strategic sourcing across indirect spend areas, including HR, Marketing, Facilities, Finance, Travel, Contingent Workforce and Operations, managing contracts from start to finish.

What you'll do

• Lead the development and execution of category strategies across indirect spend areas, identifying opportunities to optimize cost, improve supplier performance, and deliver measurable business value.
• Own sourcing initiatives end-to-end, running competitive bids, negotiating commercial and contractual terms, and driving outcomes with full accountability for timelines and stakeholder alignment.
• Coordinate and quarterback the contract review process across Legal, Privacy, InfoSec, AI Council, and Finance, proactively following up to remove delays and ensure timely execution.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior internal stakeholders and business partners, aligning sourcing strategies with business objectives and influencing decisions at all levels.
• Use data analytics and AI-driven tools to identify savings opportunities, track supplier performance, and generate insights that improve procurement decision making.
• Manage supplier relationships proactively, tracking performance, addressing risks, and escalating issues to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery.
• Maintain up to date market intelligence on suppliers, pricing trends, and emerging technologies relevant to your categories.
• Lead or contribute to company-wide programs such as vendor management initiatives or procurement policy rollouts, applying strong project management and stakeholder skills.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, management, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience in strategic sourcing or procurement activities.
• Hands-on experience with Procure-to-Pay (P2P) systems is required (e.g., Coupa, Asana, SAP Ariba, Oracle, Jaggaer).
• Demonstrated experience leading sourcing initiatives across indirect categories such as HR, Marketing, Facilities, Finance, or Operations.
• Strong knowledge of procurement and sourcing principles, contract types (MSA, SaaS, Licensing), and the ability to conduct financial analysis to evaluate sourcing options.
• Prior exposure to software industry is a mandatory requirement.
• Comfort using generative AI tools (such as MS Copilot or Claude) in day to day work for drafting, research, analysis, presentation and summarizing information.
• Ability to use data and AI driven insights to identify sourcing opportunities, track supplier performance and improve procurement outcomes.
• Openness to adopting new tools and approaches.

Nice to have

• Experience with Coupa, Asana, and other P2P systems.