Director, Sourcing & Procurement

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee the Vendor Management Office across the enterprise.

• Propel significant RFx initiatives, intricate commercial negotiations, supplier performance, transformation, governance, and long-term value generation.

• Offer internal client support and serve as a liaison between stakeholders and suppliers for strategic sourcing requests and contract oversight.

• Manage vendor relationships and negotiate strategic agreements that facilitate New Relic expenditures.

• Cultivate and sustain relationships with suppliers, stakeholders, budget owners, and internal customer/category groups.

• Champion and direct high-complexity, mission-critical RFx initiatives.

• Lead and assist in negotiations related to software, SaaS, cloud services, hardware, and professional services.

• Maintain critical supplier relationships, address issues, and foster ongoing improvements.

• Oversee the company's Travel and Expense function.

• Formulate and execute sourcing strategies, procurement and travel policies, and governance across various spending categories.

• Collaborate with Legal, Security, Finance, and Technology leaders on cross-functional objectives.

• Drive cost optimization, market benchmarking, and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis.

• Spearhead organizational change and strategic procurement initiatives.

• Manage the departmental budget while defining performance metrics and evaluation criteria.

• Build, lead, and nurture distributed procurement teams.

• Provide executive-level communication, guidance, and reporting on procurement goals and results.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in business, information systems, or a related field with over 10 years of direct experience in a strategic sourcing management capacity.

• More than 5 years of experience in a leadership role.

• Over 10 years of experience negotiating commercial contracts, including preparation and revisions in Word for software and hardware licenses, professional services agreements, statements of work, SaaS, cloud subscriptions, and amendments to existing contracts.

• More than 10 years of experience in a lead or principal position.

• Experience managing the Travel and Expense function on a global scale.

• Proficient in building contract price modeling through a data-driven approach in Excel to provide sourcing recommendations.

• Familiarity with procurement software such as Coupa, NetSuite, Oracle, and JIRA.

• Experience in formulating and analyzing category portfolios, including market price benchmarking and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis.

• Capability to identify and suggest cost reductions and opportunities for supplier performance enhancement.

• Proven experience in building and developing high-performance global teams.

• Outstanding communication, stakeholder management, and leadership abilities.

• Visa sponsorship is not offered.

• Completion of identity and employment eligibility verification is mandatory.

• Must successfully pass a criminal background check.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for a corporate bonus plan.

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision care benefits.

• Parental leave and planning support.

• Mental health benefits.

• 401(k) plan with matching contributions.

• 11 paid holidays.

• Volunteer time off.

• Paid time off.

• Flexible work model options, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid setups.

• Support for reasonable accommodations.

• An inclusive and welcoming workplace environment.