Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing

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

📋 Description

• Formulate and implement comprehensive multi-year category strategies for designated indirect spending areas, ensuring they align with overarching business goals and financial objectives.

• Oversee the complete strategic sourcing process, which includes conducting market analysis, developing and executing RFx (RFI, RFP, RFQ), managing complex negotiations, and handling contract management.

• Leverage spend analytics and market intelligence to uncover and pursue opportunities for cost savings, providing reports on savings targets with a focus on total cost of ownership (TCO).

• Advocate for the utilization of Coupa’s BSM platform to enhance efficiency, visibility, and compliance within your categories.

• Lead, mentor, and supervise a team of 2 procurement specialists or category analysts.

• Offer regular performance feedback through coaching and formal evaluations, while supporting their career development objectives.

• Cultivate a culture of high performance, collaboration, accountability, and ongoing improvement.

• Serve as an escalation point for your team, providing direction on intricate negotiations and stakeholder challenges.

• Build and sustain strategic relationships with key suppliers to ensure their performance meets or exceeds expectations.

• Conduct regular business reviews with strategic partners to promote continuous improvement, innovation, and value creation.

• Negotiate and manage contracts, ensuring advantageous commercial and legal terms are established to mitigate risks.

• Develop and maintain robust, trusted relationships with key internal stakeholders across various departments (e.g., Marketing, IT, HR, Finance).

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing and category management, particularly within indirect procurement categories.

• At least 1-2 years of experience in formal or informal people leadership, mentorship, or team leadership roles.

• Demonstrated success in achieving substantial cost savings ($) and delivering value beyond savings (e.g., risk mitigation, enhanced service levels).

• Outstanding negotiation skills with proven experience in managing complex, high-value contracts.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of analyzing complex data sets (spend data, market research) to generate actionable insights.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all organizational levels.

• Direct experience with the Coupa platform is a notable advantage.

• Experience managing global categories in a dynamic, high-growth technology or software firm.

• Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Professional development opportunities

• Flexible work arrangements