Senior Sourcing Manager

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

📋 Description

• Act as a strategic business partner to organizational leaders.

• Identify and implement opportunities for cost reduction, supplier performance enhancement, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency improvement.

• Establish trusted relationships with leaders from Operations, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, and Shared Services.

• Grasp business priorities and pinpoint sourcing opportunities that align with company objectives.

• Question specifications, demand assumptions, and supplier selection choices when necessary.

• Create category strategies for significant indirect and operational spending areas.

• Examine spending patterns, supplier fragmentation, and market trends to uncover savings opportunities.

• Develop and maintain a prioritized sourcing pipeline focused on enterprise value.

• Lead RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs for intricate spending categories.

• Formulate negotiation strategies based on market intelligence and cost drivers.

• Negotiate pricing, service levels, contract terms, and performance commitments.

• Propel measurable savings and value generation.

• Create supplier performance scorecards and governance processes.

• Monitor supplier performance, risk factors, and compliance.

• Collaborate with suppliers to promote continuous improvement and innovation.

• Oversee renewals and strategic supplier relationships.

• Spearhead cross-functional sourcing projects that involve multiple stakeholders.

• Influence decisions without having direct authority.

• Clearly communicate trade-offs to leaders and foster alignment.

• Drive execution amidst ambiguity and change.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement transformation, supplier management, or commercial roles heavily focused on supply chain.

• Experience with complex indirect and operational spending categories.

• Demonstrated success in leading negotiations, assessing supplier proposals, and achieving measurable cost savings and business value.

• Strong contract, commercial, and business acumen.

• Preferred experience in manufacturing, food, consumer packaged goods (CPG), agriculture, or environments with heavy supply chain involvement.

• Ability to leverage spend data, analytics, and market insights to identify trends, develop business cases, quantify savings opportunities, and support commercial decisions.

• Proficient in building should-cost and total-cost models, sourcing scorecards, and decision frameworks.

• Advanced skills in Excel.

• Experience with Power BI, ERP, or procurement systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365.

• Willingness to travel 20–30% or as necessary for supplier visits, stakeholder meetings, site visits, and other business requirements.

• Orientation towards teamwork and collaboration.

• Capacity to understand others' perspectives and engage in candid conversations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Paid parental leave.

• 401(k) retirement plan with a 3% contribution from Day 1.

• Free eggs.

• Friends and family discounts.

• Fun team SWAG.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Remote work environment.

• Competitive pay and benefits.