Global Strategic Sourcing Manager

Job Title: Global Strategic Sourcing Manager

Location: Remote (USA)

Contract: 6-month contract with extension or conversion opportunity

Job Details:

• Collaborate cross functionally with Legal, InfoSec, Privacy, Finance, IT, Compliance, etc. to help ensure new and existing vendors adhere to relevant requirements in these areas
• Ensure alignment with appropriate procurement, sourcing, and/or category strategy and corporate policies through continuous dialogue with category, procurement, and business stakeholder leads.
• Support Business Stakeholders around the Globe through the source-to-pay processes, procedures, and policies.
• Communicates effectively, listens carefully, and seeks and values different perspectives of others.
• Will be supporting business partners around the globe including the United States, Canada, Europe/UK, and Australia.
• Review incoming and ongoing vendor engagement and contract requests.
• Support and influence negotiations with a focus on cost-reductions, spend-optimization, risk mitigation, and process compliance.
• Collaborate to conduct RFx, lead and/or actively support contract negotiation with suppliers and agencies; develop negotiation approaches, fallback positions and acceptable terms and conditions through contract completion and identify important benchmarks to measure contractual arrangements.
• Establish partnerships with key stakeholders aimed at identifying, understanding and fulfilling their requirements.
• Superior relationship-building, relationship management, and interpersonal communication and influencing skills.

Top Skills:

• Experience in-depth with Source-to-Contract and Procure-to-Pay Practices.
• Negotiations, Contract Management, Organization
• Minimum 5 years of Procurement/Strategic Sourcing experience.