Manager, Strategic Sourcing

As a Strategic Sourcing Manager in Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P), you’ll lead a team of professionals that support strategic sourcing value delivery. Working with SS&P and business leadership, your team will execute in-country and US-based strategic sourcing events and category analyses. You will bring expertise in strategic sourcing and analytics to lead and develop your team across the full source-to-contract lifecycle, with an initial focus on building a proactive Technology renewal program. You will communicate with multiple levels in the organization to foster internal and external relationships and enhance the brand of SS&P.

Role Description

• Provide guidance and thought leadership to your team of strategic sourcing professionals and category analysts to support their ability to drive savings and value delivery
• Create and lead a proactive renewal program, starting with Technology, that maximizes cost savings opportunities and provides the business with the flexibility to change solutions as need
• Lead sourcing projects, including building successful sourcing strategies, driving strategic improvements, and delivering on operational targets, savings goals, and business strategies
• Conduct total cost modeling and sensitivity/scenario analysis to help team members understand trade-offs and benefits to multiple outcomes
• Help with the analysis and planning for multiple components of indirect spend categories to ensure operational success and results
• Use sourcing tools to support departmental efforts to refine and improve procurement processes and policies
• Develop and manage relationships with SS&P team members and business stakeholders
• Ensure timely communication of the status of sourcing projects and category analyses to key stakeholders
• Partner with multiple corporate functions (e.g., Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Legal) as part of your sourcing projects and related activities
• Review, revise, and negotiate contract language
• You will take ownership of projects and bring them to completion understanding that the results will have an impact on the department's goals

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor/Masters degree in supply chain management, engineering, or business
• 8+ years of experience in Strategic Sourcing with experience in Technology, including Technology renewals, with a minimum of 3 years of leadership experience
• Demonstrated capabilities of leading sourcing projects, contract authoring and negotiations, category analysis and driving savings/value
• Strong relationship-building, verbal and written communication, interpersonal, motivational, and influencing skills; coordination across related disciplines and with key stakeholders
• Experience coordinating teams, collecting insights, and constructively challenging team members with conventional thinking
• Understanding of multi-step strategic sourcing processes, sourcing tools, and strategies
• Knowledge of procurement category analyses, including benchmarking

Preferred Qualifications (nice to haves):

• Prior people leadership within a Procurement organization
• IT asset management experience
• Contract renewal program management experience

Your Life and Career at Saks Global:

• Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities
• A culture that promotes a healthy, fulfilling work/life balance
• Benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental).
• An amazing employee discount