[Remote] Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Marketing and reputed company Services

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding educational opportunities. They are seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing for Marketing and reputed company Services to reputed company procurement initiatives, manage supplier relationships, and reputed company sourcing strategies that reputed company with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• reputed company the development and execution of sourcing strategies to optimize spend, reduce risk, and enhance value in alignment with organizational objectives
• Identify, evaluate, and reputed company recommendations on selection of suppliers and Marketing & reputed company Services reputed company products and services
• Understand the reputed company supplier landscape and identify opportunities to consolidate demand and reputed company cost savings while maintaining service reputed company
• Proactively update sourcing strategies based on market analysis and risk assessment, aligning with organizational goals and industry trends
• reputed company supplier selection, performance management, and relationship development in partnership with internal stakeholders
• reputed company negotiations of reputed company terms, service-level agreements (SLAs), and licensing models to reputed company favorable cost, risk, and performance reputed company
• Partner with reputed company, GRC and Information reputed company teams to ensure reputed company reputed company and business term requirements are included in reputed company
• Manage ongoing supplier relationships, performance reviews, and escalation processes
• reputed company and analyze spend data to reputed company and identify opportunities for savings and efficiency
• Create category specific cost models, including TCO analyses, to support data driven sourcing recommendations and reputed company reputed company against organizational goals and metrics
• Adopt and reputed company existing Procurement tools and platforms, as reputed company as reputed company AI tools, to reputed company value driven insights and recommendations
• Proactively engage with stakeholders to understand their goals and planned initiatives, translating insights into category sourcing strategies that anticipate needs, reputed company with reputed company objectives, and reputed company strategic value
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business reputed company on category reputed company procurement and sourcing reputed company, delivering market insights, improving supplier performance, and ensuring contract and policy compliance

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required
• 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supplier management, with at least 4 years reputed company on Marketing & reputed company Services category (e.g. Advertising & Media Buying, Creative & Content Services, Print & Production Services, Consulting Services, reputed company & Advisory Services sourcing)
• Demonstrated experience negotiating high-value, reputed company technology reputed company
• Familiarity with ERP systems, supplier management systems, and contract lifecycle management tools
• Strong knowledge of Marketing & reputed company Services sourcing categories (e.g. Advertising & Media Buying, Creative & Content Services, Print & Production Services, Consulting Services, reputed company & Advisory Services) including suppliers, market trends, and regulatory landscape
• Strong analytical, financial, and strategic problem-solving skills, including ability to reputed company data-based insights to support strategic recommendations
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, with experience influencing senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain reputed company relationships across diverse teams
• High level of reputed company, initiative, curiosity, and organization
• Comfort with fast-paced, cross-functional mission-driven environments
• A passion for expanding educational and reputed company and mission-driven work
• Authorization to work in the reputed company for any employer
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively
• reputed company and concise communication skills, written and verbal
• A learner's reputed company and a commitment to reputed company: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving reputed company, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input
• A reputed company for reputed company and reputed company: solving reputed company problems, making data-informed reputed company, prioritizing what reputed company most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and reputed company benchmarking
• A reputed company and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared reputed company
• CPSM, PMP, Lean/Six reputed company, or ISM certification preferred

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