Job Description Summary

Negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies. Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction. Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.

Job Description

Role Summary:

The Senior Sourcing Manager – Strategic Initiatives drives enterprise-wide sourcing efforts, leads GenAI initiatives, and executes high-visibility projects. This role partners closely with the Business Unit Sourcing Leaders, and cross-functional leaders to design and implement strategic programs that elevate sourcing maturity, streamline processes, and leverage technology to drive procurement excellence.

The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking, operational excellence, and strong stakeholder management to lead initiatives spanning strategy, analytics, process transformation, digital enablement, capability building, sustainability, and risk management.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead sourcing strategic initiatives from concept to execution, including but not limited to GenAI projects, risk management, commodity playbooks, should-costing, and process excellence agendas
• Lead cross-functional initiatives on digital and GenAI enablement, from use case development to deployment, learning sessions, and change management
• Develop and deliver high-quality materials for executive engagements, supplier conferences, board meetings, ELT reviews, leadership meetings
• Lead and execute CPO-level governance, including but not limited to Sourcing Council meetings, All-Employee meetings, staff meetings, and other executive forums
• Lead and facilitate people and capability building initiatives, such as GenAI learning sessions, talent upskilling trainings, sourcing foundation trainings
• Conduct procurement maturity assessments across all Business Units and proactively engage sourcing leaders to drive continuous improvement
• Serve as thought partner to leadership by synthesizing insights, benchmarking industry best practices, and identifying future growth opportunities

Desired characteristics:

• Embrace lean principles
• Act with accountability, quality, and timeliness
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity
• Curious learner with a growth mindset and digital fluency
• Demonstrated ability to translate vision into execution

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, or related discipline; master’s degree or MBA preferred
• Major experience in sourcing, procurement strategy, or management consulting, ideally within industrial or energy sectors
• Proven track record in driving cross-functional transformation programs with measurable business impact
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in data-driven decision making, digital tools, and process optimization
• Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills for executive-level engagement
• Ability to manage multiple high-visibility projects simultaneously
• Ability to influence across matrixed organization and manage multiple stakeholders globally
• Experience with lean, category management, cost modelling, digital procurement, automation, and data analytics is a plus

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