Senior Sourcing Manager

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY

The Sourcing and Category Management team within the Strategic Sourcing and Procurement (SS&P) department leads strategic procurement and outsourcing to deliver cost-effective, risk-conscious sourcing solutions that drive innovation, operational excellence, and support Exelixis’ business goals.

The Senior Sourcing Manager partners with Category Leads to support increasingly complex sourcing initiatives, collaborates cross-functionally to align procurement strategies with business needs, and drives supplier performance. The SS&P department manages outsourcing, leveraging a category-based approach.

The Senior Sourcing Manager will support the G&A, IT, and Commercial categories. This role will be a key point of contact for Legal, HR, Finance and Facilities sourcing services, equipment and goods, and IT sourcing services, products, digital transformation initiatives, and ongoing technology landscape, and Commercial outsourcing services in market research and planning, media and marketing, market access, payer strategy, or HEOR.

Strengthens strategic partnerships and identifies sourcing or outsourcing opportunities. Advises business stakeholders and supports governance models. Leads stakeholder training on SS&P systems, policies, and processes. Facilitates business stakeholder review meetings and influence adoption of sourcing strategies through consistent support and collaboration.

Conduct sourcing or outsourcing initiatives for high-impact spend areas. Leverage market intelligence for strategic sourcing or outsourcing decisions. Drive cost savings and value creation through negotiations. Manages end-to-end SOW development and contract execution for high-impact agreements. Partner with Procurement Analytics team on spend management. Collaborate with FP&A for forecasting, budgeting, and accruals. Manage vendor performance and cost-to-deliverables alignment. Implement supplier segmentation and performance frameworks.

Develops strategic supplier segmentation and performance programs. Partnering with business stakeholders, optimizes vendor governance and ensures alignment with sourcing and category strategy. Develops supplier collaboration plans and supports cross‑functional engagement. Addresses escalation issues and coach lower level team members on approaches for resolution.

Proactively identifies enterprise‑level supply chain risks. Develops comprehensive risk mitigation strategies, including supplier diversification and business continuity plans. Provide support to cross‑functional teams to reduce risk. Report on risk exposure to leadership. Support compliance to corporate vendor ESG requirements. As applicable per designated category, maintain audit inspection readiness.

Proactively review training to ensure current content. Serve as advisor/mentor/coach to others in team. Execute to SS&P business processes and policies. May lead SS&P or cross‑functional initiatives and continuous improvement efforts. Seen as an expert to support junior level employees in resolving challenging issues. Performs other duties as assigned. Complies with all policies and standards.

No supervisory responsibilities.

Education Master's degree and 7 years of related experience; or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 9 years of related experience; or Associate degree and 11 years of experience; or Equivalent combination of education and years of experience.

Experience Experience in the pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry(ies) required. Experience in pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology R&D outsourcing, purchasing, supplier relationship management and/or procurement role(s) required. Familiarity with Agiloft, Ariba, SAP, Tableau or equivalent applications desired.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

Advance understanding of drug discovery and development. Advance knowledge of applicable financial (e.g.,…