Senior Manager - Strategic Sourcing Indirect

Senior Manager - Strategic Sourcing Indirect Spend

At Frontier, we believe the skies should be for everyone. We deliver on this promise through our commitment to Low Fares Done Right. This is more than our tagline - it's our driving philosophy. Every member of Team Frontier has an important role to play in bringing this vision to life. Our successful business model allows travelers to take advantage of our fast-growing route network while our bundled and unbundled pricing options allow our customers to personalize their travel experience and only pay for the services they need – saving them money along the way.

Low Fares Done Right is our mission and we strive to bring it to life every day. Our 'Done Right' promise means delivering not only affordable prices, but making travel friendly and easy for our customers. To do this, we put a great deal of care into every decision and action we take. We must be efficient with the use of our resources and make smart decisions about how we run our business.

We must also innovate and be pioneers - we're not afraid to try new things. While our business requires us to fly high in the air, we also consider ourselves down-to-earth in our approach, creating a warm and friendly experience that truly demonstrates Rocky Mountain Hospitality.

Strategic Sourcing is a high-impact, highly visible function that partners closely with senior management and executive leadership to drive measurable enterprise value. The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Indirect Spend serves as the vertical lead for Indirect Sourcing, accountable for developing and scaling a best-in-class sourcing operating model and leading a portfolio of sourcing initiatives across critical support-function categories (including Information Technology, Finance, Marketing, Legal, and Commercial services).

This role leads end-to-end strategic sourcing engagements—from intake and prioritization through RFx execution, negotiation, and contracting—while enabling effective post-award supplier management by establishing performance frameworks, contract governance, and clear handoffs to business owners. The Senior Manager will also build team capability, coach and develop talent, and act as a change leader driving adoption of consistent sourcing processes, tools, and performance metrics across the organization.

Essential Functions

• Lead the indirect sourcing intake and prioritization mechanism to ensure sourcing resources are focused on the highest-value and most time-sensitive business needs.
• Establish and maintain a portfolio management rhythm for indirect sourcing, including prioritization, resourcing, milestone tracking, and executive visibility.
• Build and implement KPIs and reporting that measure sourcing performance and value delivered (e.g., cycle time, savings/value, compliance to process, stakeholder satisfaction, contract coverage, and supplier performance measures embedded in contracts).
• Standardize templates, playbooks, and work products to improve speed, quality, and consistency of sourcing execution.

Category Strategy & Internal Stakeholder Leadership (20%)

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across support functions, translating business objectives into category strategies and sourcing plans.
• Lead structured needs assessments to define scope, requirements, evaluation criteria, and business outcomes for sourcing initiatives.
• Influence cross-functional decision-making through clear problem framing, data-driven analysis, and well-supported recommendations.
• Identify and resolve process inefficiencies across the source-to-contract lifecycle; drive disciplined execution in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

RFx Execution, Negotiation & Contracting (35%)

• Oversee and guide end-to-end RFx activity (RFI/RFQ/RFP), including timeline planning, bid document development, supplier communications, response evaluation, stakeholder alignment, and supplier selection.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations, applying total cost of ownership (TCO) and value-based evaluation approaches to deliver optimal outcomes.
• Partner closely with Legal and key stakeholders to structure, negotiate, and execute contracts that…