Manager, Strategic Sourcing; IT

Location
: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities
:
Fort Worth - TX
Requisition : 83498

Job Description

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life.

Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

• This role is part of the Technology category within the Procurement team in the Finance Division, reporting to the Director, Strategic Sourcing, Technology Procurement. You will join a growing Strategic Sourcing organization that plays a critical role in shaping how the company engages with key technology suppliers and invests in innovative solutions.
• You will lead a team of Technology Procurement professionals responsible for driving long-term cost reductions, improving supplier performance, and executing robust, market-informed category strategies. Procurement is one of the fastest‑growing professions in the world, and in this role, you will directly influence high‑visibility initiatives that support the company’s operational and financial goals.
• As a leader in Technology Sourcing, you will shape category direction, champion data‑driven decision‑making, and provide thought leadership on how to optimize our supplier ecosystem. Your work will be highly visible to senior leadership and will provide opportunities to showcase strategic thinking, business storytelling, and executive‑level communication.
• You will also collaborate with cross‑functional teams and external partners to strengthen relationships, enhance supplier accountability, and deliver value‑based outcomes. This role offers a unique opportunity to expand your leadership capabilities, grow your executive presence, and deepen your expertise in a dynamic, technology‑focused procurement environment.

This list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Embodies American Airlines leadership attributes and models the behaviors of Caring, Collaboration, Development, Results and Future
• Lead and mentor a team of Technology Procurement professionals across hardware, software, infrastructure, and IT services categories, driving optimal team performance, ongoing skill development, and leadership bench strength.
• Manage the full IT supplier lifecycle, including sourcing, procurement, negotiations, contract management, and supplier performance evaluation.
• Develop, implement, and track robust IT category strategies grounded in deep market analysis and aligned with company and stakeholder priorities, delivering measurable year‑over‑year cost reductions and working capital improvements while ensuring supplier accountability and performance.
• Communicate and present category strategy recommendations and results to all levels of leadership, including Officer‑level stakeholders, using clear storytelling to convey complex concepts.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with supplier executive teams and internal stakeholders; lead regular business reviews to affirm expectations, review objectives and key results, drive root‑cause accountability, identify solutions, and track plans/results.
• Define and oversee cross‑supplier performance management and governance to ensure high standards of supplier accountability, SLA adherence, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct supplier spend and consumption analytics in partnership with Finance to identify optimization opportunities, including contract consolidation and restructuring.
• Research and interpret the technology marketplace (market research and competitive analysis) to understand supplier and market characteristics,…