Strategic Sourcing Manager, Indirect

Manager of Strategic Sourcing (Indirect)

As the Manager of Strategic Sourcing (Indirect), you will be a key leader in driving the Indirect Procurement roadmap across our global sites. You will serve as the primary architect for our indirect spend strategy, ensuring that our sourcing activities—spanning Facilities, CAPEX, IT/Professional Services, Logistic, and MRO—are aligned with the company’s broader operational objectives. Utilizing Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to identify inefficiencies and drive process standardization.

You will champion a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that all sourcing activities—from MRO and facilities to professional services—directly contribute to operational resiliency and cost‑efficiency.

• Strategic Category Management:
  Develop and execute comprehensive category strategies for indirect spend. Drive the “one authoritative voice” protocol for supplier negotiations to maximize commercial leverage and ensure consistent contract terms.
• Financial & Data-Driven Rigor:
  Perform rigorous spend analysis, FX variance assessments, and “Should-Be” cost modeling. Maintain high data integrity for budget forecasting, cost-avoidance tracking, and Total Landed Cost (TLC) comparisons.
• Supplier Governance & Performance Management:
  Lead the full sourcing lifecycle (RFI/RFQ/RFP), including contract negotiation (MSA/SOW/LTA), supplier relationship management (SRM), and formal quarterly business reviews (QBRs) to ensure strict adherence to SLA/KPI benchmarks.
• Operational Governance & Buyer Oversight:
  Provide strategic direction, guidance, and oversight to global transactional buyers managing indirect spend. Establish control mechanisms, approval workflows, and compliance guardrails within the Coupa P2P platform to optimize purchasing behaviors, manage PO creation, and control tail spend.
• Supplier Diversity Reporting:
  Develop, monitor, and scale the company’s Supplier Diversity initiatives. Generate and distribute regular spend reports to track, measure, and audit procurement activity with Small Business (SB), Women‑Owned (WBE), Veteran‑Owned (VBE), and Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB).
• Operational Transformation & Synergy Realization:
  Drive indirect procurement‑side synergy planning across diverse business entities. Perform comprehensive spend analysis to identify cross‑functional consolidation opportunities, harmonize fragmented supplier contracts, and standardize procurement protocols to optimize organizational structures and realize sustainable cost efficiencies across indirect spend categories (e.g., IT, HR, Marketing, Facilities, and Professional Services).
• Risk Mitigation & Resiliency:
  Implement robust risk management frameworks for critical indirect suppliers, conducting deep‑dive assessments on supply‑chain dependencies, geopolitical stability, and financial viability. Ensure all suppliers maintain strict compliance with international labor standards, including the Employer Pays Principle.
• Lean Process Integration & VSM:
  Lead Value Stream Mapping exercises across the procure‑to‑pay process to eliminate non‑value‑added steps. Facilitate Kaizen events focused on reducing lead times, standardizing procurement workflows, and improving inventory turnover for MRO materials.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner closely with internal stakeholders—Facilities, Engineering, IT, Finance, and Legal—to ensure that procurement needs are met with high technical precision. Provide consultative sourcing support to project managers to ensure early supplier involvement (ESI) in new initiatives.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field. MBA or advanced degree is highly preferred.
• Experience:
  
  7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or procurement within a highly regulated industry (Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, or Life Sciences).
• Matrix Organization Proficiency:
  Demonstrated success operating in a complex matrix organization, balancing global functional mandates with site‑specific operational requirements and multi‑departmental stakeholders.
• Leadership & Coordination:
  Proven track…