Sr Strategic Sourcing Mgr

Company Description

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, Service Now is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our Service Now AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better.

We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.

Join us to put AI to work for people.

• Drive best value supplierselectionto achieve year over year savings on over $600M spend

• Practice tenured experience in category management and sourcing in areas: HR, Finance, Tax,Contingent Workforce, Sales, GTM, Benefits, Workplace Services, Facilities, Real Estate, Security

• Ensure sourcing serves as a critical enabler and value add to the business, while also governing spend and reducing contractual risk for our business stakeholders in operations

• Manage, advise, and engage in the sourcing and contracting processes including evaluating, negotiating, and entering intocontracts and renewing relationships with suppliers of goods and services.

• Identify,evaluate and implement sourcing industry trends to advance company strategic sourcing excellence

• Strengthen partnerships with business functions across the company to provide valuable consultation.

• Ensure key business partners understand the strategic and tactical direction for sourcing efforts allowing for integration with company and department strategies

• Develop a strong strategic advisor/partner relationship with the legal function to ensure best in class contracting practices are in place globall

• A successful candidate will bring 10+ years of experience in the strategic and operational aspects of sourcing and procurement within a high-growth, dynamic environment, with demonstrated expertise in the Professional Services category and related sub-categories such as IT Services, Contingent Workforce, Consulting, Employee Benefits, Workplace Services, Finance, Tax, Sales, GTM, Facilities, Real Estate, and Security.

• This individual will be equipped to build and maintain a world-class team of employees and service partners, while bringing exceptional negotiation skills and the ability to cultivate strong internal and external relationships at all levels.

• The role requires deep knowledge of contract development and related legal issues, strong project management skills, a customer-focused mindset, and demonstrated success in developing and implementing strategy, governance, and structure in a rapidly changing environment.

• The ideal candidate will be adaptable, analytical, strategic, and execution-oriented, with a creative problem-solving approach, a strong track record of influencing and negotiating competing priorities among business partners, and the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with cross-functional stakeholders and executives.

• A strong grasp of business-oriented financial concepts, financial analysis, budget formulation, and business case development is also required, along with one or more relevant industry designations such as CPP, CPPM, or equivalent; an MBA degree is preferred.

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $155,400 - $272,000
, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors…