Digital Procurement & Sourcing, Senior Manager

We are seeking a Digital Procurement & Sourcing Senior Manager for a fully onsite direct hire role in Richardson, TX.

• Own and continuously enhance sourcing tools and platforms (e.g., ERP, eSourcing, contract lifecycle management, spend analytics tools).
• Partner with IT to define, prioritize, and deliver system enhancements aligned with sourcing needs.
• Serve as the product ownerfor sourcing-related systems, ensuring usability, scalability, and adoption.
• Drive system integrations across procurement, finance, and supplier ecosystems.

• Establish and enforce data governance frameworks for sourcing and supplier data.
• Ensure high data quality across spend, supplier, contract, and performance datasets.
• Define standards for data taxonomy, classification, and reporting consistency.
• Partner with IT and data teams to implement data validation, cleansing, and automation workflows.
• Act as a steward for sourcing data, ensuring single source of truth across systems.

• Map, standardize, and optimize sourcing processes across categories and regions.
• Identify inefficiencies and lead process re-engineering initiatives leveraging automation and digital tools.
• Develop and track KPIs related to cycle times, compliance, and data quality.
• Drive adoption of best practices and ensure alignment with enterprise procurement policies.
• Lead change management efforts to embed new tools and processes within sourcing teams.
• Serve as project manager for projects from developing charter to launch.

• Define and execute a roadmap to integrate AI/ML-driven insights into sourcing workflows.
• Collaborate with data science and IT teams to deploy use cases such as:
  • Predictive spend analytics
  • Supplier risk modeling
  • Market intelligence automation
  • Negotiation insights and scenario modeling
• Ensure sourcing managers trust and actively use AI-driven insights by improving data reliability and transparency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to continuously advance sourcing capabilities.

• Act as the primary liaison between Sourcing, IT, Finance, and Data/Analytics teams.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and vice versa.
• Support sourcing managers with actionable insights, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Facilitate governance forums to align priorities, track progress, and manage stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Information Systems, Business, or a related field (MBA preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in sourcing/procurement, with strong exposure todigital tools and data analytics.
• Proven experience working closely with IT teams on system implementations or enhancements.
• Strong understanding ofdata governance, master data management, and reporting frameworks.
• Experience with sourcing/procurement platforms (e.g., SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, Jaggaer, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement and change management initiatives.
• Experience with AI/ML or advanced analytics toolsin a procurement or supply chain context.
• Knowledge of automation technologies (RPA, workflow tools).
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate data into business value.
• Strategic thinker and data-driven decision maker with a strong execution focus.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Systems-oriented mindset with attention to detail.
• Continuous improvement and innovation mindset.