Procurement Manager - Strategic Sourcing Manager

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The Business Resource Center (BRC) provides high quality, customer focused financial and administrative services to UCOP departments. The BRC supports UCOP’s mission by delivering efficient, compliant, and service oriented procurement, accounts payable, travel, entertainment, and supplier management services. This position leads the Local Procurement team, which partners closely with UCOP divisions, systemwide procurement, and external suppliers to ensure timely, cost effective, and policy compliant acquisition of goods and services.

The team supports UCOP’s strategic initiatives by developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring procurement activities align with organizational goals.

This position manages the UCOP Procurement Team and receives assignments in the form of objectives, determining how to use resources to meet schedules and goals. Provides guidance and manages procurement staff in executing strategic sourcing, contract management, and procurement compliance activities for UCOP departments in accordance with UC policy, BRC operational standards, and divisional objectives. Ensures that UCOP department clients receive timely, accurate, and consultative procurement support throughout the sourcing and contracting lifecycle.

Establishes and models a customer-focused culture within the team, ensuring that client needs are understood, prioritized, and addressed with professionalism and urgency. Work is reviewed and measured based on meeting objectives, schedules, and service delivery standards. Follows established UC procurement policies and BRC processes in identifying strategic sourcing solutions, managing contract risk, ensuring policy compliance, and driving continuous improvement in client service outcomes.

Please note this is a Hybrid position based in Oakland, CA.

40% Leadership of UCOP Local Procurement:
The Local Procurement team leads the Local Procurement team in developing and implementing strategic sourcing strategies that meet UCOP needs, leverage spend, and produce best in class supplier contracts. Develops a UCOP Strategic Procurement Plan aligned with BRC, UCOP, and UC Systemwide Procurement strategic initiatives. Oversees analysis of spend, bidding, awards, supplier performance, customer satisfaction, and other benchmark information for all commodities and service categories.

Partners with internal clients to understand business requirements, forecast procurement needs, and identify opportunities for cost savings, supplier consolidation, and process improvements. Ensures sourcing strategies incorporate risk mitigation, sustainability, supplier diversity, and compliance with UC policies and regulatory requirements. Represents UCOP in systemwide sourcing initiatives where appropriate, ensuring UCOP needs are communicated and UCOP benefits from systemwide agreements. Develops and