Sr. Sourcing Specialist - Contract

Senior Sourcing Specialist – Early Warning Services

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Overall

Purpose:

The Senior Sourcing Specialist supports sourcing activities for products and services, ensuring business requirements are met cost‑effectively and efficiently. The role partners with stakeholders and suppliers to execute sourcing strategies and manage negotiations to achieve optimal procurement results.

• Supports sourcing activities to identify, evaluate, and recommend qualified suppliers to meet organizational product and service needs.
• Executes sourcing activities in alignment with company policies and strategies, including management of high‑value and moderately complex purchases.
• Assists in negotiating and executing supplier contracts to achieve optimal pricing, terms, and service levels while ensuring compliance with established guidelines.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to define requirements, clarify specifications, and ensure timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.
• Utilizes strategic sourcing tools and processes to support optimization.
• Monitors supplier relationships, addressing performance issues, and escalating concerns as appropriate to ensure consistent quality and service.
• Maintains effective working relationships with internal departments, suppliers, and procurement leadership to ensure alignment with sourcing activities.
• Represents the company in a professional manner and maintains a high level of confidentiality and integrity in all business interactions.
• Stays informed of procurement trends, market conditions, and relevant regulations to support informed sourcing decisions.
• Supports the company's commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

• Education or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in business, procurement, or a related field.
• A minimum of 3–5 years of progressive procurement or related experience.
• Demonstrated procurement experience in related product and services categories.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in evaluating and negotiating contractual language and pricing for master agreements, vendor services agreements, Statements of Work (SOW), subscriptions, and licensing agreements within a compliance framework.
• Ability to analyze business needs or procurement opportunities for significant expense, service, and quality improvements.
• Strong organizational, project, and planning skills.
• Knowledge of laws and regulations guiding procurement practices.
• Relevant experience in independently drafting and analyzing RFPs, RFQs, RFIs.
• High level of proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio).
• Familiarity with enterprise financial systems and finance & accounting requirements related to budgets and procurement.

• Master’s degree or MBA in business or a related field.
• Experience with Dynamics GP and/or ReQlogic (DXC Procurement Platform).
• Experience with workflow management.

Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

The anticipated hourly pay rate range for this staff augmentation contractor position is:
Phoenix, AZ: $29.00 – $33.00 USD per hour. This position is intended to be filled through a third‑party staffing agency.

Early Warning Services, LLC considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.

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