Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Skills

About the Role

You will support sourcing strategy and procurement for cloud data center equipment categories. You will analyze markets, negotiate contracts, manage suppliers, run bid events, evaluate proposals, improve procurement processes, communicate project status, and develop recommendations from product, pricing, vendor-term, and historical data.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or a related field
• 2–5+ years of procurement, sourcing, or category-management experience
• Understanding of category strategy development and cost-savings methodologies
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Communication and stakeholder partnership skills
• Negotiation experience
• Time-management and prioritization skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for cloud data center categories
• Support the end-to-end procurement lifecycle
• Partner with stakeholders to deliver value and mitigate risk
• Support contract negotiations and supplier relationship management
• Identify and implement procurement process improvements
• Analyze product, price, vendor-term, and historical data for negotiations
• Manage source-selection and screening processes
• Conduct RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs
• Prepare bid summaries and commercial award recommendations
• Maintain supplier relationships
• Communicate project progress and challenges

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units
• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Employer HSA contributions
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Teladoc
• 401(k) matching up to 4% of salary
• Paid time off and holidays
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Calm app subscription
• MetLife Legal
• Commuter benefit of $300 per month