Head of Sourcing - Indirect Spend

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies across major indirect spend areas
• Establish preferred supplier models and structured commercial frameworks
• Drive supplier consolidation and stronger strategic partnerships
• Engage early with business and functional leaders to translate needs into structured options
• Shift sourcing upstream from transaction execution to decision enablement
• Bring transparency to tradeoffs across cost, speed, and strategic fit
• Build a consistent, end-to-end sourcing approach from intake through contracting
• Standardize processes, templates, and governance to reduce fragmentation
• Drive portfolio-level prioritization across competing investments
• Personally lead complex IT sourcing initiatives and critical negotiations
• Elevate the quality and consistency of commercial outcomes
• Ensure disciplined decision making in partnership with Finance, IT, and Legal

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Supply Management, or a related field, and 10+ years of experience developing and executing category strategies
• CPM/CPSM certification is a plus
• Strong experience creating category strategies involving $1M+ CAPEX investments
• Deep knowledge of technologies available in today’s marketplace
• Ability to solve complex problems and take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions
• Comfortable interacting with and presenting to senior leadership
• Works independently, requiring guidance only in the most complex situations
• Lead and develop a team of category leaders across indirect spend
• Clarify roles between strategy and execution to improve speed and accountability
• Build long-term capability, including future IT category leadership