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
• Experienced sourcing practitioner with a strong understanding of best-practice sourcing methodologies and a demonstrated track record of working ethically to achieve excellent outcomes
• Knowledge of standard commercial contracting practices and procedures
• Ability to interpret and summarize contractual terms for internal clients, including license rights, product entitlements, intellectual property, and use restrictions
• Ability to take a hands-on approach to analyzing and interpreting spend data in support of sourcing initiatives and UL business objectives
• Strong process management, organizational, and time management skills
• Proven experience leading enterprise IT sourcing, supplier negotiations, and services-based category management
• Experience building and scaling sourcing or procurement operating models
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and shape decisions upstream
• Demonstrated success driving transformation in complex, matrixed organizations