Lead Category Sourcing Manager, Professional Services

About the role

The role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies, elevating business engagement, and delivering annual business objectives. Specifically, you’ll:

• Develop and implement global sourcing strategies for Professional Services subcategories delivering value against productivity, service, quality, and innovation.
• Lead and manage cross-functional sourcing projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring alignment with category strategies, timely delivery of objectives, and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Drive annual productivity improvements in applicable spend categories.
• Supplier selection, contracting and negotiation process.
• Track performance within each applicable spend category across goals & business metrics.
• Monitor strategy implementation and contract compliance.
• Drive best practices across categories and business partners.
• Lead cross-functional teams to develop and implement category strategies.
• Drive value through supplier relationship management.
• Lead or co-lead business reviews with key providers.
• Drive advancement of category based on broad knowledge of market trends.
• Effectively influence, communicate, and lead at all levels within the company.

Responsibilities

Specifically, you’ll:

• Develop and implement global sourcing strategies for Professional Services subcategories delivering value against productivity, service, quality, and innovation.
• Lead and manage cross-functional sourcing projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring alignment with category strategies, timely delivery of objectives, and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Drive annual productivity improvements in applicable spend categories.
• Supplier selection, contracting and negotiation process.
• Track performance within each applicable spend category across goals & business metrics.
• Monitor strategy implementation and contract compliance.
• Drive best practices across categories and business partners.
• Lead cross-functional teams to develop and implement category strategies.
• Drive value through supplier relationship management.
• Lead or co-lead business reviews with key providers.
• Drive advancement of category based on broad knowledge of market trends.
• Effectively influence, communicate, and lead at all levels within the company.

Requirements

• 5 to 10 years of strategic sourcing with experience in Indirect Sourcing Categories, including background across Professional Services landscape.
• Bachelor’s degree in required.
• Must have a balance of both strategic and operational capacities, including global sourcing, stakeholder management, supplier management, and cross functional partnering.
• Experience in advanced sourcing techniques and tools, and supplier management.
• Global mindset with experience working in an international/multi-cultural matrix environment.
• Ability to develop and execute complex sourcing strategies.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Comfortable with complex agreements and contracts.
• Demonstrated financial and general business acumen.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels; particularly at the management level.
• Capable of building sustainable business partnerships with internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
• Influencing without direct authority.
• Comfortable driving through conflict and ambiguity.
• Strong financial and total value capture understanding.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years of strategic sourcing with experience in Indirect Sourcing Categories, including background across Professional Services landscape.
• Bachelor’s degree in required.
• Must have a balance of both strategic and operational capacities, including global sourcing, stakeholder management, supplier management, and cross functional partnering.
• Experience in advanced sourcing techniques and tools, and supplier management.
• Global mindset with experience working in an international/multi-cultural matrix environment.
• Ability to develop and execute complex sourcing strategies.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Comfortable with complex agreements and contracts.
• Demonstrated financial and general business acumen.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels; particularly at the management level.
• Capable of building sustainable business partnerships with internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
• Influencing without direct authority.
• Comfortable driving through conflict and ambiguity.
• Strong financial and total value capture understanding.

Skills

• Strategic sourcing.
• Indirect sourcing categories.
• Professional Services landscape.
• Advanced sourcing techniques and tools.
• Supplier management.
• Global sourcing.
• Stakeholder management.
• Supplier selection, contracting and negotiation process.
• Performance tracking and monitoring.
• Category strategy development and implementation.
• Best practices across categories and business partners.
• Business review leadership.
• Market trend knowledge.
• Effective communication and influence skills.
• Financial and business acumen.
• Conflict resolution and ambiguity handling.
• Total value capture understanding.

Benefits

• Medical.
• Dental.
• Life.
• Vision.
• Disability.
• 401(k).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Pay

Competitive salary.

Schedule

N/A.

Benefits

• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
• Volunteerism and giving back opportunities.
• Sustainable business practices.

Details

• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).
• Stanley Black & Decker is an equal opportunity employer.