Purchasing & Procurement Associate Director

Position Summary

The Associate Director – Strategic Sourcing is responsible for leading complex sourcing projects, supplier relationships, commercial negotiations, and strategic sourcing initiatives across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver complex sourcing projects, supplier negotiations, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Support sourcing managers and sourcing professionals in the successful delivery of sourcing activities and stakeholder engagements.
• Manage workload allocation, prioritization, and operational delivery across the sourcing team.
• As an escalation point for sourcing, supplier, stakeholder, and delivery challenges.
• Lead, coach, and develop sourcing professionals to build capability and support career development.
• Monitor sourcing performance, turnaround times, and resource utilization to support effective service delivery.
• Lead process improvement and transformation initiatives that improve sourcing effectiveness, efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Support the implementation and adoption of sourcing tools, procurement technology, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and provide sourcing expertise and commercial guidance.
• Develop reporting, insights, and recommendations to support operational and strategic decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or related disciplines.
• Leadership experience managing sourcing teams or procurement functions.
• Technology-based commodity experience - software sourcing, a strong plus.
• Experience working within global and matrixed organizations - must have experience navigating complex teams, bringing in cross-functional stakeholders to complete projects.
• Experience managing sourcing operations, workload planning, prioritization, and service delivery performance.
• Strong commercial, negotiation, supplier management, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience leading process improvement, operating model, transformation, or organizational change initiatives.
• Strong analytical, leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Compensation

$133,400.00 - $238,400.00 USD

This role is eligible for Bonus.

The compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location.

Additional Information

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
• 401(k)
• FSA/HSA
• Commuter Benefits
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Vacation and Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave

Full details of our benefits are available upon request.