Senior Director, Sourcing & Contracting - Procurement

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads, coaches, and develops a team of sourcing and contracting professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
• Sets clear performance expectations; provides ongoing feedback, mentoring, and career development opportunities.
• Builds organizational capability in strategic sourcing, negotiation, analytics, and supplier relationship management (SRM).
• Parses category management strategies aligned with University priorities, focusing on value creation, total cost of ownership (TCO), risk management, and supplier diversity.
• Presents with stakeholders to understand business needs, define requirements, and develop multi-year sourcing strategies.
• Identifies and executes opportunities for cost savings, demand management, and process efficiencies.
• Leads complex negotiations and contracting efforts to achieve optimal commercial, legal, and operational outcomes.
• Establishes and maintains standardized contract templates, terms, and playbooks in partnership with the Office of General Counsel.
• Ensures contracts reflect best practices in risk mitigation, compliance, and performance management.
• Develops and manages supplier segmentation strategies, including strategic and preferred suppliers.
• Implements supplier performance management frameworks with defined KPIs and governance routines.
• Drives supplier innovation and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with University goals.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across the University.
• Enhances the procurement organization's reputation through responsiveness, transparency, and value delivery.
• Leads change management initiatives to drive adoption of sourcing strategies and procurement best practices.
• Leads ongoing improvements to sourcing processes, policies, and systems.
• Leverages digital tools (eSourcing, contract lifecycle management, spend analytics) to enable data-driven decision-making.
• Ensures data integrity and maintain centralized repositories for contracts and sourcing documentation.
• Designs and delivers training programs to improve procurement literacy and adoption of sourcing processes across the University.
• Promotes best practices in sourcing, contracting, and supplier management.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or a related field and 10 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, and contracting within a complex organization.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Proven expertise in sourcing strategy development, complex negotiations, and contract management across multiple spend categories (e.g., IT, professional services, facilities, and indirect goods/services).
• Strong understanding of procurement technologies (eSourcing platforms, spend analytics tools, procure-to-pay systems, and contract lifecycle management systems).
• Knowledge of modern strategic sourcing methodologies, including category management, supplier segmentation, and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse groups.
• Experience leading change initiatives and driving process improvement in a dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.