Sourcing Category Manager : Senior Advisor

About the role

We are seeking a Sourcing Category Manager - Senior Advisor to help shape how Jack Henry partners with its most critical external suppliers. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys influencing enterprise decisions, solving complex commercial challenges, and driving meaningful impact through strategic sourcing and supplier collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide supply strategies and drive corporate objectives through expert guidance on emerging trends.
• Lead analysis of industry trends and future technologies to advise on strategic supply base opportunities, cost reduction, and competitive advantage.
• Oversee supplier management and performance metrics, ensuring maximum value, contract compliance, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Function as a strategic advisor to cross-functional teams, leading high-impact sourcing initiatives and identifying enterprise-level optimization opportunities.
• Lead high-visibility negotiations for major supplier agreements and contracts, selecting the methods and evaluation criteria to obtain optimal solutions.
• Champion spend transparency and organizational efficiency by leveraging advanced cost modeling to inform executive decision-making and best-in-class procedures.
• Ensure internal adherence to procurement processes and delegation of authority while executing special projects as determined by management.
• Transfer knowledge to mentor and develop less experienced peers, building consistent expertise across the organization.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 13 years of combination experience in strategic sourcing, category management (software, reseller, referral agreements and professional services), vendor management, procurement in a service or fintech industry (indirect purchasing).
• Advanced level of experience in red lining agreements.
• Proficient level of experience in pricing negotiation with suppliers.
• Able to handle multi million dollar deals with complex structures.
• Timeline driven and self-prioritize, recognizing when escalation is needed.
• Able to travel up to 5% to attend Jack Henry meetings, trainings, and/or professional conferences.
• Able to work extended hours during major negotiations or RFx cycles.
• Strong business acumen skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong data analysis experience in presenting to leadership.
• Process oriented.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, engineering or supply chain (desirable).
• Experience with supplier relationship management (desirable).
• Experience with digital sourcing platforms (e.g., Oracle Fusion, Coupa, Ariba, Jaggaer, GEP) (desirable).
• Experience utilizing contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems (desirable).
• Managing e-sourcing tools (desirable).
• Experience utilizing AI, automation, or predictive analytics in procurement (desirable).
• Track record of driving supplier diversity and sustainability initiatives (desirable).