Strategic Sourcing Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives designed to reduce institutional costs and improve procurement effectiveness.
• Conduct vendor negotiations, pricing analyses, and contract review coordination to achieve favorable financial and operational outcomes.
• Develop sourcing strategies for high-spend categories and institutional service contracts.
• Establish vendor performance expectations and support ongoing vendor relationship management.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, purchasing consolidation, and operational efficiencies across departments.
• Support optimization of purchasing workflows and procurement-related operational processes.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with institutional policies and internal control standards.
• Standardize procurement processes and implement best practices in sourcing and purchasing operations.
• Develop and maintain procurement-related SOPs, workflow documentation, and operational guidance materials.
• Partner with Information Technology and Finance leadership to optimize procurement workflows within Workday Finance and related systems.
• Support implementation of procurement reporting tools, workflow enhancements, and supplier management capabilities.
• Use procurement and spend analytics to support sourcing decisions and identify operational improvement opportunities.
• Ensure procurement systems and workflows support appropriate controls, approvals, and reporting visibility.
• Cross-functional Collaboration and Strategic Sourcing Leadership
• Partner with departments across the College to support sourcing strategy development, procurement planning, and vendor management activities.
• Provide guidance on procurement processes, vendor engagement, and sourcing best practices.
• Cook with Legal, Finance leadership, and campus partners on contract review, vendor risk considerations, and procurement-related operational issues.
• Promote best practices in strategic sourcing, procurement operations, and vendor oversight to strengthen financial stewardship and operational effectiveness across the College.
• Support institution-wide efforts to improve procurement efficiency, operational discipline, customer service, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of progressively responsible experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, purchasing operations, or vendor management.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating vendor contracts and achieving measurable cost savings.
• Experience implementing procurement best practices and process improvements.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with procurement, ERP, or financial systems environments, preferably Workday.
• Ability to work effectively across administrative, operational, and technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in higher education, nonprofit organizations, or similarly complex institutional environments.
• Experience with Workday Procurement or comparable ERP procurement systems.
• Professional certification in procurement or supply chain management (e.g., CPSM, CPM, CSCP, or equivalent).
• Experience supporting procurement technology implementations or workflow optimization initiatives.