Senior Procurement Sourcing Manager

Summary

Job Details:

Role: Senior Sourcing Manager, Indirect Procurement

Location: Louisville, CO [Hybrid – 3 Days on site]

Job Summary:

• As part of the Cycles and Procurement team, the primary purpose of this position is to manage purchasing activities related to Professional Services for US and Canada.
• Experience in professional services (Human Resources, Real Estate, Travel & Expenses, Information Systems-Information Technology) and Topline (Marketing & Advertising), and Transportation & Warehousing, will be an valuable.
• This role will handle the same responsibilities as a Senior Sourcing Manager.
• You will act as steward in developing and implementing sourcing strategies for Professional Services and Topline categories as well as lead key communications & objective-setting meetings with business stakeholders.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Refrigerated Warehousing with 3PL's, Over the Road Transportation, Pallets
• Creative Marketing and Advertising Agencies, Outsourced Sales Services
• CAPEX, MRO, Spare Parts, Sundries
• Human Resource (HR) services: Benefits, Temporary Labor, Recruitment, Domestic Relocation; Real Estate: Leasing of office and warehouse space
• Travel & Expenses
• Meetings & Events
• Courier & Office Services
• ISIT: Supporting resilience, digital transformation, and core system integration and automation priorities.
• Collaboration and partnership with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to support a service-as-a-benefit mindset to defining, aligning, and executing category sourcing strategies for 2026 and beyond.
• Supporting growth and change through identification and implementation of adapted partnerships with identified suppliers, to improve both service level and cost control through supplier relationship management (SRM) tools.

Select Suppliers and Manage Contracts - Oversee supplier related activities with direct oversight on:

• Developing and launching RFP's or RFQ's to select suppliers in targeted categories
• Analyzing proposals and recommending scenarios to key internal stakeholders
• Supporting negotiations with suppliers on quality, time & cost of service and contract terms and conditions.
• Manage suppliers to ensure business needs are met and maintain Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to improve supplier performance.

Animate & Evaluate Suppliers - Drive quarterly and annual business reviews with team:

• Evaluate and manage the performance of professional services suppliers.
• Define the objectives of improvement of performance and the necessary action plans.
• Lead supplier relationship management (SRM) activities with internal stakeholders.
• Ensure good supplier relationships.

Control Budget & Savings - Lead, in conjunction with reporting team, Finance and stakeholders, quarterly and annual activities related to:

• Bringing synergy in unifying the sourcing strategy across the company's entities/business units/brands.
• Benchmarking to identify new sourcing models and to bring the outside in.
• Identification of new projects to create COVI (cost out, value in) opportunities - validate with finance, seek, and obtain buy-in for these projects, contribute to build budget with stakeholders, achieve and track savings monthly.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field of study.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in strategic purchasing or related field with strong negotiation skills.
• Experience in Professional Services and marketing procurement.
• Agile with a sense of urgency in completing responsibilities and identifying new opportunities
• Proactive: anticipates issues/opportunities & can work through multiple simultaneous projects
• Proficient in Microsoft Office solutions.

Job Description

Job Details:

Role: Senior Sourcing Manager, Indirect Procurement

Location: Louisville, CO [Hybrid – 3 Days on site]

Job Summary:

• As part of the Cycles and Procurement team, the primary purpose of this position is to manage purchasing activities related to Professional Services for US and Canada.
• Experience in professional services (Human Resources, Real Estate, Travel & Expenses, Information Systems-Information Technology) and Topline (Marketing & Advertising), and Transportation & Warehousing, will be an valuable.
• This role will handle the same responsibilities as a Senior Sourcing Manager.
• You will act as steward in developing and implementing sourcing strategies for Professional Services and Topline categories as well as lead key communications & objective-setting meetings with business stakeholders.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Refrigerated Warehousing with 3PL's, Over the Road Transportation, Pallets
• Creative Marketing and Advertising Agencies, Outsourced Sales Services
• CAPEX, MRO, Spare Parts, Sundries
• Human Resource (HR) services: Benefits, Temporary Labor, Recruitment, Domestic Relocation; Real Estate: Leasing of office and warehouse space
• Travel & Expenses
• Meetings & Events
• Courier & Office Services
• ISIT: Supporting resilience, digital transformation, and core system integration and automation priorities.
• Collaboration and partnership with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to support a service-as-a-benefit mindset to defining, aligning, and executing category sourcing strategies for 2026 and beyond.
• Supporting growth and change through identification and implementation of adapted partnerships with identified suppliers, to improve both service level and cost control through supplier relationship management (SRM) tools.

Select Suppliers and Manage Contracts - Oversee supplier related activities with direct oversight on:

• Developing and launching RFP's or RFQ's to select suppliers in targeted categories
• Analyzing proposals and recommending scenarios to key internal stakeholders
• Supporting negotiations with suppliers on quality, time & cost of service and contract terms and conditions.
• Manage suppliers to ensure business needs are met and maintain Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to improve supplier performance.

Animate & Evaluate Suppliers - Drive quarterly and annual business reviews with team:

• Evaluate and manage the performance of professional services suppliers.
• Define the objectives of improvement of performance and the necessary action plans.
• Lead supplier relationship management (SRM) activities with internal stakeholders.
• Ensure good supplier relationships.

Control Budget & Savings - Lead, in conjunction with reporting team, Finance and stakeholders, quarterly and annual activities related to:

• Bringing synergy in unifying the sourcing strategy across the company's entities/business units/brands.
• Benchmarking to identify new sourcing models and to bring the outside in.
• Identification of new projects to create COVI (cost out, value in) opportunities - validate with finance, seek, and obtain buy-in for these projects, contribute to build budget with stakeholders, achieve and track savings monthly.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field of study.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in strategic purchasing or related field with strong negotiation skills.
• Experience in Professional Services and marketing procurement.
• Agile with a sense of urgency in completing responsibilities and identifying new opportunities
• Proactive: anticipates issues/opportunities & can work through multiple simultaneous projects
• Proficient in Microsoft Office solutions.