Director, Strategic Sourcing - Corporate Services

Alcon•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Strategic Sourcing - Corporate Services leads global sourcing and category management strategy across Information Technology (IT), Legal, Human Resources (HR), External Workforce, and Professional Services. The role partners with senior business leaders and stakeholders to develop and execute category strategies that drive value, optimize costs, mitigate risk, and support business objectives. It requires deep category experience in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and IT Services, including application management and major project-based work. The Director oversees supplier relationships, leads complex negotiations, identifies opportunities for innovation and process improvement, and ensures compliance with procurement policies and applicable standards while delivering measurable business impact. The position is based in Fort Worth, Texas, and requires travel up to 25%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience; alternatively, high school plus 18 years, associate degree plus 14 years, M.S. plus 7 years, or Ph.D. plus 6 years.
Fluent ability to read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
10 years of relevant experience.
6 years of demonstrated leadership.
Deep category experience in SaaS and IT Services, including application management and major project-based work.
Experience developing and executing sourcing and category management strategies across IT, Legal, HR, External Workforce, and Professional Services.
Ability to lead complex negotiations and manage supplier relationships.

Nice To Haves

Degree in business administration, finance, law, or a scientific or technical field.
Business or procurement training, such as CISCP, strategic sourcing, or Six Sigma.
Extensive experience working with suppliers, third parties, and external service providers, ideally within the medical device industry.
Proven ability to lead and contribute to development projects and successfully deliver results within cross-functional teams.
Ability to present effectively to audiences at all organizational levels, from executive leadership to individual contributors.
Excellent negotiation skills and extensive experience developing supply and service agreements in close collaboration with internal Legal partners.

Responsibilities

Define and adapt a global category strategy in alignment with executive stakeholders across Alcon business units, supply-side functions, and local sourcing organizations, aligning it with product lifecycles and business goals.
Manage key business stakeholder relationships, maintain customer satisfaction, and ensure the category strategy is aligned, understood, and supported.
Analyze, evaluate, negotiate, select, contract with, and develop a supply base that meets business needs for timely, high-quality delivery of goods and services.
Ensure regional and subcategory strategies align with the global category strategy and Alcon business objectives, and oversee effective execution of the strategy.
Create full spend transparency, including spend baselines, key performance indicators, and metrics.
Manage key supplier relationships through programs such as alliance management and supplier relationship management to support innovation, continuous improvement, and cost containment.
Develop, align, and implement cost-savings and productivity initiatives for the assigned category.
Manage key projects and support project leaders and cross-functional teams in selecting and managing suppliers and service providers in alignment with global category strategies.
Lead complex negotiations and support contracting, including negotiation and implementation of agreements, ensuring compliance with legal, ethical, and procurement standards and protection of Alcon know-how and intellectual property.
Serve as an escalation point for procurement matters involving project teams and suppliers.
Participate in executive-level project prioritization and budgeting, communicating and aligning the project pipeline and planned initiatives with the global strategy.
Manage and develop direct report(s) in support of category and business objectives.