Senior Manager, Corporate Services Sourcing - DoorDash

DoorDash USA•Washington, DC

6d•$157,800 - $232,000•Remote

About The Position

Head Corporate Services Sourcing for the DoorDash brand, developing and executing category strategies, establishing preferred suppliers, delivering savings and commercial value to the business, with the overall intent of enabling the business while optimizing across quality, cost, effective risk taking, and speed to execution. You will own a broad and diverse portfolio of indirect subcategories across Corporate Services, representing a sizable and growing spend, and serve as the escalation point on Corporate Services procurement matters for your stakeholders. You will lead a team of four, including three direct reports, and will report into the Director, Head of Global Strategic Sourcing on the Global Sourcing team within our Global Procurement organization. The DoorDash brand you support spans the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand markets, and you will work closely with the Corporate Services Sourcing teams for the Deliveroo and Wolt brands to build synergies globally. This role is remote. The categories in scope across the Corporate Services portfolio include but are not limited to: Professional Services (consulting and advisory); Security Services; Facilities Management, Property, and Workplace Services; BPO and Customer Support; Photoshoot production; People/HR and Benefits; MSP and Recruitment; Contingent Workforce; Background checks

Requirements

10+ years of experience in Corporate Services Sourcing
People management experience and are ready to lead a team of four
Worked in technology or similar high growth and fast paced environments
Developed and executed category strategies that delivered measurable and sustained value
Commercially astute, with a strong command of commercial levers, contract structures, and value creation
Excellent business partnering skills and build trusted relationships across a wide range of internal stakeholders
Strong cross brand collaborator, excited to partner with the Deliveroo and Wolt Corporate Services Sourcing teams to align category strategies and drive shared, global value
Strong negotiation skills, with a track record of negotiating complex commercial agreements (MSAs/SOWs) to optimal terms
Excellent communicator, able to tailor a message for an individual contributor, an executive, or an external partner
Solution oriented, you roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to execute at the right level of detail
Can manage multiple priorities effectively across categories and stakeholders in a fast moving environment
Analytical, you let data win arguments and uncover opportunity areas
Expertise in total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling and quantitative cost analysis
Experience driving change management and building cross functional consensus
Enthusiastic adopter of AI
Proficient with procurement tools such as Coupa, Zip, and contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions

Responsibilities

Lead a high performing Corporate Services Sourcing team focused on delivering value to the business
Own the end to end sourcing lifecycle across a sizable, diverse Corporate Services spend, from data gathering and RFx build through proposal evaluation, supplier negotiations (MSAs/SOWs), award, and contracting
Build and own multiyear category strategies that raise category maturity and deliver value beyond savings
Own end to end category management, from category strategy and planning through supplier relationship management and value delivery
Evaluate suppliers using total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling and drive cost reduction beyond unit price through value engineering, demand optimization, and specification optimization
Build and manage best in class supplier ecosystems by category and region, monitoring spend, supplier performance, and savings targets at the category and subcategory level, and staying current on market trends and supplier capabilities
Have a highly visible and collaborative role interfacing with operators and leadership across the business
Serve as a trusted business partner and the escalation point on complex or high stakes Corporate Services procurement matters
Partner closely with the Corporate Services Sourcing teams for the Deliveroo and Wolt brands to build global synergies, align on category strategies, and capture enterprise scale across brands
Bring a customer centric, solution oriented approach to resolving issues and unblocking the business
Be comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment
Contribute to a multiyear transformation of the Procurement operating model, tooling, and ways of working, driving change management and cross functional consensus