Senior Manager, Indirect Procurement

Waters Corporation • Milford, MA

15h

About The Position

The Senior Manager of Indirect Procurement is a senior leadership role responsible for enterprise-wide indirect procurement strategy, with deep ownership of IT Procurement and M&A integration synergy delivery. This role leads a combined team of Indirect Procurement Category Managers and Procurement Operations professionals and directly manages high‑value IT sourcing events and negotiations. The position partners closely with IT, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to deliver GAAP and non‑GAAP Opex cost reduction, accelerate post‑merger integration, and scale compliant procurement operations across SAP Ariba Source‑to‑Contract and PR‑to‑PO.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of procurement experience
• Deep IT Procurement and negotiation expertise
• Proven leader of both category management and procurement operations teams
• Demonstrated success delivering M&A synergy cost savings and enterprise sourcing outcomes
• Strong Ariba S2C and P2P experience preferred

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop an 8–10 member team, consisting of Indirect Procurement Category Managers and Procurement Operations professionals supporting Ariba S2C and PR/PO workflows.
• Own delivery of Finance‑committed GAAP Opex budget savings and cost reduction targets, and synergy capture from acquisitions.
• Drive M&A integration initiatives, including supplier rationalization, contract harmonization, volume leverage, and duplicated spend elimination.
• Serve as executive escalation point for high‑risk sourcing, supplier, and operational issues.
• Lead the team’s global IT Procurement category, spanning software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, telecom, hardware, and IT services.
• Personally lead critical IT sourcing events and complex negotiations, including enterprise SaaS, MSP, cloud providers, and system integrators.
• Partner with IT leadership to align sourcing decisions to technology roadmaps, security, scalability, and cost optimization.
• Deliver value through contract restructuring, licensing optimization, renewal consolidation, and TCO‑based decision making.
• Ensure efficient, compliant execution across Source‑to‑Contract and PR‑to‑PO processes, with strong Ariba adoption.
• Simplify and standardize procurement processes to support scale, M&A integration, and improved stakeholder experience.
• Maintain clear governance, policy compliance, and contract visibility, with proactive supplier and risk management.

Benefits

• Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
• All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior