Senior Manager - Strategic Sourcing Indirect Spend

Frontier Airlines • Denver, CO

7h • $123,462 - $163,873 • Hybrid

About The Position

Strategic Sourcing is a high-impact, highly visible function that partners closely with senior management and executive leadership to drive measurable enterprise value. The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Indirect Spend serves as the vertical lead for Indirect Sourcing, accountable for developing and scaling a best-in-class sourcing operating model and leading a portfolio of sourcing initiatives across critical support-function categories (including Information Technology, Finance, Marketing, Legal, and Commercial services).

This role leads end-to-end strategic sourcing engagements—from intake and prioritization through RFx execution, negotiation, and contracting—while enabling effective post-award supplier management by establishing performance frameworks, contract governance, and clear handoffs to business owners. The Senior Manager will also build team capability, coach and develop talent, and act as a change leader driving adoption of consistent sourcing processes, tools, and performance metrics across the organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, finance, consulting, or related disciplines, with significant exposure to indirect spend categories.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional sourcing initiatives, including RFx execution, negotiations, and contracting.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience (direct management and/or leading teams through influence) in a corporate environment.
• Experience across a portfolio of support-function categories (e.g., IT, Finance, Marketing, Legal, and Commercial services); depth in IT sourcing is strongly valued.
• Deep understanding of strategic sourcing, total cost of ownership (TCO), and supplier relationship management across indirect spend categories.
• Expertise in end-to-end RFx management, complex contract negotiations, and vendor evaluation methodologies.
• Strong financial acumen; able to assess business cases and build cost models to support sourcing decisions.
• Executive-level communication skills; able to present to senior leadership and boards with confidence and clarity.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a trusted advisor through sound judgment, analytical thinking, and influence.
• Skilled in organizational development, performance management, and change leadership.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and committed to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Comfortable managing multiple complex initiatives in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Standard office equipment, including PC, copier, fax machine, printer

Nice To Haves

• Airline and/or aerospace industry experience is advantageous, but not required.
• Experience building or scaling sourcing governance, intake processes, and performance reporting/KPIs.
• Familiarity with contract performance constructs (e.g., SLAs, service credits, governance models) and value-based supplier evaluation methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead the indirect sourcing intake and prioritization mechanism to ensure sourcing resources are focused on the highest-value and most time-sensitive business needs.
• Establish and maintain a portfolio management rhythm for indirect sourcing, including prioritization, resourcing, milestone tracking, and executive visibility.
• Build and implement KPIs and reporting that measure sourcing performance and value delivered (e.g., cycle time, savings/value, compliance to process, stakeholder satisfaction, contract coverage, and supplier performance measures embedded in contracts).
• Standardize templates, playbooks, and work products to improve speed, quality, and consistency of sourcing execution.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across support functions, translating business objectives into category strategies and sourcing plans.
• Lead structured needs assessments to define scope, requirements, evaluation criteria, and business outcomes for sourcing initiatives.
• Influence cross-functional decision-making through clear problem framing, data-driven analysis, and well-supported recommendations.
• Identify and resolve process inefficiencies across the source-to-contract lifecycle; drive disciplined execution in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Oversee and guide end-to-end RFx activity (RFI/RFQ/RFP), including timeline planning, bid document development, supplier communications, response evaluation, stakeholder alignment, and supplier selection.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations, applying total cost of ownership (TCO) and value-based evaluation approaches to deliver optimal outcomes.
• Partner closely with Legal and key stakeholders to structure, negotiate, and execute contracts that appropriately balance commercial value, risk, and operational requirements.
• Ensure sourcing decisions and recommendations are well-documented, analytically sound, and presentation-ready for senior leadership.
• Embed clear supplier performance expectations into agreements (e.g., SLAs, KPIs, governance cadence, remedies, and commercial protections).
• Establish lightweight supplier governance frameworks (e.g., scorecards, escalation paths, review cadences) that enable effective day-to-day management by the business owners after contract execution.
• Support stakeholders in addressing supplier issues that require commercial or contractual intervention and drive continuous improvement through fact-based performance dialogue.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of sourcing professionals (Managers/Analysts), setting clear expectations and strengthening execution quality.
• Hire, develop, and retain talent; build leadership capability across the team and create a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and strong internal service.
• Act as a change agent—driving adoption of standardized sourcing processes, tools, and behaviors across internal stakeholder groups.
• Promote strong quality control practices and ensure timely delivery of high-quality work products with minimal defects.
• Prepare and deliver clear, concise reporting and presentations to senior leadership, including executive-level and Board-level materials as needed.
• Support corporate finance and budgeting processes through cost modeling, market insight, and sourcing pipeline forecasting.
• Represent the Strategic Sourcing function in relevant internal forums and, as appropriate, external industry events.
• Perform additional duties and lead special projects as assigned.

Benefits

• Flight benefits for you and your family to fly on Frontier Airlines
• Buddy passes for your friends so they can experience what makes us so great
• Discounts throughout the travel industry on hotels, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages
• Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, restaurants, luggage and over 2,000 other vendors
• Enjoy a ‘Dress for your Day’ business casual environment
• Flexible work schedules that support work/life balance
• Total Rewards program including a competitive base salary, short term incentives, long-term incentives, paid holidays, 401(k) plan, vacation/sick time and medical/dental/vision insurance that begins the 1st of the month following your hire date.
• The HOPE League, Frontier Airlines’ non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing employees financial assistance during catastrophic hardship

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed