Senior Sourcing Specialist

ADT•Boca Raton, FL

About The Position

The Strategic Sourcing Team drives value for ADT by improving commercial outcomes, managing supplier risk, and enabling the business to acquire the goods and services it needs. The Senior Sourcing Specialist supports and independently leads sourcing and contracting activities across indirect spend categories, partnering with category managers and business stakeholders to deliver measurable value. The role combines strategic sourcing, analytics, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement, and helps modernize procurement through AI, automation, and procurement technology to improve intake, sourcing, contracting, data quality, cycle time, compliance, and stakeholder experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, procurement, business, technology, operations management, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
At least 4–6 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, contract management, supplier management, procurement operations, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience managing sourcing projects, competitive bid events, supplier negotiations, proposal analysis, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement.
Working knowledge of category management, strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier relationship management, procurement governance, and savings or value tracking.
Experience using procurement, intake, contract lifecycle management, source-to-pay, analytics, or workflow tools.
Strong financial, analytical, problem-solving, and written communication skills, including the ability to extract key themes, determine root causes, and present concise recommendations.
Ability to build effective relationships, influence peers and key stakeholders, and build consensus in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Ability to manage multiple initiatives, anticipate risks, remove roadblocks, and follow through with limited supervision.
Ability to use AI responsibly, protect confidential and supplier information, validate outputs, identify potential errors or bias, and follow company policies and approved-use requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Zip HQ, Ironclad, SAP Ariba, or similar platforms.
Experience using AI-enabled tools, automation, analytics, or advanced productivity tools in a business environment; procurement-related application is strongly valued.
Experience with reporting or data visualization tools.
Professional certification such as CPSM, C.P.M., CSCP, PMP, or a comparable procurement, supply chain, project management, or technology credential.

Responsibilities

Lead or support sourcing and contracting activities across indirect spend categories, including marketing, sales, HR services, MRO, professional and corporate services, contact centers, fleet, and transportation services.
Partner with business stakeholders and Sourcing Managers to define requirements, develop sourcing strategies, conduct market and supplier research, and execute RFI, RFP, and negotiation processes.
Manage assigned sourcing projects from intake through contract execution, including planning, supplier communications, proposal analysis, commercial negotiations, stakeholder alignment, approvals, and implementation handoff.
Analyze supplier proposals, pricing structures, total cost of ownership, commercial terms, service levels, technology capabilities, and risks; provide fact-based supplier selection and negotiation recommendations.
Support contract development and execution with Legal, Risk, Finance, Information Security, and other teams, ensuring required approvals and procurement policies are followed.
Identify and deliver savings, cost avoidance, demand management, supplier consolidation, process efficiency, and other measurable value opportunities; maintain project documentation and benefits tracking.
Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, communicate project status and risks, resolve roadblocks, and help ensure sourcing outcomes meet business objectives.
Support supplier performance and relationship management, including business reviews, issue resolution, continuous improvement, and transition of completed sourcing activities to the appropriate owner.
Apply AI and automation to procurement activities such as spend and market analysis, requirements development, supplier research, bid comparison, contract review support, risk identification, summarization, and reporting, with appropriate human review, data protection, and governance.
Identify, test, document, and implement practical procurement process improvements using AI and new procurement tools.
Support structured procurement intake, workflow routing, stakeholder coordination, approvals, status visibility, and process adoption.
Use Ironclad to support contract request intake, workflow coordination, contract data quality, repository practices, reporting, and contract lifecycle process improvement.
Develop playbooks, templates, standard work, help content, training materials, and adoption support for sourcing processes, AI capabilities, and procurement systems.
Monitor process and technology performance, identify recurring pain points or control gaps, and recommend enhancements based on feedback, workflow data, business needs, and procurement best practices.