Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

Mimecast•Lexington, MA

22h•$132,000 - $198,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager Overview of the Position Are you a highly motivated individual who loves all things procurement and is looking to join a dynamic, and collaborative global team? As the Senior Strategic Sourcing Procurement Manager, you will serve as the Category Lead for, but not limited to Sales & Marketing, HR and Finance. This includes media, agency, advertising, market research, sales / promotion services, trade shows/exhibits, market data / analytics, professional services, etc. Reporting to the Senior Director of Procurement, you will foster and develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders and leaders across multiple functions. As an individual contributor within the team, you will be responsible for a total ~$30M+ in category spend. Partnering with Mimecast Sales & Marketing, HR, and Finance business stakeholders, you will identify and execute on objectives and business needs as a trusted business partner. In this role, you will also develop and implement robust category and sourcing strategies, in partnership with Mimecast Marketing Business Partners to identify and leverage synergies in value creation, supplier relationship management, sourcing events, and contracting. You will bring capabilities that utilize all the basic nodes of effective and best in class competitive bidding, contract planning and negotiation, supplier management, and value creation identification, and business partnering. As the Senior Strategic Sourcing Procurement Manager, you have established creditability with in-depth knowledge of this category market intelligence and direct domain expertise and will be responsible for delivering value creation through total cost of ownership approaches.

Requirements

Extensive experience in Procurement, Sourcing, and cross-functional areas such as Marketing & Sales and Human Resources (HR)
Strong background in strategic sourcing and global procurement within the software technology and email security industries
Historic excellency in Sales, Marketing, HR and Finance goods and services sourcing, contract negotiations, and supplier relationship management
Demonstrated experience in identifying and utilizing full set of marketing, sales, HR, and financial levers to drive value for stakeholders
Strong understanding of best in breed eProcurement solutions -RFx tools but be able to manage offline as well
Broad knowledge of the market or external forces shaping an operations business context (e.g., supplier base, legal and regulatory environment, sources of competitive advantage)
Ability to conduct benchmarking to address cost, quality, risk and innovation considerations as well as to provide thought leadership and actively shape strategy
Ability to analyze, summarize, and present insights based on the needs of the audience as well as develop business cases and champion opportunities with quantifiable financial benefits
Independent self-starter and able to motivate others to accomplish ambiguous tasks
Ability to lead teams in a matrix organization, across geographic and functional reporting lines as well as lead, coach, and mentor peers
Demonstrated track record of identifying root causes to issues and proactively problem solving
Change management experience with large and complex organizational transformations
Ability to own and strengthen relationships with key customers and to champion change
Strong presentation and influence skills with a focus on collaboration
Global experience and an understanding of the nuances and differences among business cultures; able and willing to potentially travel 5-10% both globally as well as domestically

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (MA/MS) with proven expertise in Procurement, Sourcing, and Marketing & Sales

Responsibilities

Drive the end-to-end Strategic Sourcing process (identify upcoming renewals, work with the stakeholders to validate needs, license rationalization, rate cards, negotiate, execute contract signatures
Effectively lead multi-year category strategies to deliver on objectives and goals
Act as a contributor for category/functional sourcing strategy and supplier selection
Build and fosters strategic supplier relationships utilizing supplier segmentation, spend analytics e.g., Media/Agency/Data/Professional Services/etc
Implement a partnership engagement model to influence and support business strategy leveraging market insights and align sourcing and category strategies
Frame and drive cross-functional sourcing agenda as well as alignment between category strategy and the needs and requirements of regions, countries, and sites
Establish Supplier Relationship Business Forums, internal category QBR’s as well as Supplier Performance measurement and dashboard.
Champion a project portfolio pipeline of savings and value creation plans in alignment with category and business strategies
Contribute to continuous improvement in sourcing processes, tools and operating model and develops team capabilities with full utilization of category, sourcing, and contract management
Serve as a thought partner and actively challenge work to deploy the most comprehensive and creative solutions; remove barriers for team to ensure its ability to execute
Develop and execute procurement and contract strategies with strong understanding of the related category of spend commercial and business terms
Negotiate deals on master service/goods agreements, work orders and statement of works templates collaborating with Legal and business partners