Sourcing Mgr II- Procurement

F5 • Seattle, WA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive. Position Summary The Sourcing Manager II plays a key role in supporting F5’s global Supplier Management and Procurement strategy. In this role, you will partner with internal stakeholders and suppliers to understand business requirements, identify opportunities, and execute sourcing activities that deliver measurable value. Procurement is shifting to a next-generation, digitally enabled organization, moving our focus to high-impact strategic value creation. This position focuses on managing sourcing events, administering supplier relationships, and executing competitive bid processes for a defined set of commodities or services. While this role contributes to strategic category development, it operates with moderate autonomy and typically supports more senior sourcing managers on complex or enterprise-wide initiatives.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or vendor management.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret data and make recommendations.
• Experience running RFx events, evaluating proposals, and supporting negotiations.
• Ability to operate as a true partner to the business, collaborating across Finance, Legal, Security, IT, and business units.
• Sense of urgency on high priority projects and commitment to internal customer service.
• Comfort working in a fast‑evolving environment that values urgency, clarity, accountability, and proactive communication.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and willingness to help shape modernized, scalable procurement workflows.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, and a comfort level with learning new digital tools.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of procurement systems (Coupa, Icertis, Oracle EBS, Service Now, or similar).
• Experience working with Legal, IT Security, and Finance on contracts, DPAs, SOWs, and supplier onboarding processes.
• Background supporting technical, SaaS, or professional‑services sourcing categories.

Responsibilities

• Support negotiation, structuring, and administration of renewal and net-new contracts that establish and maintain business relationships with suppliers.
• Execute competitive sourcing events (RFx), analyze bids, and provide recommendations to stakeholders.
• Assist the Vendor Enablement Manager with Vendor Onboarding duties on an occasional basis, based on workload.
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance, Legal, Security, Digital (IT), and other business units to support sourcing decisions and ensure alignment with F5 requirements.
• Support a culture of supplier partnership and innovation, enabling the business to move faster with informed, forward‑looking insights.
• Contribute to category strategy development by analyzing spend, identifying trends, and recommending sourcing opportunities.
• Assist with execution of scalable spend‑management strategies to reduce total cost of ownership and reduce time to value metrics.
• Ensure sourcing activities comply with F5’s Procurement policies, processes, and governance requirements.
• Strengthen our ability to make data‑driven decisions by leveraging analytics, benchmarks, and predictive insights.
• Utilize Coupa, Icertis, Oracle, Tableau and other procurement tools for sourcing workflows, contract lifecycle management, and reporting.

Benefits

• You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits.
• More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits.
• F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

What This Job Offers

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