Sr Procurement Manager, Strategic Sourcing
About The Position
Jeppesen ForeFlight is building a world-class Procurement organization to support its continued growth across the Commercial, Business, Military, and General Aviation sectors. The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing will lead a team responsible for sourcing strategy and execution across global purchasing categories, while also building out the operational backbone—processes, systems, and metrics—that allow Procurement to scale. This leader will bring broad, cross-category sourcing expertise and the ability to build and develop a high-performing team, while personally engaging at the negotiating table on strategic supplier relationships. SaaS represents a significant and growing share of spend, and this role will own the approach to SaaS category management, renewal strategy, and vendor governance globally. This leader will also be a key cross-functional partner to Marketing, HR, and other business units, and will work closely with Legal and Privacy/InfoSec to help shape contracting and review processes as the Procurement function matures.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or procurement, with global sourcing experience spanning a broad range of purchasing categories.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing a team of sourcing or procurement professionals.
- Meaningful experience sourcing and managing SaaS/software contracts, including renewal strategy and lifecycle management at scale.
- Experience designing or improving sourcing processes, policies, and playbooks in a scaling organization.
- Demonstrated experience serving as a senior sourcing partner to cross-functional business units.
- Experience partnering with Legal and/or Privacy/InfoSec teams during contract negotiation and review.
- Strong executive presence and negotiation skills, with a track record of leading high-value supplier relationships.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to operate credibly across technical, legal, executive, and business stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or other advanced degree.
- Professional procurement certification such as CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management) or CSCP.
- Experience building or scaling a global procurement team in a high-growth organization.
- Coupa or other P2P/ERP system experience.
- Experience with software asset management, license optimization, or SaaS vendor governance.
- Experience building sourcing KPIs, dashboards, and reporting cadences for leadership.
- Experience operating in an organization where procurement, legal, and privacy/infosec processes are still maturing.
- Pilot or aviation enthusiast.
Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of sourcing professionals, setting category priorities and ensuring consistent, high-quality execution across a global purchasing portfolio.
- Own strategic sourcing outcomes across all purchasing categories globally, ensuring the team's sourcing strategies align with business priorities and cost objectives.
- Personally lead negotiations and executive-level supplier relationships for the organization's most strategic and highest-value contracts.
- Serve as the senior sourcing partner to cross-functional business units, translating their needs into category and sourcing strategy.
- Partner closely with Legal and Privacy/InfoSec throughout the contracting and review process, helping guide and shape those workflows as the broader Procurement function continues to build out.
- Identify and deliver cost-savings and cost-avoidance opportunities across the global spend base.
- Represent Procurement in cross-functional planning and act as a trusted advisor to business and functional leaders.
- Design and stand up sourcing policies, intake processes, and approval workflows as the Procurement function scales.
- Build sourcing playbooks, templates, and negotiation frameworks (RFP templates, supplier scorecards) that create consistency across the team.
- Define the category management framework used to bucket, prioritize, and assign ownership across spend categories.
- Own the sourcing team's use of the procurement tech stack, driving adoption and continuous improvement of the tools that support sourcing execution.
- Build sourcing KPIs and dashboards covering cycle time, savings realized, SaaS renewal compliance, and supplier performance.
- Establish a regular reporting cadence to Procurement leadership on pipeline health and operational metrics.
- Help define team structure and hiring plans as sourcing volume grows, and build onboarding/training so new sourcing hires ramp consistently.
- Develop and maintain a roadmap for maturing sourcing operations over the next 12–18 months.
- Own the SaaS intake and renewal calendar/tracking process end-to-end, beyond negotiating individual renewals.
- Partner with IT and Finance on software asset management and license utilization to inform renewal and negotiation strategy.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance with Employer paid health premiums
- Open PTO Policy
- 401(k) with up to 10% company matching and immediate vesting
- 12 Weeks Paid Maternity Leave
- 12 Weeks Paid Paternity Leave
- Flight Training Rewards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
