Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Role Responsibilities
The Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing is a high-impact role responsible for building sourcing strategies and stakeholder engagement across multiple business units with a primary focus on Human Resources (HR) and Legal. This role will also support mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities and act as a key liaison with the legal team to enhance contracting processes and compliance. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker skilled negotiator contracting expert and collaborative partner who thrives in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with executives and business unit leaders particularly in HR and Legal.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders aligning sourcing strategies with business objectives.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure sourcing initiatives meet stakeholder needs and deliver measurable value.

Legal Liaison & Contracting Excellence

• Partner closely with the legal team supporting procurement to develop and maintain contracting playbooks templates and best practices.
• Drive improvements in contract lifecycle management (CLM) including process optimization data capture and compliance tracking.
• Support training and enablement efforts to ensure consistent contract execution across the organization.

Mergers & Acquisitions Support

• Lead procurement-related due diligence for M&A activities including review of material supplier contracts and identification of supplier-related risks.

• Assess cost synergies and sourcing opportunities to support integration planning.
• Provide post-acquisition support through training process alignment and policy implementation.

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Negotiations

• Independently lead strategic sourcing initiatives across assigned categories including supplier selection negotiation and contracting.
• Analyze market trends and supplier capabilities to inform sourcing decisions.
• Deliver cost savings risk mitigation and supplier performance improvements through effective sourcing strategies.

Role Requirements

• Bachelors degree and/or professional certification (e.g. CPSM PMP JD) preferred.
• 8 years of strategic sourcing experience showing progressive increase in skills and responsibilities.
• Proven experience supporting M&A activities from a procurement perspective.
• Strong understanding of contract law procurement processes and CLM systems.
• Exceptional communication negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a matrixed environment.

Work Shift

Western Union values in-person collaboration problem solving and ideation whenever possible. We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives multiple health insurance options accident and life insurance and access to best-in-class development platforms to name a few. Please see the benefits below specific to your country. If applicable additional role-specific benefits will be mentioned during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your United States-specific benefits include:

• Medical Dental Vision insurance
• Family First Program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 401K Plan

For residents of Colorado California Connecticut Delaware Minnesota and Pennsylvania: Please do not respond to any questions on this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age date of birth or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Salary

The base salary range is $USD per year total on target compensation includes a base salary plus a variable target incentive that aligns with individual and company performance.

Other Details

As part of the application process all applicants are required to take assessments. Western Union has partnered with a 3rd party provider to administer these tests. Applicants will need to provide their name and email address in order to process the assessments. If you have any questions you may reach out to

We are passionate about honoring our employees identity and fostering a feeling of belonging. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race color national origin religion political affiliation sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity age disability marital status or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants including those with disabilities during the recruitment process following applicable laws.

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