Strategic Sourcing Manager – Labor & Services

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Summary

The Strategic Sourcing Manager (B3) Labor & Services is a generalist strategic sourcing role responsible for executing sourcing initiatives across a broad portfolio of Labor Services and Professional Services categories. The role partners with internal stakeholders and category leadership to deliver competitive sourcing outcomes while coordinating sourcing activities through effective program and project management capabilities. This role focuses on sourcing execution supplier engagement and delivery coordination not category strategy ownership or operational service delivery.

Scope of Services (Generalist Coverage)

This role supports sourcing program and project management across a diverse Labor & Services portfolio including:

• Professional and consultancy services
• HR Talent acquisition and Retention services
• Financial services (tax audit payroll and insurancerelated services)
• Legal services and legaladjacent support
• Extended Workforce and related services
• Offshore nearshore BPO and managed services delivery models

Scope is intentionally broad and executionfocused.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing Execution

• Lead endtoend sourcing activities including intake RFx execution supplier evaluation negotiations and award recommendations.
• Execute sourcing initiatives across multiple Labor & Services categories based on demand and prioritization.

Program & Project Management

• Plan coordinate and manage specific or multiple projects programs and events ensuring coordination timelines dependencies and stakeholder inputs are tracked and met.
• Drive initiatives through defined milestones issue tracking and change management as scope or priorities evolve.
• Coordinate crossfunctional participants (Leadership BU Stakeholders HR Finance Legal Risk and Operations) to keep initiatives aligned and progressing efficiently.

Supplier & Commercial Management

• Support supplier sourcing negotiation selection contracting and onboarding aligned to approved engagement models.
• Support commercial negotiations including rate structures markups and pricing models.
• Track supplier commitments and support supplier performance and governance activities as required.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner with internal stakeholders to clarify requirements confirm scope and guide sourcing activities to successful completion.
• Act as a trusted procurement execution partner providing market input and coordination support without owning category strategy.

Global Delivery & Services Models

• Support sourcing initiatives involving onshore offshore nearshore BPO and managed services delivery models.
• Coordinate sourcing execution with stakeholders to balance cost scalability and risk considerations.

Risk Compliance & Governance

• Ensure sourcing activities align with procurement policies workforce governance expectations and applicable compliance controls.
• Support supplier audits and risk/compliance documentation requirements tied to sourcing projects.

Analytics & Reporting

• Track sourcing activity milestones spend savings and execution metrics.
• Provide regular status updates and reporting to category leaders and management.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain HR Finance or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in procurement strategic sourcing supplier management or services sourcing.
• Demonstrated experience leading RFx processes and managing multiple sourcing initiatives in parallel.
• Working knowledge of project or program management fundamentals (planning tracking stakeholder coordination).
• Strong execution discipline organization and communication skills.

Preferred

• Exposure to extended workforce professional services consulting recruitment managed services or BPO sourcing.
• Experience operating in a global or matrixed environment.
• Exposure to Dfx Should-Cost Game-Theory Negotiation & Innovation Events and TCO a plus

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines

Business Expertise

• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

Leadership

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

Problem Solving

• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

Impact

• Impacts a range of customer operational project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

This is role that leads sourcing projects with guidance on complex matters. The role supports multiple categories as a generalist coordinates sourcing initiatives using project management rigor and does not own endtoend category strategy or supplier program design.

Additional Information

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The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location hire grade job-related knowledge skills experience and with consideration of internal equity of our current team addition to a comprehensive benefits package candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program as applicable.

For all sales roles the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

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