Sourcing Mgr II- Procurement

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Position Summary

The Sourcing Manager II plays a key role in supporting F5s global Supplier Management and Procurement 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.

Primary 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 forwardlooking insights.
• Contribute to category strategy development by analyzing spend identifying trends and recommending sourcing opportunities.

• Assist with execution of scalable spendmanagement strategies to reduce total cost of ownership and reduce time to value metrics.
• Ensure sourcing activities comply with F5s Procurement policies processes and governance requirements.
• Strengthen our ability to make datadriven 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.

Skills & Qualifications

Required

• 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 fastevolving 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.

Preferred

• 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 professionalservices sourcing categories.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .