Director, Commercial Sourcing & Procurement

Seeking talent near: San Diego CA ; San Francisco CA ; Princeton NJ

Position Summary:

The Director Commercial Sourcing and Procurement will be a strategic leader of the Acadia Sourcing & Procurement team leading the development of SG&A(Commercial IT Professional services Legal Contingent Workforce) sourcing strategies for key vendors in North America. This position will play a vital role to ensure Acadia has access to top quality services technologies and vendor partners required to support companys growth. It leads the identification assessment selection negotiation execution of contracts and relationship with key SG&A vendors and will contribute to the corporate sourcing & procurement policy vendor management and governance framework and process. This role will be based in San Diego CA San Francisco CA or Princeton NJ

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop both immediate and long-term sourcing strategies/plans for the SG&A vendors with the focus on Commercial IT and professionals services areas.
• Proactively work with business stakeholders including Sr. executives to identify sourcing needs and ensure sourcing strategies align with business goals and enable efficiency & innovation
• Assess benchmark & negotiate existing key SG&A vendor contracts and conduct gap analysis.
• Collaborate with Finance FP&A team on vendor cost budgeting forecasting and saving validation
• Assess industry trends evolving technology such as AI in procurement to ensure continuous automation of current sourcing process
• Establish SG&A vendor governance program including vendor optimization risk assessment and operational performance evaluation process

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Proven leadership ability to manage large vendor spend portfolios and drive global collaborations.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing SG&A category strategies in complex environments.
• 12 years of extensive sourcing experience with deep knowledge of vendors for advertising agency media data analytics meeting and events
• Strong negotiation and vendor benchmarking experience across a range of IT contract types including SaaS consulting and managed services agreements.
• Broader category sourcing experience in consulting and legal services will be a plus
• Proficient procurement system knowledge of S2P(Coupa) CLM (Agiloft) and upcoming AI sourcing tools
• Familiarity with sourcing saving report methodology and associated tools such as Smartsheet
• BS/BA or equivalent combination of relevant education

Key candidate qualities:

• Willing to go beyond and look for new innovative ways to bring in tangible results/savings
• Ability to communicate and present sourcing strategies clearly to key stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with corporate compliance SOP and policies
• Available for up to 5% domestic or international travel as needed

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop kneel crouch see talk or hear in a standard office environment. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.

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