Commerce · 4 days ago
Senior Manager, Strategic Purchasing
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$134K/yr - $201K/yr
8+ years expCommerce is empowering businesses to innovate and thrive with their AI-driven commerce ecosystem. They are seeking a Senior Strategic Purchasing Manager to transform the procurement function into a strategic sourcing organization, focusing on supplier engagement, contract negotiations, and cost optimization.
B2BE-CommerceOnline Portals
Responsibilities
Develop and implement comprehensive supplier and sourcing strategies for the Global Enterprise that continually improves quality, cost, and service across all BigCommerce business operations
Drive the sourcing process, lead sourcing, support Master Services Agreements, SaaS, Statement of Work development, and analyze/evaluate rates to optimize supplier engagements
Track record of successfully sourcing with a variety of suppliers (e.g., Google, SalesForce, AWS, etc.)
Lead cross-divisional business teams including Global and Divisional IT teams, Legal, and Finance in the successful implementation of strategies, contract negotiations, and project planning
Achieve annual productivity targets within a Global Procurement productivity framework
Proactively manage the category by tracking spend by vendor; and developing preferred supplier analysis, with a goal of optimizing the number of suppliers while maximizing year over year savings
Work with internal teams to lead RFP, RFQ, RFI, competitive bids, maintenance renewals, and miscellaneous projects
Lead sourcing, support Master Services Agreement and Statement of Work development, and analyze/evaluate rates to optimize supplier engagements
Drive process efficiencies and eliminate waste
Ensure use of BigCommerce policies as well as terms and conditions to ensure best in class economics and minimized risk
Manage supplier performance against key metrics to drive continuous improvement
Research and implement industry best practices
Lead the build-out of a strategic procurement function, including scoping the opportunity for early wins, building policies to drive change, and building a roadmap for long-term procurement discipline
Build a schedule of existing contracts and net new contracts which require renegotiation and build prioritization criteria to determine which should undergo a formal RFP process
Efficiently conduct supplier negotiations via process driven methodologies (i.e. RFI, RFP, RFQ)
Increase capacity for strategic sourcing engagements to improve measurable financial results
Partner with business and budget owners to serve as a critical team member supporting strategic programs, negotiations, contract management, and other priorities
Serve as lead negotiator for sourcing agreements that result in quantifiable, positive results
Quantify and calculate financial benefits of negotiations and program deployments suitable for SVP Finance approval
Create and present summary-level results to executive management monthly
Drive cost savings, increased value, and higher ROI in both the information technology space and in marketing spend agreements based on fixed fee, CPC, CPM, and other variable consideration bases
Work with departmental stakeholders to drive improved vendor management practices, including maintaining quarterly business reviews and roadmap alignment discussions with key vendors
Manage a procurement administrative specialist in Mexico
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business, IT or related field or equivalent work experience required
Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills
Strong strategic, analytical, and project management skills
Won't compromise values to get results. Results focused
8-10 years' work experience in Procurement, Finance, or IT, with a history of success in a breadth of prior challenging experiences
Advanced expertise with Excel, PowerPoint, and Word is required - must maintain complex spreadsheets
Experience managing a small team, preferably offshore
A flexible, dynamic, self-demanding, innovative, and proactive individual with a natural bias to take action and deal with ambiguity
Strong orientation to relationship building, collaboration, confidentiality, and integrity
Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills; comfortable and credible with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers, across global markets
Can persevere and is resilient in the pursuit of objectives, willing to take on new challenges; and works to resolve tough issues
Able to lead and manage multiple tasks simultaneously and assess priorities appropriately
Competent level of quantitative and analytical skills to build financial business cases that impact annual operating budgets and value delivered per negotiation or project completion
Skilled in negotiating, managing, and extracting value
Strategic, analytical, and adept at problem solving
Demonstrates and maintains a professional demeanor in all situations
Takes initiative to find ways to get better results, seeks and takes advantage of ideas, best practices and solutions
Able to work a hybrid schedule (3 days per week in office)
Preferred
Experience with procurement of Enterprise software tools (Perpetual licenses, Appliances, SaaS) and IT services
Project management and Six Sigma experiences are differentiators
Company
Commerce
Commerce (Nasdaq: CMRC) empowers businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive through an open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$70.5MKey Investors
GE Capital
2000-04-19Series C· $63M
2000-02-01Private Equity· $7.5M
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