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Block · 10 hours ago

Global Head of Technology Sourcing

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$189K/yr - $284K/yr

12+ years exp

Block is a company focused on economic empowerment through various foundational teams. The Global Head of Technology Sourcing will manage and execute category strategies for the technology supplier portfolio, ensuring effective supplier management and collaboration across the organization.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Support Block leadership strategic planning efforts through: Heavy focus on sourcing (via best class sourcing methodologies) Opportunity assessment, Contract negotiation, Risk mitigation, Ongoing management and performance of supplier relationships

Be a trusted partner to the various teams in developing new strategies in an effort to increase delivery through people, processes, tools, and suppliers

Ensure smooth performance of daily operations, allowing them to concentrate on more progressive activities

Be the source of bringing in the best outside best practices by leveraging various sources of information and your external network

Oversee complex, Block-wide supplier relations, developing solutions to new problems and using your foresight to anticipate future trends and issues

Establish partnerships with important business partners aimed at identifying, understanding and fulfilling their requirements

Develop selection/negotiation criteria, establish strategic sourcing and business objectives, coordinate resources, and provide category leadership following long-term buying goals

Collaborate with business partners to develop strategy, lead contract negotiation with suppliers; develop negotiation approaches, fallback positions and acceptable terms and conditions through contract completion and identify important benchmarks to measure contractual arrangements

Identify and realize cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities and build a culture of long-term savings on procurement costs without compromising supply assurance or quality

Assist in establishing supplier life-cycle strategy to oversee planning, sourcing and selection of new suppliers, manage data for supplier performance and manage supplier off-boarding and transition

Explore new technologies to optimize performance and transparency to business partners

Support internal and external audit, SOX compliance and due diligence requests

Support other ad hoc projects

Qualification

Strategic sourcingContract negotiationSupplier managementTeam leadershipData analysisRisk mitigationProject managementContinuous improvementCollaborationCommunication

Required

Minimum of 12+ years of strategic sourcing experience in a high-growth technology environment

At least 7 years leading Technology categories

5+ years experience leading and developing a high performing team of sourcing professionals

Ability to project manage, demonstrate project status, key actions, risks and opportunities

Ability to navigate in unstructured environments while garnering trust with internal customers

Experience proactively resolving performance issues with assigned suppliers to ensure resolution

Experience leveraging technology and financial systems to extract and analyze data

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Company

Block

Glassdoor3.9

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Founded in 1990

Oakland, California, US

10001+ employees

https://block.xyz/

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