Strategic Sourcing Lead

This range is provided by Insight Global. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

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• 5+ years of procurement/strategic sourcing experience, including leading small-to-medium negotiations and running sourcing events
• Strong analytical skills:
  Excel/Sheets (pivot tables, lookups, Power Query), TCO and price/cost analysis
• Working knowledge of commercial contracting (SLAs, warranties, data privacy, liability caps, confidentiality, basic IP) and experience partnering with Legal
• Proficiency with eSourcing and CLM tools; familiarity with spend analytics platforms
• Basic knowledge and use of AI Tooling (Gemini, Claude, Anthropic, etc.)
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, communication, and stakeholder management

• Certifications preferred: CPSM, CIPS, CSCP (or in progress)
• Power BI/Tableau experience for data visualization
• Finance / Technology / Fintech background

The Strategic Sourcing Lead drives value delivery across assigned subcategories by leading low-to-medium complexity sourcing events, negotiating small-to-medium contracts under approved playbooks, performing advanced spend and market analyses, and improving supplier performance. This role operates with moderate autonomy, partners closely with cross-functional teams, and helps shape category plans through data-driven insights and disciplined execution.

• Manage and negotiate SaaS renewals:
  Maintain 12–18 month pipeline, oversee vendor contracts renewals and manage renewals
• Lead negotiations:
  Use external pricing data to set negotiation targets, and apply playbooks (price locks, CPI caps, step-downs, proration, true-up relief, downgrade rights); create credible switch options.
• Contract oversight:
  Review terms, compare in Evisort, and ensure repository accuracy (no drafting of contracts involved).
• Vendor management:
  Maintain scorecards/QBRs; drive performance reviews, roadmaps, SLA tracking, remediation.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Human Resources