Strategic Sourcing Manager

3 weeks ago


Miami, United States Anaplan Full time

Anaplan. As the engine behind back-office system connectivity, you might not recognize our name, but our customers rank among the who's who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, and Bayer are just a few of the 2,000+ companies that rely on our best-in-class platform and its native AI capabilities to see, plan, and lead their businesses. By dynamically connecting financial, strategic, and operational plans in real-time, companies trust Anaplan to give them the power to anticipate change, address complexity, deliver operational insights, increase profits, and stay ahead of their competition.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our commitment to our customers' success and our collective motivation to achieve ambitious goals. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, and we behave like leaders irrespective of title. When you work for us, you'll be part of a winning culture that's dedicated to creating opportunities for our customers, partners, and employees. We hope you'll join us. Let's create something incredible together

We are on a journey to improve the processes for procurement across the entire organization with innovation, speed, and collaboration. Our new Strategic Sourcing Manager will manage Procurement sourcing and contracting across a variety of categories, and have accountability to delivery against department and functional goals. You will need a strong sense of urgency and the ability to succinctly frame issues and alternatives to drive decisions forward. This position requires experience with strategic sourcing methodologies related to Technology, Real Estate, and Financial Services categories, working with the business to perform sourcing activities, leading contract negotiations, and award to supplier.

This globally diverse team partners with legal and business stakeholders to identify sourcing strategies and execute favorable contracts for Anaplan. Additional experience desired in process transformation, procurement tools, and other business operations.

This role will be hybrid, based out of the Miami area, requiring two days/week at our Corporate Headquarters in Brickell.
Your Impact

  • Drive complex sourcing strategies, scope requirements, business partnerships, and navigate complexity within a growing global matrixed organization.
  • Lead or facilitate the supplier selection, RFP, and negotiation process to deliver agreements that include excellent long-term pricing models, measurable service level/performance criteria, effective remedies for non-performance, mechanisms for monitoring performance/remedies, etc.
  • Proven ability to drive value creation including cost reduction, avoidance, and TCO.
  • Act as an advisor to BU stakeholders with regard to market insights, supplier selection, and favorable legal and commercial terms.
  • Maintain strong external focus by leveraging industry peers, organizations, associations and by continuing to build strong relationships outside of Anaplan.
  • Communicate effectively and frequently, listen carefully, and actively seek and value the perspectives of others.
  • Propose and drive opportunities for optimal value through analysis of current spend and external category analysis and benchmarking.
  • Idea maker and change agent for process improvement implementation.
  • Explore and evaluate sourcing options from the business' perspective to find suppliers and solutions that best meet its needs.
  • Bring business and sourcing perspectives together, helping the business to see the potential and impact of sourcing recommendations.
  • Manage preferred supplier relationships, monitor performance and analyze category spend, support building and maintenance of category plans in connection with business leaders to define and strategically leverage spending with a proactive focus on major spend initiatives.
  • Be a champion for change that can act decisively to drive decisions, while demonstrating agility to support the evolution of business needs.
  • Feel bold and empowered to provide input into ongoing process improvements and tool design.
Your Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years experience in purchasing/sourcing
  • Experience in Technology, Finance or other corporate function negotiation, SOW development, and execution
  • Expertise in converting business requirements into scoped project requirements capable of becoming statements of work.
  • Ability to work efficiently in a dynamic environment
  • Excellent communication, analytical, leadership, and negotiating skills
  • Proficiency in Contract Lifecycle Management tools, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Project Management Tools required


Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Build your job in a place that thrives on diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe in maintaining a hiring and working experience in which all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your true self to work every day

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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  2. Send job offers via email. All offers are first extended verbally by a member of our internal recruitment team whenever possible, and then followed up via written communication.


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