What You'll Do
- Lead strategic sourcing and category management by executing complex sourcing initiatives including RFx processes, competitive bidding, and supplier evaluations across all direct spend categories including telecom and software.
- Develop category strategies with defined supplier segmentation, performance metrics, and continuous improvement frameworks.
- Develop long-term strategic partnerships with key suppliers through executive-level relationship management, joint business planning, and collaborative innovation initiatives to drive mutualvalue creation and competitive advantage.
- Lead vendor negotiations and contract optimization to secure favorable terms, pricing, and risk mitigation while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and compliance requirements.
- Define and track procurement KPIs, execute cost reduction programs and value engineering initiatives with quantifiable financial impact, and regularly report savings achievements tol eadership.
- Benchmark and optimize SaaS, software, and telecom spend by analyzing technology spend against industry benchmarks, identifying optimization opportunities, and negotiating enterprise agreements to maximize value from software and telecommunications investments.
- Oversee complete contractor lifecycle including sourcing, evaluation, and onboarding, establishing standardized processes to optimize contractor productivity and support YouVersion Team Leaders.
- Monitor contractor performance, implement success metrics, and provide guidance to business leaders to ensure optimal outcomes from professional services engagements.
- Lead negotiations for professional services contracts, ensuring favorable terms, clear deliverables, and compliance with organizational policies and legal requirements.
- Create performance frameworks and industry benchmarks to evaluate professional services providers and drive continuous improvement in contractor effectiveness.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with key professional services vendors by managing executive-level partnerships with major consulting and services providers, conducting regular business reviews and developing collaborative strategies for large-scale engagements.
- Oversee complete source-to-pay process from requisition through payment, ensuring efficient vendor onboarding, purchase order management, invoice processing, and payment execution.
- Develop comprehensive procurement policies, procedures, approval matrices, compliance standards, and escalation protocols across all business units to ensure consistent practices and risk management.
- Deploy procurement technology platforms to enable real-time spend visibility, automated reporting, and data-driven decision making across the organization.
- Lead cross-functional procurement enablement and training by developing procurement training programs, creating self-service tools, and establishing resources to empower business teams to navigate vendor processes while maintaining compliance and achieving optimal outcomes.
Skills Needed to Succeed
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills for stakeholder engagement with strong attention to detail and strategic judgement.
- Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and solve problems with innovation.
- Effective at multi-tasking and time management to meet strict deadlines while remaining flexible and open to change.
- Effective at process and organizational management to coordinate, structure, and provide vision to projects.
- Strong leadership skills and understanding of developing and guiding others.
- Deep expertise in procurement, strategic sourcing, and vendor negotiation with proven ability to lead complex supplier agreements and drive cost optimization.
- Strong expertise with SaaS contracts, technology procurement, and managing technical service providers.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- Advanced degree (MBA, JD, or equivalent) preferred.
- 7-10+ years of experience in senior-level financial leadership or procurement.
