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Anaplan is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to join its Technology Sourcing Team. This role is based in one of the following metro areas: San Francisco, San Ramon, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, or Ottawa, and requires two days/week onsite. The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead strategic sourcing initiatives across IT and Enterprise technology categories, including software/SaaS, hardware, data center, cloud services, consulting, and telecom. This role is critical in driving supplier strategy, optimizing cost structures, managing supplier risk, and ensuring alignment with corporate technology and operational goals. The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager will partner closely with Engineering, IT, legal, finance, and business stakeholders to ensure efficient and value-driven procurement practices.
Role involves:
- Developing and implementing sourcing strategies for technology spend categories.
- Leading end-to-end RFX processes, negotiations, and vendor selections.
- Managing key supplier relationships and performance.
- Acting as a strategic advisor to internal partners on procurement best practices and sourcing options.
- Ensuring compliance with company policies, legal requirements, and security standards.
Requirements:
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in indirect sourcing, procurement, or category management, with a focus on the technology category.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic sourcing and category management strategies in technology categories.
- Proven negotiation skills and a track record of achieving significant cost savings and supplier value.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Deep knowledge of category products and concepts to conduct technical discussions with stakeholders.
- Experience in supplier contracting with a solid understanding of standard commercial terms and conditions.
- Leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to make sound business decisions based on data and analytics.
Anaplan offers:
- Opportunity to lead strategic sourcing initiatives across IT and Enterprise technology categories.
- Chance to drive supplier strategy and optimize cost structures.
- A hybrid work environment.
Anaplan
Anaplan is a leading scenario planning and analysis platform provider, empowering businesses to optimize decision-making. Serving over 2,400 global companies, including Fortune 50 leaders, Anaplan offers a best-in-class platform that enables customers to outpace their competition. The company fosters a Winning Culture defined by diversity of thought, leadership at all levels, ambitious goal achievement, and celebration of success, supported by principles of strategy, values, and disciplined execution. Anaplan is focused on its customers’ success through innovation.
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