This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

Location: Dallas, TX

Principal Supply Chain Center of Excellence – Technical Sourcing

AT&T – Supply Chain Organization

Job overview

As a Principal Supply Chain Center of Excellence – Technical Sourcing, you’ll serve as a foundational individual contributor within a newly established Supply Chain Center of Excellence reporting directly to the Supply Chain Officer. You’ll help translate a transformation roadmap into practical workstreams, operating routines, and repeatable sourcing practices that can scale across three VP-led sourcing organizations. Your work will connect strategy and execution—bringing structure to ambiguity, building playbooks and governance, and enabling teams to operate with greater consistency, visibility, and impact. You’ll partner across sourcing, finance, technology, operations, and logistics to develop solutions, influence adoption, and support the future evolution of the broader supply chain organization.

What you’ll do

• Translate the Supply Chain Center of Excellence transformation roadmap into sequenced workstreams with clear owners, milestones, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
• Define, document, and implement standardized sourcing processes, including negotiation approaches, RFx procedures, requirements intake, supplier segmentation, and compliance expectations.
• Build and scale playbooks, templates, methodologies, and toolkits that create consistent sourcing practices across multiple teams.
• Partner with technology and analytics teams to improve sourcing workflows, dashboards, KPIs, contract-related tools, and centralized data assets such as benchmarking, RFx history, and supplier insights.
• Develop structured analyses, business cases, and executive-ready recommendations that support decision-making and drive alignment across cross-functional stakeholders.
• Influence adoption of new ways of working across sourcing, finance, technology, operations, and logistics, while helping extend COE methodologies and performance management over time.

What you’ll need

• Deep knowledge of strategic sourcing fundamentals, including category strategy, negotiation design, RFx processes, supplier management, and savings or value measurement.
• Experience designing and standardizing sourcing processes, governance models, and operating routines in a large enterprise environment.
• Ability to structure ambiguous business problems, perform fact-based analysis, and translate findings into scalable process and performance improvements.
• Experience working with sourcing and procurement technologies, dashboards, KPIs, analytics tools, or contract lifecycle management platforms.
• Strong capability in developing business cases, performance metrics, and executive-level materials that support operational and strategic decisions.
• Ability to work effectively across complex, matrixed organizations and drive execution through influence rather than direct authority.

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain transformation, consulting, or Center of Excellence roles.
• Experience operating in large, complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to engage both executive stakeholders and operational teams.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive alignment without formal authority.
• Preferred: Background in management consulting or supply chain consulting, or significant experience partnering with consulting firms.
• Preferred: Experience standing up or scaling Centers of Excellence, operating models, or transformation programs.
• Preferred: Exposure to procurement technologies such as Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, contract lifecycle management tools, or analytics platforms.
• Preferred: Familiarity with leading procurement methodologies, benchmarking practices, and logistics transformation.

Our Principal Supply Chain Center of Excellence – Technical Sourcing earns between $143,800 - $215,800 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.  

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage  
• 401(k) plan  
• Tuition reimbursement program  
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)  
• Paid Parental Leave  
• Paid Caregiver Leave  
• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected  
• Adoption Reimbursement  
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)  
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance  
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal  
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)  
• Extensive employee wellness programs  
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories,
• AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

If you’re energized by building durable capabilities, creating structure from complexity, and shaping how sourcing operates at scale, this role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact. You’ll join at a foundational moment and help define the processes, tools, and standards that support the future of supply chain at AT&T.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Extensive employee wellness programs
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

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