OverviewThe Senior Manager of Indirect Procurement is a senior leadership role responsible for enterprise-wide indirect procurement strategy, with deep ownership of IT Procurement and M&A integration synergy delivery. This role leads a combined team of Indirect Procurement Category Managers and Procurement Operations professionals and directly manages high-value IT sourcing events and negotiations.
The position partners closely with IT, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to deliver GAAP and non-GAAP Opex cost reduction, accelerate post-merger integration, and scale compliant procurement operations across SAP Ariba Source-to-Contract and PR-to-PO. To facilitate collaboration and productivity, this role is in office Tue-Thu per current policy and is not remote.
ResponsibilitiesLeadership, Savings & M&A Integration
- Lead and develop an 8-10 member team, consisting of Indirect Procurement Category Managers and Procurement Operations professionals supporting Ariba S2C and PR/PO workflows.
- Own delivery of Finance-committed GAAP Opex budget savings and cost reduction targets, and synergy capture from acquisitions.
- Drive M&A integration initiatives, including supplier rationalization, contract harmonization, volume leverage, and duplicated spend elimination.
- Serve as executive escalation point for high-risk sourcing, supplier, and operational issues.
IT Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
- Lead the team's global IT Procurement category, spanning software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, telecom, hardware, and IT services.
- Personally lead critical IT sourcing events and complex negotiations, including enterprise SaaS, MSP, cloud providers, and system integrators.
- Partner with IT leadership to align sourcing decisions to technology roadmaps, security, scalability, and cost optimization.
- Deliver value through contract restructuring, licensing optimization, renewal consolidation, and TCO-based decision making.
Operations, Governance & Enablement
- Ensure efficient, compliant execution across Source-to-Contract and PR-to-PO processes, with strong Ariba adoption.
- Simplify and standardize procurement processes to support scale, M&A integration, and improved stakeholder experience.
- Maintain clear governance, policy compliance, and contract visibility, with proactive supplier and risk management.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of procurement experience with deep IT Procurement and negotiation expertise.
- Proven leader of both category management and procurement operations teams.
- Demonstrated success delivering M&A synergy cost savings and enterprise sourcing outcomes.
- Strong Ariba S2C and P2P experience preferred.
What Success Looks Like
- Measurable M&A cost synergy realization and sustained Opex cost reduction
- Strong IT partnership enabling cost-effective, secure technology decisions
- Scalable procurement operations supporting growth and acquisition activity
- High team engagement and disciplined execution
Key Wordslarge team management leadership; IT contracts experience, MSP, contracts, negotiations, cost reduction, competence, courage, compassion
