About the Role

We're looking for a Sourcing Lead, Partnerships and Procurement Operations to support and accelerate Element's sustainable sourcing, supplier diversity, and broader category sourcing strategies. This role will focus heavily on the development and management of supplier relationships and sourcing strategies that support client and business priorities across assigned categories. The role will own and influence multiple aspects of procurement and partnerships, including sustainable mobility vendor strategy, supplier diversity expansion, strategic sourcing governance and compliance, client-facing partnership support, supplier performance management, ad hoc project support, and collaboration with existing category managers. The successful candidate will collaborate cross-functionally to design and implement scalable sourcing programs that enhance Element's market differentiation and support client and enterprise goals.

What You'll Do

• Support Element's sustainable supplier diversity program including ongoing expansion of reporting capabilities, expansion of direct and indirect supply chain, and negotiating new contracts and partnerships.
• Engage with clients to understand their needs and present our offerings showcasing and recommending our differentiated capabilities from the rest of the market on Element Supplier Diversity program.
• Manage, support, monitor, and pursue tactical and strategic initiatives/projects in supplier management for assigned commodity categories that support sustainable products and other assigned categories.
• Support ad hoc projects and emerging business priorities by helping scope requirements, coordinate stakeholders, analyze supplier options, and move sourcing workstreams forward.
• Partner with existing category managers to provide sourcing support, category insights, supplier research, project coordination, and execution assistance across active initiatives.
• Execute supplier negotiations, conduct RFP/RFIs, collaborate across the organization to clearly understand requirements, and negotiate supply capabilities, SLAs, pricing, efficiency, and effectiveness resulting in executed regional or global contracts.
• Support supply chain governance, ensuring the team and suppliers adhere to policy, vendor code of conduct, third-party risk management, and other supplier terms.
• Prepare analytical reports, forecasts, and supplier/customer dashboards to monitor commodities, suppliers, and strategic initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• Education: College/University degree preferred.
• Supply chain category management experience.
• Leading RFP/RFIs including cross-functional team management and response analysis.
• Supplier negotiation and contracting experience.
• Ability to travel up to 10% across North America.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Sustainable Sourcing and/or Supplier Diversity Programs is preferred.
• Experience supporting ad hoc sourcing projects, cross-functional initiatives, and category management activities is an asset.
• Proven ability to create and present effective communications such as project updates and client program reviews in all mediums.
• Ability to collaboratively lead across the business, including peers and others who do not report to this individual.
• Creative and solutions orientated.

Location

Owings Mills, MD

The hiring base salary range for this position is $75,000 - $103,840 USD annually. Actual compensation within this range will be dependent upon the individual's knowledge, skills, experience, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. Please note that the disclosed salary range is solely for candidates hired to perform work within this geographic location. Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location.

What's in it for You
• A culture of innovation, empowerment, decision-making, and accountability
• Comprehensive health and welfare benefits that serve the needs of you and your family and foster a culture of wellness
• Additional benefits and amenities, including paid time-off programs (vacation, sick leave, and holidays)

Applicants will be required to undergo a background check only if and after a conditional offer of employment has been extended.