Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

Overview of the Position

Are you a highly motivated individual who loves all things procurement and is looking to join a dynamic, and collaborative global team? As the Senior Strategic Sourcing Procurement Manager, you will serve as the Category Lead for, but not limited to Sales & Marketing, HR and Finance. This includes media, agency, advertising, market research, sales / promotion services, trade shows/exhibits, market data / analytics, professional services, etc.  Reporting to the Senior Director of Procurement, you will foster and develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders and leaders across multiple functions.

As an individual contributor within the team, you will be responsible for a total ~$30M+ in category spend. Partnering with Mimecast Sales & Marketing, HR, and Finance business stakeholders, you will identify and execute on objectives and business needs as a trusted business partner. In this role, you will also develop and implement robust category and sourcing strategies, in partnership with Mimecast Marketing Business Partners to identify and leverage synergies in value creation, supplier relationship management, sourcing events, and contracting. You will bring capabilities that utilize all the basic nodes of effective and best in class competitive bidding, contract planning and negotiation, supplier management, and value creation identification, and business partnering.  As the Senior Strategic Sourcing Procurement Manager, you have established creditability with in-depth knowledge of this category market intelligence and direct domain expertise and will be responsible for delivering value creation through total cost of ownership approaches.

What You’ll Do:

• Drive the end-to-end Strategic Sourcing process (identify upcoming renewals, work with the stakeholders to validate needs, license rationalization, rate cards, negotiate, execute contract signatures
• Effectively lead multi-year category strategies to deliver on objectives and goals
• Act as a contributor for category/functional sourcing strategy and supplier selection
• Build and fosters strategic supplier relationships utilizing supplier segmentation, spend analytics e.g., Media/Agency/Data/Professional Services/etc
• Implement a partnership engagement model to influence and support business strategy leveraging market insights and align sourcing and category strategies
• Frame and drive cross-functional sourcing agenda as well as alignment between category strategy and the needs and requirements of regions, countries, and sites
• Establish Supplier Relationship Business Forums, internal category QBR’s as well as Supplier Performance measurement and dashboard.
• Champion a project portfolio pipeline of savings and value creation plans in alignment with category and business strategies
• Contribute to continuous improvement in sourcing processes, tools and operating model and develops team capabilities with full utilization of category, sourcing, and contract management
• Serve as a thought partner and actively challenge work to deploy the most comprehensive and creative solutions; remove barriers for team to ensure its ability to execute
• Develop and execute procurement and contract strategies with strong understanding of the related category of spend commercial and business terms
• Negotiate deals on master service/goods agreements, work orders and statement of works templates collaborating with Legal and business partners

What You’ll Bring:

• Extensive experience in Procurement, Sourcing, and cross-functional areas such as Marketing & Sales and Human Resources (HR)
• Preferred: Advanced degree (MA/MS) with proven expertise in Procurement, Sourcing, and Marketing & Sales
• Strong background in strategic sourcing and global procurement within the software technology and email security industries
• Historic excellency in Sales, Marketing, HR and Finance goods and services sourcing, contract negotiations, and supplier relationship management
• Demonstrated experience in identifying and utilizing full set of marketing, sales, HR, and financial levers to drive value for stakeholders
• Strong understanding of best in breed eProcurement solutions -RFx tools but be able to manage offline as well
• Broad knowledge of the market or external forces shaping an operations business context (e.g., supplier base, legal and regulatory environment, sources of competitive advantage)
• Ability to conduct benchmarking to address cost, quality, risk and innovation considerations as well as to provide thought leadership and actively shape strategy
• Ability to analyze, summarize, and present insights based on the needs of the audience as well as develop business cases and champion opportunities with quantifiable financial benefits
• Independent self-starter and able to motivate others to accomplish ambiguous tasks
• Ability to lead teams in a matrix organization, across geographic and functional reporting lines as well as lead, coach, and mentor peers
• Demonstrated track record of identifying root causes to issues and proactively problem solving
• Change management experience with large and complex organizational transformations
• Ability to own and strengthen relationships with key customers and to champion change
• Strong presentation and influence skills with a focus on collaboration
• Global experience and an understanding of the nuances and differences among business cultures; able and willing to potentially travel 5-10% both globally as well as domestically

Join our Procurement team to accelerate your career journey, contributing to projects that have real impact. You will be immersed in a dynamic environment that recognizes and celebrates your achievements.

Mimecast is on a path of steady and healthy growth as a company, investing in people like you who bring the skills and expertise to raise our technical expertise, operational maturity, and customer success to the next level. Your contributions are important!  Every voice and action matters.

Mimecast offers formal and on-the-job learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly – opportunities to work with cross-functional teams to build your knowledge!

Our Hybrid Model: We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person:

• Fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance, and learning.
• Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams
• Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm.
• Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!

The base salary range for this position is $132,000−$198,000 plus benefits. This range represents the minimum and maximum new hire compensation for this role. The position may also be eligible for incentive plans and additional benefits, in accordance with company policy and local regulations. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location with individual compensation also dependent on factors such as qualifications, experience, and skills. Final offers will reflect these considerations and may vary accordingly.

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