Strategic Sourcing Leader — Enterprise Savings (Hybrid)

DocuSign, Inc.

Leinster

Hybrid

EUR 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

DocuSign is seeking an experienced Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead category strategy, supplier relationships, and sourcing execution across Technology and Outside Services. In this senior individual contributor role, you will drive category development, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and measurable value through cost optimization, risk mitigation, and operational excellence.

This position reports to the Director, Strategic Sourcing.

Qualifications

12+ years of experience in Procurement, Sourcing, Category Management, or related strategic function, with significant exposure to Technology and/or Outside Services/Professional Services categories.
BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or equivalent.
Experience leading complex, enterprise-scale sourcing initiatives and delivering measurable year-over-year savings and operational improvements.
Experience in strategic supplier relationship management, including QBRs with executive stakeholders and C-level engagement.
Experience with Excel, data analysis, and spend analytics; experience with Tableau or Power BI.
Experience using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) to enhance analytical work and accelerate research—with mature judgment in evaluating AI-generated insights.
Experience designing, mapping, and optimizing complex workflows; identifying systemic inefficiencies; and driving operational improvements across source-to-pay processes.
Experience with stakeholder management, influencing, and building alignment across business units and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

Develop comprehensive category management strategies and roadmaps for assigned spend categories, including market research, competitive intelligence, benchmarking, and risk assessments to identify value creation opportunities.
Lead large-scale, complex sourcing initiatives (RFP, RFI, RFQ) using modern procurement orchestration tools to drive systematic, repeatable, auditable processes that scale across the organization.
Negotiate strategically with key suppliers and vendors on contract terms, pricing, SLAs, and risk allocation; employ AI strategically to accelerate contract analysis while maintaining independent judgment.
Establish and manage strategic supplier partnerships; conduct quarterly business reviews with C-level involvement, manage supplier performance scorecards.
Develop analytical insights, business cases, and strategic recommendations for executive leadership; prepare presentations with scenario analysis, ROI modeling, and risk mitigation strategies.
Create comprehensive spend and performance dashboards; leverage AI to process large datasets and identify trends, while maintaining critical evaluation of output.
Lead and mentor cross-functional sourcing teams; facilitate stakeholder alignment across business units, Finance, Legal, Information Security, and executive sponsors.
Apply systems-level thinking to category management: design and optimize end-to-end source-to-pay processes, identify operational inefficiencies, and implement improvements.
Maintain expert understanding of the full PO lifecycle and financial controls to ensure operational integrity.
Collaborate with Finance and Business Partners during planning cycles to provide spend forecasts, budget updates, and savings tracking.