Senior Global Sourcing Manager - ADAS

Socket.dev; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Vehicle discounts

Hybrid work model

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Global Sourcing Manager to lead technology purchases—software, SaaS, infrastructure—globally. You will shape sourcing strategies, negotiate terms with IT, Security, Privacy and Legal, and present recommendations to management.

You will drive supplier governance, renewals, and cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, IT and Business Stakeholders while delivering on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant purchasing experience
• Ability to negotiate through complex situations
• Project management across multiple projects
• Proficient communication skills
• Ability to learn new purchasing items
• Analytical benchmarking skills
• Interpersonal skills to work with partners
• Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience with SAP or purchasing systems
• Analytical thinking for negotiation and decision making
• Strategic mindset for problem solving
• Data judgement for meaningful conclusions
• Informative communication to leadership
• Relationship management to build cross-functional coalitions
• Negotiation to reach agreements
• Results focus and urgency
• Workload management with prioritization
• Willingness to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally

Responsibilities

• Negotiate technology license models and terms to complete a full contract package
• Recommend terms based on negotiation outcomes to stakeholders
• Stay updated on IT and automotive industry directions and GM software strategy
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, IT, Legal and Security
• Partner with IT and Business on supply base strategy and vendor roadmap
• Manage supplier governance, deadlines and contracts
• Engage stakeholders across departments to support sourcing decisions
• Develop and manage suppliers under quality, service, price negotiations
• Proactively manage annual renewal cadence for continuity
• Adhere to corporate purchasing and accounting policies
• Develop benchmark data to drive strategy
• Resolve commercial issues and assess supplier performance
• Communicate effectively with leadership and teams
• Execute the sourcing process to manage packages

Skills

Negotiation

Project management

Analytical thinking

Strategic mindset

Data judgement

Relationship management

Communication

Travel willingness

Sourcing strategies

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

The Role

As a Senior Global Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for sourcing Technology purchases(Software, Software as a Service, Infrastructure, etc.) on a regional and global basis. You will be responsible for developing, negotiating and implementing sourcing strategies by working with key stakeholders on technology requirements, IT, Security, Privacy and Legal, which then requires preparing and completing sourcing recommendations to various levels of management.

What You’ll Do:

• Negotiatelicense models (or other technology models), competitive business cases,favorableand robustterms and conditions (including legal terms), and other items to completeafull contract package.

• Use your proven competence in negotiationskills, to make recommendations to Stakeholders on terms and conditions deviations and when to uphold.

• Stay up to date on the IT industry, Automotive industry, and strategicdirectionGM software and services is headed

• Work effectively cross functionally,internallyand externally, while building strong relationships

• Partner with IT and Business on strategy of supply base, technologies, products used, future products, technology roadmap, andviablesuppliers for technology requirements.

• Work with Suppliers on governance and deliveries,includingsoundunderstanding of deadlines,requiredlead times, suppliercontractsand application types.

• Active and effective participation with key stakeholders, including Engineering, IT, Business Stakeholders, Legal, and Security, among others.

• Develop and manage suppliers under the guidance of quality, service, technology, and price negotiations. This includes sound understanding of deadlines,requiredlead times, suppliercontractsand application types.

• Proactivelymanage annual renewal cadence and deadlines to support business continuity

• Adhere to corporate purchasing and accounting policies and procedures

• Develop andmaintainbenchmark data to drive a strategy.

• Resolve commercial issues with suppliers and assess supplier performance

• Professional interpersonal verbal and written communication skills

• Utilize Global Purchasing and Supply Chainsourcingprocessto manage Sourcing packages.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 5+ years relevant experience in purchasing(any internship or co-op experience will not be considered)

• Ability to negotiate through complex and/or ambiguous situations, while working independently

• Projectmanagement, managing multiple projects/assignments simultaneously, and prioritizing requests

• Proficient communication skills

• Ability to learn about items being purchasedwithout having previous knowledge of the product

• Analytical skills, including the ability to do in-depth benchmarking

• Appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to work effectively with business partners to meet mutual goals

• Knowledge of computer software (MS Word, Excel,PowerPoint, Internet Research)

• SAP experience or ability to learn purchasing systems

• Analytical Thinking- Ability to effectively negotiate while consideringvarious factorsin decision making todeterminesolutions and their impacts. Use this to make sound recommendations.

• Strategic Mindset– Strong strategic thinking to creatively solve problems.

• Data Judgement- Ability to objectively analyze data and draw meaningful conclusions to make sound recommendations

• Informative Communication- Ability to communicate relevant information to theappropriate audience(including leadership) both effectively andtimely

• Relationship Management- Develops andmaintainsconstructive, cooperative working relationships

• Negotiation– Drive collaborative discussions to reach meaningful agreements

• Results Focus- Take charge without prompting, seize opportunities and deliver on time

• Workload Management- Manage multiple tasks with quality and prioritize by critical needs, while moving with urgency

• Ability to travel 10% of the time domestically + Internationally

What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strongproficiencywith software concepts and proven competence to negotiate Legal & Commercial Terms & Conditions

• Solid knowledge of contract law

• Knowledge of procurement software

• Demonstrate strong execution skills

• Engineering or IT background with Software purchasing experience

• Understand basic engineering documents

Compensation:

• The salary range for this role is $124,200 – 197,800.The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

• Bonus Potential:An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

• Benefits:GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.

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