Senior Procurement Strategy Lead (Remote)

Advarra, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Paid holidays

Bonus potential

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Advarra, Inc. in the United States seeks a Senior Manager, Procurement to lead a strategy for approximately $75M in indirect spending across seven categories. The role will build and lead a procurement team, align vendors with strategic sourcing, and optimize Source-to-Pay processes.

The candidate will partner with stakeholders to achieve best-value procurement, drive governance, and manage a multi-year roadmap while advancing organizational performance and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting, engineering, technology, or similar.
• 5+ years of experience in Procurement as a Category Manager with experience sourcing Technology and Business Services.
• Professional negotiation experience and training to lead effective vendor negotiations with new or renewing vendors.
• Experience in an organization with a mature Source-to-Pay Process enabled by systems such as ERPs, Spend Visibility Tools, and Contract Lifecycle Management tools.
• A CPSM or CPP designation, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise-wide Procurement strategy that includes Spend Visibility, Stakeholder Engagement, Sourcing Strategies, Organizational Design, Performance Measurement, and Policy, Process and Systems.
• Own the Sourcing and Buying process within the Source-to-Pay Process at Advarra, including vendor onboarding workflows.
• Set and Lead Strategic Sourcing across seven major spending categories (Technology and Business Services as primary).
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure business is awarded to the lowest, qualified vendors.
• Track value realized from Strategic Sourcing activities and report to Advarra leadership.
• Build and lead a Procurement team; supervise and mentor staff as the team grows.
• Provide governance, policy, and a multi-year procurement roadmap; lead a steering committee.

Skills

Procurement experience

Category management

Vendor negotiation

Sourcing strategy

ERP/CLM tools

Education

Bachelor/Master degree

Tools

ERP systems

Spend visibility tools

Contract lifecycle management

Data analytics

Job description

Advarra, Inc. in the United States seeks a Senior Manager, Procurement to lead a strategy for approximately $75M in indirect spending across seven categories. The role will build and lead a procurement team, align vendors with strategic sourcing, and optimize Source-to-Pay processes.

The candidate will partner with stakeholders to achieve best-value procurement, drive governance, and manage a multi-year roadmap while advancing organizational performance and cost efficiency.