Senior Sourcing Specialist

Insight Global; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Dublin, OH is seeking a Senior Sourcing Strategist to elevate procurement maturity as a consultative partner across corporate services categories. You will move beyond transactional buying to deliver strategic sourcing and contract optimization.

The role requires leading end-to-end RFx initiatives, evaluating spend and supplier performance, and negotiating terms to minimize risk and maximize value for a major client. Hybrid work arrangement in Dublin, OH.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or supplier-management experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies that maximize value, control costs, improve service, and mitigate supplier and contractual risk.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Category management

Supplier-management

Procure-to-pay platforms

Category strategies

RFPs & competitive sourcing

Spend data & market intelligence

Negotiation & contract optimization

MSAs & SOWs

Contract review & terms

Cost savings & risk management

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Ariba

Coupa

Job description

This role will be hybrid in Dublin, OH (4 days onsite, 1 remote). The role will be permanent hire with a salary range of $110,000 to $118,000 per year.

Must Haves:

• 5+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or supplier-management experience.
• Strong category preference towards Marketing, HR, and professional Services
• Experience with procure-to-pay platforms
• Oracle Fusion is their platform, but they are open to similar systems
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute category strategies.
• Experience leading complex RFPs and other competitive sourcing events.
• Experience using spend data, supplier information, market intelligence, and industry trends to make sourcing recommendations.
• Strong commercial negotiation and contract-optimization experience.
• Working knowledge of MSAs, SOWs, contract redlines, and common commercial terms.
• Ability to conduct an initial contract review and negotiate business terms before involving Legal.
• Proven ability to identify cost savings, service improvements, supplier risks, and contract risks.

Nice to Have:

• Experience sourcing marketing agencies, contingent labor, consulting, benefits, talent-related services, or other business services.
• Experience establishing category-management practices in a developing procurement organization.
• Oracle Fusion procurement or procure-to-pay experience.
• Familiarity with Ariba, Coupa, or comparable sourcing and procure-to-pay platforms.
• Experience operating in a high-growth or transformation-oriented environment.
• Procurement or supply-chain certification, such as CPSM, C.P.M., or an equivalent credential.
• Exposure to global sourcing or international supplier-management programs.

A Brief Overview

A major client of Insight Global is seeking a strategic and commercially minded Senior Sourcing Strategist to help elevate the maturity and impact of its procurement organization. This individual will move beyond traditional, transactional buying and serve as a consultative partner to business stakeholders across corporate services categories.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies that maximize value, control costs, improve service, and mitigate supplier and contractual risk.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate current spend, supplier performance, market conditions, risks, and sourcing opportunities.
• Establish new category strategies in areas where formal sourcing plans may not currently exist.
• Lead end-to-end RFx initiatives, including RFIs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, negotiations, recommendations, and awards.
• Translate business requirements into sourcing strategies that support broader operational and financial objectives.
• Lead negotiations involving pricing, service levels, deliverables, liability, renewal provisions, termination rights, and other business and contractual terms.
• Review master service agreements and identify potentially unfavorable redlines before escalating appropriate issues to Legal.
• Review statements of work for scope clarity, deliverables, pricing, responsibilities, acceptance criteria, timelines, and risk.
• Improve contract hygiene and ensure agreements, amendments, renewals, and SOWs receive appropriate procurement oversight.
• Analyze spend, supplier performance, industry trends, and internal requirements to identify savings, consolidation, service-improvement, and risk-reduction opportunities.
• Present sourcing recommendations, business cases, risks, and potential opportunities to business stakeholders and leadership.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships while respecting the relationships already held by business stakeholders.
• Influence supplier performance, resource allocation, commercial decisions, and service delivery.
• Act as a procurement subject-matter expert and trusted adviser to internal business partners.
• Help strengthen procurement processes, stakeholder adoption, reporting, and sourcing technology.
• Maintain sourcing documentation and support compliance with procurement policies and processes.