Senior Tech Sourcing Leader (Hardware & Cloud)

Starbucks Coffee Company; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Tuition coverage via Starbucks College

Stock program (Bean Stock)

Job summary

Starbucks Coffee Company seeks a senior Category Sourcing Manager, Technology, to own multi-year strategies for hardware, software, cloud, and related technology services. You will lead complex negotiations, drive supplier governance, and partner with Finance, Legal, Security, and business leaders to optimize value and risk across the technology portfolio.

As a partner in Starbucks Technology, you will shape demand, guide category decisions, and oversee initiatives from market analysis through

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in a related discipline.
• 8+ years of progressive strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, or supplier-management experience with technology-category responsibility.
• Experience developing multi-year category strategies for hardware, software, SaaS, cloud, maintenance, and support.
• Experience leading high-value sourcing events and complex negotiations with major technology suppliers.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise software licensing, subscription, consumption, maintenance, and renewal models.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and align cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience creating category strategies, market analyses, negotiation plans, and business cases.
• Experience negotiating complex agreements with Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Finance, and risk/control functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refresh multi-year enterprise category strategies for hardware and related tech services.
• Provide strategic category leadership across a high-value spend portfolio.
• Lead complex sourcing initiatives including negotiations and contracting.
• Create negotiation strategies with major technology suppliers to improve pricing and terms.
• Evaluate licensing structures, consumption models, and total cost of ownership.
• Partner with senior leaders to align sourcing decisions with business priorities.
• Establish executive supplier governance and drive performance improvements.
• Identify and mitigate supplier, licensing, information-security, and renewal risks.

Skills

Executive communication

Supplier governance

Negotiation

Financial modeling

Excel

PowerPoint

Strategy development

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, finance, technology, engineering, or related discipline

Tools

PowerPoint

Contract management systems

Job description

Starbucks Coffee Company seeks a senior Category Sourcing Manager, Technology, to own multi-year strategies for hardware, software, cloud, and related technology services. You will lead complex negotiations, drive supplier governance, and partner with Finance, Legal, Security, and business leaders to optimize value and risk across the technology portfolio.

As a partner in Starbucks Technology, you will shape demand, guide category decisions, and oversee initiatives from market analysis through