Sourcing Manager

Accrue Partners; Huntersville (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AccruePartners is seeking a Senior Sourcing professional to lead strategic sourcing across a broad indirect spend portfolio. You will drive savings, optimize supplier contracts, and build category strategies that align with enterprise financial targets.

The role requires strong Excel, financial modeling, and contract negotiation skills. You will partner with Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders, manage high-value negotiations, and advance governance and risk mitigation in a growth-focused

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required; MBA preferred.
• 7–10 years of progressive strategic sourcing or procurement experience.
• Logistics experience is a strong plus.
• Proven success leading sourcing initiatives with measurable financial impact.
• Strong contract negotiation and redlining capability.
• Strong Excel skills with financial modeling and spend analysis.
• Executive communication and stakeholder influence.
• High accountability, grit, and operational intensity.

Responsibilities

• Own strategic sourcing across a broad indirect spend portfolio.
• Deliver validated savings, optimize agreements, and mitigate risk.
• Build and execute category strategies aligned to financial targets.
• Lead complex negotiations and contract redlining on high-value deals.
• Develop TCO models and financial analyses for exec decisions.
• Deliver structured updates to leadership on pipeline and value.
• Drive supplier governance and hold vendors accountable to terms.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders to align sourcing strategy.

Skills

Excel skills

Financial modeling

Spend analysis

Executive communication

Stakeholder influence

Contract negotiation

Contract redlining

Accountability

Operational intensity

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING

• Highly innovative manufacturing/distribution organization with revenues in excess of $5B annually
• Industry-leading market influencer experiencing strong organic and inorganic growth
• Forward-thinking enterprise committed to investing in operational rigor, commercial excellence, and strategic sourcing capability
• Collaborative executive leadership team that values data-driven decision-making and disciplined governance

WHAT THEY OFFER YOU

• Direct exposure to executive leadership and enterprise-level sourcing decisions
• Opportunity to own a broad indirect spend portfolio and build category strategies with measurable financial impact
• Highly visible role supporting Finance, Legal, and Business stakeholders
• Ability to shape sourcing governance and best practices within a growing, maturing function
• Growth runway as the sourcing organization expands

LOCATION:

• Huntersville, NC
• First 90 days fully on-site; thereafter 3 days/week in-office required

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT

• Own strategic sourcing across a broad portfolio of indirect spend categories
• Deliver validated savings, optimize commercial agreements, and mitigate contractual and operational risk
• Build and execute category strategies aligned to enterprise financial targets
• Lead complex negotiations and contract redlining across high-value supplier agreements
• Develop TCO models and financial analyses that inform executive decision-making
• Deliver structured updates to leadership on pipeline performance and value realization
• Drive supplier governance, holding vendors accountable to performance and contract terms
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders to align sourcing strategy with enterprise priorities
• Identify and mitigate contractual and operational risk across the supplier base

THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred
• 7-10 years of progressive strategic sourcing or procurement experience
• Experience in the area of logistics is a strong plus
• Demonstrated success leading sourcing initiatives with measurable financial impact
• Strong contract negotiation and redlining capability
• Strong Excel skills and financial modeling and spend analysis experience
• Executive communication and stakeholder influence
• High accountability, grit, and operational intensity