Sr Manager of Procurement

CBRE Group, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. in Dallas is seeking a Procurement Senior Manager to lead sourcing strategies across IT Infrastructure, Cloud and Telecom for CBRE Corporate. You will sponsor end-to-end negotiations with hyperscalers and IT vendors while partnering with IT, Legal, Finance and Risk Management to unlock value.

The role spans multiple subcategories and requires cross-regional collaboration with Americas, EMEA and APAC teams to optimize spend, quality and compliance across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and executing category strategies for IT Infrastructure and Telecom.
• Experience negotiating enterprise contracts with hyperscalers and IT vendors.
• Ability to collaborate with IT, Legal, Finance and risk management teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for IT Infrastructure (Cloud, IT Infra Apps, IT Hardware and Infrastructure Services) and Telecom, aligned with CBRE's technology roadmap and business priorities.
• Conduct market analysis and benchmarking to identify cost reduction opportunities, technology trends and competitive supplier landscapes across all subcategories.
• Lead competitive solicitations including requests for proposal (RFP), requests for information (RFI) across the category portfolio.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for supplier performance, spend under management and savings delivery.
• Aggregate and analyze category spend data to prioritize sourcing initiatives and report outcomes to senior leadership.
• Negotiate commercial and contractual terms for Cloud agreements, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and similar hyperscaler agreements, with a focus on commitment structures, enterprise discount programs and consumption-based pricing.
• Negotiate IT Infrastructure Application agreements, including endpoint management, monitoring, virtualization and Infrastructure security tooling vendors.
• Negotiate IT Hardware agreements (including Dell, Lenovo, Cisco) spanning end-user devices, data center infrastructure, networking equipment and audio visual systems.
• Negotiate Infrastructure Services agreements covering managed services, field services and digital workplace support.
• Negotiate enterprise Telecom agreements covering wired line networks services and wireless carrier services, mobile device management and enterprise mobility programs.
• Serve as the lead commercial intermediary between suppliers, CBRE Procurement, Legal, IT and Risk Management throughout the contracting lifecycle.
• Manage supplier relationships at a senior level and lead dispute resolution and contract renewals.
• Act as a trusted business partner to IT, Network Engineering, Workplace Technology and Finance leaders, translating technology requirements into procurement strategies that deliver competitive advantage.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure procurement strategies align with CBRE's technology and capital planning cycles.
• Communicate sourcing outcomes, savings and risk mitigation measures clearly to senior stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Champion procurement best practices and educate business stakeholders on the value of strategic sourcing.
• Partner with regional sourcing teams across Americas, EMEA and APAC to aggregate volume, share market intelligence and develop globally aligned category strategies.
• Coordinate cross-regional sourcing initiatives to leverage CBRE's global spend and negotiate enterprise-level agreements.
• Support nearshore team members through mentoring, subject matter guidance and competency development.
• Ensure all sourcing activities comply with CBRE's procurement policies, standards and supplier governance frameworks.
• Maintain accurate and current category data, market intelligence, contract repositories and savings tracking.
• Identify and implement process improvements, tools and best practices across the category team.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy to deliver against strategic objectives with limited supervision.

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Procurement Sr. Manager, you will be responsible for the development and execution of sourcing strategies across the IT Infrastructure, Cloud and Telecom categories for CBRE Corporate. The Sr. Sourcing Manager leads end-to-end sourcing activities spanning Cloud, IT Infrastructure Applications, IT Hardware, Infrastructure Services and enterprise Telecom, with accountability for cost reduction, supplier performance and risk management. This position reports to the Sr. Director, Procurement Digital & Technology, and partners closely with IT, Legal, Finance, Network Engineering and extended Global Procurement Services nearshore.

This role spans across two strategic sourcing categories: IT Infrastructure (including Cloud) and Telecom.

What You'll Do:

Category Strategy & Execution

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for IT Infrastructure (Cloud, IT Infra Apps, IT Hardware and Infrastructure Services) and Telecom, aligned with CBRE's technology roadmap and business priorities.
• Conduct market analysis and benchmarking to identify cost reduction opportunities, technology trends and competitive supplier landscapes across all subcategories.
• Lead competitive solicitations including requests for proposal (RFP), requests for information (RFI) across the category portfolio.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for supplier performance, spend under management and savings delivery.
• Aggregate and analyze category spend data to prioritize sourcing initiatives and report outcomes to senior leadership.

Supplier Negotiation & Contract Management

• Negotiate commercial and contractual terms for Cloud agreements, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and similar hyperscaler agreements, with a focus on commitment structures, enterprise discount programs and consumption-based pricing.
• Negotiate IT Infrastructure Application agreements, including endpoint management, monitoring, virtualization and Infrastructure security tooling vendors.
• Negotiate IT Hardware agreements (including Dell, Lenovo, Cisco) spanning end-user devices, data center infrastructure, networking equipment and audio visual systems.
• Negotiate Infrastructure Services agreements covering managed services, field services and digital workplace support.
• Negotiate enterprise Telecom agreements covering wired line networks services and wireless carrier services, mobile device management and enterprise mobility programs.
• Serve as the lead commercial intermediary between suppliers, CBRE Procurement, Legal, IT and Risk Management throughout the contracting lifecycle.
• Manage supplier relationships at a senior level and lead dispute resolution and contract renewals.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Act as a trusted business partner to IT, Network Engineering, Workplace Technology and Finance leaders, translating technology requirements into procurement strategies that deliver competitive advantage.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure procurement strategies align with CBRE's technology and capital planning cycles.
• Communicate sourcing outcomes, savings and risk mitigation measures clearly to senior stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Champion procurement best practices and educate business stakeholders on the value of strategic sourcing.

Global Coordination

• Partner with regional sourcing teams across Americas, EMEA and APAC to aggregate volume, share market intelligence and develop globally aligned category strategies.
• Coordinate cross-regional sourcing initiatives to leverage CBRE's global spend and negotiate enterprise-level agreements.
• Support nearshore team members through mentoring, subject matter guidance and competency development.

Process & Compliance

• Ensure all sourcing activities comply with CBRE's procurement policies, standards and supplier governance frameworks.
• Maintain accurate and current category data, market intelligence, contract repositories and savings tracking.
• Identify and implement process improvements, tools and best practices across the category team.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy to deliver against strategic objectives with limited supervision.