Strategic Sourcing Lead, Real Estate & Facilities

Citizens Bank; Johnston (RI); On-site; USD 123,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Education reimbursement

Wellness programs

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Sourcing Lead to partner with Real Estate, Facilities & Retail Network categories. You will drive cost savings using market intelligence and a full source-to-pay process, aligning with executives to create value.

The role emphasizes strategic negotiations, data-driven insights, and a collaborative approach across business lines to achieve savings and optimize total cost of ownership.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in category management, vendor management and strategic sourcing.
• Experience leading complex negotiations and enterprise-wide sourcing initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen and financial modeling capability.
• Executive-level communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries preferred.
• Experience with construction, facilities services categories preferred.
• MBA or CPSM/CIPS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop commodity strategies to achieve cost savings and improve quality and service levels by identifying opportunities and sourcing strategies for strategic/complex negotiations.
• Oversee spend activity for assigned commodity and determine action for purchases meeting thresholds.
• Lead cross-functional teams to execute sourcing initiatives including bidding and contract negotiations.
• Negotiate including contract redlining for corporate transactions using an Agile contracting framework.
• Provide Category Procurement SME for the associated business/function.
• Advise with stakeholders to determine product/service specs and projected demand for action plans.
• Maintain relations with industry supply base to develop innovative solutions.
• Identify improvement opportunities for assigned categories and recommend key actions.
• Use analytics to identify new benefits and prioritize projects to show impact.

Skills

Sourcing leadership

Category management

Vendor management

Strategic negotiations

Financial modeling

Education

MBA or CPSM/CIPS certification

Job description

Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Sourcing Lead to partner with Real Estate, Facilities & Retail Network categories. You will drive cost savings using market intelligence and a full source-to-pay process, aligning with executives to create value.

The role emphasizes strategic negotiations, data-driven insights, and a collaborative approach across business lines to achieve savings and optimize total cost of ownership.