Strategic Sourcing Manager: Indirect Spend & Savings

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

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