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Strategic Sourcing Mgr
Yahoo!
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
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Strategic Sourcing Manager, Software
Job description
Yahoo makes the world’s daily habits inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. Yahoo’s businesses span across Search, Communications, Media and many other verticals.
A Little About Us
Yahoo spends approximately $1 billion annually with 3rd party vendors across major indirect spend categories. Procurement Managers are aligned to spend families, and budget owners, and are empowered to negotiate and contract on behalf of the company. We are highly strategic, highly visible, and highly impactful. We set a high standard of performance; the opportunity to succeed is higher.
A Lot About You
Our expectation of procurement discipline execution is traditional, our approach is not. We focus on the how – how you do anything is you do everything. We encourage you to:
Think big: Think broadly for the company, build comprehensive commercials solutions
Love it: be passionate about building and enriching stakeholder and supplier relationships
Lead it: be courageous for Yahoo. Step forward to address difficult issues and in doing so lead courageously, putting self on the line to deal with important problems, standing firm when necessary for the good of the company.
Own it: take ownership and drive for results while exemplifying a positive attitude.
Solve it: apply critical thinking to simplify complex problems.
Get it done: be proactive, action-oriented, and solution focused.
Have fun!
Your Day
This role is equal parts strategy, sourcing and vendor management. Your mission as Procurement Manager, Software is to:
Apply your subject matter expertise: lead, own and optimize the category of spend for Yahoo
Proactively develop, define and execute effective sourcing strategies that enable Yahoo business goals, through a collaborative approach with stakeholders.
Lead competitive vendor selection processes, and all aspects of negotiations, including representing Yahoo, RFP execution, facilitating timely resolution and delivering best-in-class results through industry leading suppliers.
Influence sourcing decisions of senior leadership level via effectively presenting solutions.
Basically, own all strategic sourcing & vendor management activities for your category.
Contract negotiation working closely with Business Units and Legal group.
You Must Have
3-5 years Procurement or equivalent Industry or Subject Matter experience. Preferably in “indirect” spend categories for Software.
Demonstrated track record of success in negotiation planning and execution, including RFP development & delivery.
Advanced knowledge of standard procurement practices and techniques (such as market knowledge and data analysis, cost management, negotiation and conditioning, supplier management and development, etc.) based on extensive personal experience.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
Experience leading strategy development, for indirect spend categories, in Software for our internal needs.
Prefer someone with prior experience either in a Strategic Sourcing group, or embedded within a business unit while executing the same function of sourcing, selection and supplier management.