Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing (Professional Services and Corporate)

The Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing will develop and execute category strategies across professional services, corporate services, marketing, and client services, and HR and employee services spend, aligned to business priorities, budget planning, risk requirements, and enterprise procurement objectives.

What You Will Do

The successful candidate will lead sourcing events, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, supplier evaluations, bid analysis, commercial negotiations, and recommendation papers for stakeholder decision-making. They will also own renewal planning for assigned categories, including early identification of upcoming renewals, consolidation opportunities, and negotiation strategy; mitigation of commercial risk and pricing increases.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have strong commercial acumen, including the ability to analyze pricing models, fee structures, rate cards, statements of work, total cost of ownership, and supplier proposals. They will also have experience working with Legal, Finance, Risk, Compliance, HR, Facilities, Marketing, and business stakeholders in a matrixed organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Law, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, vendor management, commercial negotiation, category management, or a related discipline.
• Experience managing spend across one or more of the following categories: Professional Services, including consulting, legal, audit, tax, recruitment, and contingent labor; Corporate Services, including facilities, travel, workplace, real estate, fleet, print, and office services; Marketing and Client Services, including creative agencies, events, conferences, media, PR, sponsorships, and digital marketing; and HR and Employee Services, including benefits, wellbeing, learning, relocation, payroll, and background screening.
• Demonstrated experience implementing or materially improving a contingent workforce strategy, including governance, supplier model design, commercial controls, compliance processes, stakeholder engagement, and measurable performance improvements.
• Demonstrated experience leading sourcing events and commercial negotiations with external suppliers.
• Strong commercial acumen, including the ability to analyze pricing models, fee structures, rate cards, statements of work, total cost of ownership, and supplier proposals.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to use spend, contract, supplier, and market data to develop category strategies and measure outcomes.
• Experience working with Legal, Finance, Risk, Compliance, HR, Facilities, Marketing, and business stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and translate commercial issues into clear recommendations.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple sourcing initiatives, renewals, negotiations, and stakeholder priorities at the same time.
• Sound judgment, integrity, and professionalism when handling confidential business, supplier, financial, and commercial information.

Benefits

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
• Generous Holiday policies
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
• Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
• Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours