Strategic Sourcing Manager

Our client, one of the world's leading law firms, is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager to join their team. This role will support the Spend Management Director and will work with personnel in all of the Firm’s offices and at various levels throughout the organization. The Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager will manage and execute sourcing initiatives for specific functional/operational areas. These initiatives include outsourcing partnerships and complex, high value contracts which support the infrastructure of the Firm. Within these areas, the Senior Manager will be involved with performing financial analysis, contract negotiation, vendor implementations, reporting and overall project / vendor management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct strategic sourcing initiatives in the primary category areas of outsourcing, library and marketing.
• Collaborate with stakeholders/business owners to define and negotiate requirements for each initiative.
• Analyze vendor proposals including the evaluation of scope and cost of services; identify and recommend cost saving opportunities.
• Recommend contract structures, negotiate with key vendors, and perform contract reviews; evaluate and recommend pricing and contract terms.
• Provide timely communication of project status/timing to stakeholders, team members.
• Perform ongoing vendor management for several key large contracts, addressing service issues, and changes in scope.
• Anticipate issues; propose solutions working in coordination with project teams.
• Highlight opportunities for business process change and engage in the solution formation.
• Plan schedules and workloads, review work product, train and coach project manager.
• Collaborate on projects with other departments and various Firm offices including: Accounting, Procurement, IT, Library, Marketing, Facilities and Office Administrators.
• Work independently to problem solve, applying in-depth analysis, understanding of business objectives and related disciplines.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• A minimum of 10 years of Financial Analysis and Project Management Experience
• A minimum of 4 years of supervisory experience with demonstrated ability to motivate staff and maximize performance
• Ability to travel – approximately 10%.

Preferred:

• Previous experience working in a professional services firm
• Public Accounting, Consulting or Sourcing experience