Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager

Kforce has a client in Englewood, CO that is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead commercial negotiations, supplier selection, and vendor consolidation across IT and Professional Services categories. This role will focus on developing strategic sourcing initiatives, optimizing supplier spend, negotiating competitive long-term agreements, and mitigating contractual and financial risk. The ideal candidate brings extensive enterprise sourcing experience, strong financial and analytical skills, and familiarity with AI-enabled procurement workflows and contract lifecycle management systems. Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute end-to-end strategic sourcing strategies across IT and Professional Services to secure competitive, multi-year supplier agreements
• Lead complex commercial negotiations with technology vendors and professional services providers to achieve cost savings, cost avoidance, and improved contract terms
• Manage competitive sourcing events, including RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs, well in advance of contract renewals to maintain competitive pricing and prevent unfavorable automatic increases
• Conduct category market research, supplier assessments, and spend analysis to identify cost optimization and sourcing opportunities
• Review pricing structures, rate cards, labor-mix models, and price variances to ensure competitive rates and compliance with established pricing guidelines
• Partner with Legal, IT Finance, and business stakeholders to identify contractual risks, mitigate financial liabilities, and establish appropriate payment structures and commercial terms
• Consolidate supplier relationships and reduce fragmented vendor spend by developing strategic partnerships with key suppliers
• Oversee AI-enabled procurement workflows by defining data extraction requirements, reviewing exceptions, and validating automated contract metadata and outputs
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university
• 8-10 years of direct experience in strategic sourcing, commercial negotiations, and business analysis within a large, high-volume enterprise environment
• At least 8 years of experience sourcing IT and Professional Services
• At least 8 years of experience executing competitive RFx events and conducting price variance analysis
• At least 8 years of experience using contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools, such as ServiceNow, LEAH CLM, SimplifyVMS, or ContractPodAI
• Proven experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and delivering measurable cost savings or cost avoidance
• Strong understanding of supplier rate cards, labor-mix models, contract pricing structures, and milestone-based payment terms
• Experience conducting supplier evaluations, spend analysis, and vendor consolidation initiatives
• Strong analytical, financial, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

• Experience overseeing AI-enabled procurement workflows or automated contract management processes
• Familiarity with contract metadata extraction, automated validation, and exception management
• Experience partnering with Legal, Finance, and IT leadership on commercial risk mitigation and contract governance
• Demonstrated success consolidating supplier portfolios and establishing strategic vendor partnerships
• Strong ability to manage competing priorities and drive sourcing initiatives in a complex enterprise environment