1723 - Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing- D&C

LogicSource is an innovative leader in sourcing and procurement services, helping companies increase profits through better buying. Operated by a 500-person collective of procurement professionals, we are deeply rooted in data and insight-driven strategic sourcing, category management, operational excellence, and value delivery. Partnering with Fortune 500 companies, we build and nurture strategic relationships while delivering strong execution that drives measurable bottom-line impact and the development of best-in-class procurement capabilities. Learn more about us at .

Reasons why you’ll love it here:

• A collaborative, supportive culture where your contributions are valued, and your work makes a meaningful impact.
• A workplace committed to professional growth with paths to development and advancement.
• Dedicated to creating an environment for employee success by providing support for long-term career growth.
• Committed to work-life balance by offering flexible PTO.
• A robust benefits package that includes extensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family. Employer‑funded HRA, a 401(k) match, Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs, short- and long-term disability coverage, AD&D, life insurance, fertility assistance, and more.
• Supplemental benefits such as unexpected large expenses related to Accidents, Hospitalization, or Critical Care. Along with support for Maternity/Paternity, FMLA, and Military leave.
• Offer behavioral health services within the medical support insurance plan and everyday support tools to help with mental health.
• A business-casual workplace offering a flexible, hybrid work environment with offices in Westport, CT, and Charleston, SC.

Position Summary:

We have an immediate opening for a full-time Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing –Design & Construction (D&C). As a key member of our Center of Excellence team, you will be responsible for leading and managing varying engagements within the D&C categories essential for operations and future capital projects. As an integral part of the team, you will deliver maximum value to our client by leading sourcing events (Direct Negotiations, RFx, etc.) and work with stakeholders to make final decisions regarding the awarding of contracts to suppliers. This role will report to the Managing Director, Sourcing & Procurement.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a Design & Construction expert in the space of sourcing construction sourcing execution, levering skills and experience learned directly in the field. and project specific workflow and management techniques.
• Analyze the Capital Delivery Supply Chain for specific sourcing and procurement opportunities, propose them to clients, enroll them in acceptance in light of market intelligence, delivery model, means and methods, schedule logic and business needs.
• Proven experience managing sourcing and procurement events across the Design and Construction supply chain work flow which spans from conceptual master planning through commissioning, turnover, regulatory and owner acceptance.
• Desire and aptitude to utilize and adopt AI technologies, LLM’s as an extension of your skills and experience to optimize workflow, project execution and work product.
• Develop cost savings and strategic sourcing projects while ensuring business continuity and high level of supplier performance.
• Manage spend, supplier, and market data from client and LogicSource resources to effectively analyze both savings opportunity and value chain impacts.
• Lead all levels of supplier market RFI / RFP activities, including execution, readouts and business case implications. Meet with potential participants, both incumbents and non-incumbents, answer RFP related questions from vendors, analyze RFP results and support final vendor(s) awards.
• Drive annual productivity improvements in each category of spend by developing and ensuring implementation of ideas to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) for spend categories.
• Support development of new policies and procedures to drive savings and lead organizational and operational change management within managed categories of spend.
• Leverages LogicSource’s Center of Excellence (COE) category experts through the sourcing process to assess market conditions, spend leverage opportunities, benchmarking data, RFP builds, and related activities.
• Support as well as lead sourcing events, including vendor sourcing, vendor and contract negotiations.
• Bring sourcing efficiency to all activity; define specific roadmaps containing prioritization of sourcing categories as well as expanding e-procurement catalogs.
• Utilize proprietary LogicSource and proven industry best practices to collaborate with client for measurable savings, cost avoidance and competitive sourcing strategies.
• Review major contracts for key areas of spend and act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) resource for planning and leading complex negotiations or re-supply modeling. Collaborate with Design & Construction leadership to create procurement playbook as it relates to the Capital Delivery Supply Chain.
• Consistently monitor and evaluate savings against targets by category, sub-category, and supplier.
• Source suppliers and build a best-in-class supply chain; cultivate and manage relationships with best-in-class suppliers. Fully utilize all strategic levers within sourcing process and find new paths to value.
• Build supplier management and continuous improvement methodologies with key suppliers.
• Work cross functionally to deliver sourcing and procurement cost savings, risk mitigation projects, and supplier enabled innovation
• Aggressive focus on achieving overall category cost savings

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in Construction, indirect procurement, vendor management, and strategic sourcing with deep expertise in Design and Construction, including but not limited to: Facilities Maintenance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Higher-Ed and Life Science
• Building category strategies.
• Contract negotiation and contract management.
• Comfort in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modeling.
• Ability to drive change management and gain consensus from client stakeholders across several business units’ company wide.
• Must possess strong overall knowledge and understanding of business/contract issues.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Individual needs to be very detail oriented and able to deliver projects on time.
• High-levels of supply chain and operational acumen, with demonstrated end-to-end understanding.
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Excel / financial analysis and PowerPoint / presentations.
• Proven expertise implementing and managing change across all levels of an organization.
• Strong problem solving and leadership skills.
• Entrepreneurial aptitude with a commitment to client service.

Travel: This position requires travel up to 15%.

Other Duties: This Position Description is not an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities, and the employee is expected to perform other duties as necessary and assigned. The duties and responsibilities of this position may be modified at any time to meet changing business needs.

NOTE: The listed compensation range reflects the anticipated base pay for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on location, experience, and job-related factors, and may include additional benefits consistent with applicable pay transparency laws.

Pay Range

$97,500—$190,000 USD

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