Manager, Procurement, Sourcing

About the Role This role sits within Global Procurement and reports to the Global Sourcing Director. It leads two sourcing managers and oversees the sourcing Managed Service Provider supporting North America and Asia Pacific Latin America, partnering with Procurement category leaders, Operations, Finance, Legal, Risk, business stakeholders, and global sourcing teams. The role leads sourcing execution across North America and Asia Pacific Latin America, turning global category strategies into practical local action, guiding the internal sourcing team, holding the Managed Service Provider accountable for performance, and creating a clear path from sourcing intake through contracting and closure. Key Responsibilities Lead best-in-class sourcing execution across North America and Asia Pacific Latin America, balancing priorities and workload across multiple procurement categories. Manage and develop two sourcing managers responsible for executing sourcing activities, while overseeing the scope and performance of the Managed Service Provider. Own the geography stakeholder experience from sourcing intake through event completion, supplier selection, contracting, and closure. Build strong relationships with geography-based Procurement Category Directors, Senior Managers, Principals, Leads, and business stakeholders to align priorities and resolve issues. Translate global category strategies into operational sourcing plans, bringing forward local market insights, requirements, risks, and opportunities. Monitor Managed Service Provider performance against service-level agreements, address delivery gaps, and coordinate issue resolution across teams. Use industry benchmarking, sourcing expertise, and performance insights to strengthen compliance, process excellence, change adoption, and sourcing outcomes. Required Experience & Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, or a related field. Minimum of five years of directly relevant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, contracting, or procurement operations. Experience leading and developing people, including sourcing professionals responsible for day-to-day event execution. Experience managing a Managed Service Provider, including performance against service-level agreements, issue resolution, risk management, and continuous improvement. Demonstrated ability to lead requests for proposal, supplier evaluation and award processes, commercial negotiations, and contract execution across multiple areas of spend. Strategic and tactical sourcing expertise combined with category management knowledge, contracting experience, and a track record of managing teams and service providers. Ability to lead complex sourcing events, evaluate suppliers, and negotiate commercial terms across multiple spend categories and geographies. Analytical approach that uses industry insight and performance measures to identify risk, resolve issues, and improve the customer experience. People-first leadership style that builds trust quickly, communicates with clarity, challenges plans when local realities require a different approach, develops others, fosters effective teamwork, embraces change, and creates accountability. The Application Process Accommodations are available to support candidates through the interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, an accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. #J-18808-Ljbffr Global Sports Jobs Limited