Strategic Sourcing Specialist

• Gather, refine, and document business requirements and scopes of work (SOWs) in collaboration with Category Managers and business stakeholders, ensuring sourcing events are grounded in clear, actionable specifications. (Essential)
• Identify, screen, and qualify suppliers through market research, supplier databases, and Category Manager input; evaluate bids, score responses against criteria, and recommend supplier selection. (Essential)
• Prepare, administer, and manage RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes end-to-end, including document preparation, issuance, bidder communications, and question-and-answer management, that align with category strategy objectives. (Essential)
• Own assigned sourcing events from discovery through contract execution and transition, delivering sourcing objectives, milestones, and stakeholder commitments; proactively identify and escalate risks and recommend actions to ensure timely completion. (Essential)
• Support negotiation strategy development and execution under the direction of the Manager, Sourcing, preparing negotiation briefs, modeling scenarios, and documenting agreed terms. (Essential)
• Draft, redline, and negotiate commercial contract terms; coordinate legal and risk review processes and manage contract documents through to execution within delegation of authority thresholds. (Essential)
• Track and validate savings for completed sourcing events; contribute to savings reporting and dashboards that demonstrate procurement value delivery against category targets. (Essential)
• Contribute market intelligence and benchmarking insights gathered during sourcing events to inform Category Manager strategy development and refresh cycles.
• Provide input on sourcing pipeline prioritization based on event complexity, business risk prioritization, market readiness, and resource capacity; support the Manager, Sourcing in workload planning and scheduling.
• Support compliance and audit activities by maintaining complete, well-organized sourcing documentation, including bid records, evaluation matrices, negotiation logs, and executed contracts.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of sourcing processes, templates, and tools; share best practices and lessons learned across the procurement team.
• Ensure effective post-award transition to the appropriate teams, packaging sourcing outcomes, contract details, implementation requirements, and stakeholder communications to enable smooth onboarding, system setup, and go-live.
• Execute supplier diversity and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) sourcing objectives, incorporating diverse supplier participation into sourcing events and tracking results against program targets.
• Support supplier offboarding and transition activities by providing sourcing documentation, contract context including administering Sun's termination responsibilities, and coordination support to ensure continuity of service during supplier exits.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance or related field (Required)
• 5 years in of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain (Required)
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Demonstrated experience drafting and redlining commercial contracts, negotiating terms and conditions, and coordinating legal review processes.
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to build evaluation matrices, model total cost of ownership (TCO) scenarios, and present data-driven recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to manage bidder communications, prepare clear RFI, RFP, and RFQ documents, and present evaluation findings to stakeholders.
• Proficiency in procurement platforms (e.g., Coupa), project management tools (e.g., Wrike), and Excel; comfort working with large datasets and spend analytics.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent sourcing events at different stages of the sourcing lifecycle.
• Understanding of procurement lifecycle concepts, category management principles, and supplier qualification frameworks.
• Experience in real estate, property management, or portfolio-based operations environments a plus.
• Preferred Certifications/Licensures:(Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS))
• Preferred Certifications/Licensures:(Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM))

BENEFITS

At Sun Communities, you will be part of an industry-leading organization where you will be challenged, inspired, rewarded and transformed. We place a high priority on our team members, and this is a big part of what sets us apart. We will ask you to give us your very best every day, and will challenge you with interesting work, stretch assignments, a collaborative and supportive work environment and plenty of learning and growth. In exchange, we will reward you with great pay, advancement opportunities, paid time off, great benefits, and flexibility.

• Comprehensive Medical and Prescription coverage with 4 plan options so you can choose the plan that best meets the needs of you and your family
• Comprehensive Dental and Vision Plans
• On-Site Fitness Center
• Voluntary Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance and Dependent Life
• Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) Plan with Sun matching contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Identity Theft Insurance
• Legal Assistance Plan
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement program providing financial support to team members who further their formal education
• Vacation RV Site Discounts for team members when visiting Sun resorts across the nation
• Team Member Perks & Discounts program with hundreds of discounts on things like travel, merchandise, mobile phone service, and more
• Up to six weeks of paid parental leave for the birth of a child, adoption, or placement of a child
• Paid Time Off including ten holidays, vacation, personal, sick time, bereavement and pay for jury duty

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