Sr Sourcing Specialist and/or Category Lead
Location: Northridge, CA or Remote
Duration: 12 Months
Shift Schedule: Full-time
Summary:
This individual will play a critical role in driving business value through strategic sourcing initiatives, complex RFPs, supplier negotiations, contract execution, and stakeholder partnership across a broad portfolio of technology spend, including software, cloud solutions, infrastructure, hardware, telecommunications, digital solutions, and technology-related professional services. This is a highly visible, cross-functional role that requires a sourcing professional who can independently lead complex initiatives while effectively balancing a significant volume of daily sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and stakeholder support activities. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted partner to the Senior Sourcing Managers and business leaders, helping to execute category strategies, support organizational priorities, and drive procurement excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Support strategic sourcing initiatives for software, cloud solutions (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), infrastructure, hardware, telecommunications, digital solutions, and technology-related professional services.
- Manage complex RFP, RFQ, and supplier selection processes, driving value, cost optimization, innovation, and risk mitigation.
- Negotiate and execute contracts, statements of work, amendments, renewals, and other commercial agreements.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders by providing market intelligence, supplier recommendations, pricing benchmarks, and commercial contracting guidance.
- Independently manage a high volume of sourcing projects, contract negotiations, supplier engagements, and business requests while supporting Senior Sourcing Managers in executing category strategies and procurement objectives.
- Balance strategic, high-priority initiatives with day-to-day operational sourcing and contracting activities while meeting aggressive timelines and evolving business needs.
- Support TSA exit initiatives by identifying, sourcing, negotiating, and onboarding replacement suppliers, technologies, and services required to support MiniMed's standalone operating model.
- Lead sourcing and contracting activities associated with TSA transitions, ensuring continuity of service, effective risk management, and timely execution of replacement agreements.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, Privacy, Cybersecurity, PMO, Quality, and business stakeholders to support contract lifecycle management and supplier onboarding.
- Ensure sourcing activities comply with applicable regulatory, privacy, security, and compliance requirements.
- Proactively manage supplier performance, contract renewals, commercial risk assessments, and business continuity considerations.
- Monitor technology trends, market conditions, supplier innovations, and emerging solutions to identify opportunities for business value creation.
- Support procurement process improvements, governance initiatives, and procurement transformation programs.
- Contribute to category planning, supplier relationship management, and long-term sourcing strategies.
Required Skills:
- 5 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, technology contracting, or supplier management.
- Proven experience sourcing software, cloud solutions, infrastructure, telecommunications, hardware, and technology-related professional services.
- Demonstrated success leading complex negotiations and delivering measurable cost savings, cost avoidance, and business value.
- Strong understanding of technology markets, supplier pricing models, software licensing structures, and commercial contracting practices.
- Experience managing multiple high-priority projects and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to successfully handle a substantial workload while maintaining responsiveness, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and effectively prioritize competing priorities with minimal supervision.