Anaplan is hiring a
Strategic Sourcing Category Manager

Summary

Join our team of innovators at Anaplan and be part of optimizing business decision-making through our leading scenario planning and analysis platform. We are on a journey to improve the processes for procurement across the entire organization with innovation, speed, and collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years experience in purchasing/sourcing with bulk in indirect spend
• Experience in Technology, Finance or other corporate function negotiation, SOW development, and execution
• Expertise in converting business requirements into scoped project requirements capable of becoming statements of work
• Ability to work efficiently in a dynamic environment
• Excellent communication, analytical, leadership, and negotiating skills
• Proficiency in Contract Lifecycle Management tools, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Project Management Tools required

Responsibilities

• Drive complex sourcing strategies, scope requirements, business partnerships, and navigate complexity within a growing global matrixed organization
• Lead or facilitate the supplier selection, RFP, and negotiation process to deliver agreements that include excellent long-term pricing models, measurable service level/performance criteria, effective remedies for non-performance, mechanisms for monitoring performance/remedies, etc
• Proven ability to drive value creation including cost reduction, avoidance, and TCO
• Act as an advisor to BU stakeholders with regard to market insights, supplier selection, and favorable legal and commercial terms
• Maintain strong external focus by leveraging industry peers, organizations, associations and by continuing to build strong relationships outside of Anaplan
• Communicate effectively and frequently, listen carefully, and actively seek and value the perspectives of others
• Propose and drive opportunities for optimal value through analysis of current spend and external category analysis and benchmarking
• Idea maker and change agent for process improvement implementation
• Explore and evaluate sourcing options from the business’ perspective to find suppliers and solutions that best meet its needs
• Bring business and sourcing perspectives together, helping the business to see the potential and impact of sourcing recommendations
• Manage preferred supplier relationships, monitor performance and analyze category spend, support building and maintenance of category plans in connection with business leaders to define and strategically leverage spending with a proactive focus on major spend initiatives
• Be a champion for change that can act decisively to drive decisions, while demonstrating agility to support the evolution of business needs
• Feel bold and empowered to provide input into ongoing process improvements and tool design