Senior Procurement Manager (Strategic Sourcing)

Location: Creve Coeur or St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Salary: $119,000–$140,000 per year

Company

Cushman & Wakefield provides real estate and property services, including procurement support for client accounts and associated properties.

What you will do

• Lead the procurement function across a portfolio of client accounts and associated properties.
• Develop and implement global strategic sourcing roadmaps and category sourcing strategies.
• Manage supplier audits, business reviews, relationship strategies, performance, quality, innovation, and service delivery.
• Analyze account-wide data, benchmarks, market research, and processes to identify cost savings and other value creation opportunities.
• Execute end-to-end e-RFPs, manage procurement governance, and maintain tracking and reporting data.
• Use AI-powered analytics and machine learning models for resource allocation, workload forecasting, capacity planning, supplier scorecards, and performance issue prediction.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 7+ years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing, ideally in facilities-related categories.
• Proficiency with e-RFPs, reverse auctions, e-catalogs, and contract management systems.
• Legal knowledge and the ability to prepare, negotiate, and explain agreements, amendments, contractual rights, risks, and obligations.
• Analytical, quantitative, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interpret data and documentation.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing projects in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• MBA or related master’s degree.

Culture & Benefits

• Professional office environment with regular computer-based work and communication with stakeholders.
• Opportunities to lead improvement initiatives, conduct change management, and contribute to team member development.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health, vision, dental, flexible spending, health savings, retirement savings, life, and disability insurance programs.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work may be available to eligible employees.
• Equal employment opportunity and workplace accommodation support are provided.