JOB DESCRIPTION

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The vision of Global Financial & Accounting Services (GFAS) is to provide innovative and scalable global business solutions in accounting, tax, payroll, treasury, sourcing, procurement and financial operations while safeguarding the reputation of the foundation and our related entities, with the highest standards of integrity and operational excellence.

GFAS is a team within the Finance organization at the foundation and an important part of the operations function. Operations supports and enables the six program divisions to make investments and to run effectively and efficiently. As a function, Finance employs approximately 200 full-time employees (FTEs). The GFAS team is significant (45+ FTEs), and continues to scale up to support the increasing breadth and complexity of global operations for the foundation and its affiliated entities.

As a new integral function of GFAS, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) is building a team that partners with the business to procure competitive vendors, drive negotiations, and align internal contracting requirements. SS&P is both a practice and function.

• As a practice, SS&P is the evaluation and selection of vendors based on qualitative and measurable success metrics, rather than the simple cost of the product or service. SS&P connects spend analysis, data-driven vendor selection with diversity in mind, and ongoing engagement with vendors to increase purchasing power to deliver value and mitigate risk.

• As a function, SS&P is a new business-enabling team who partners with Contract Services, Finance, Information Security, HR, Legal, Accounting and others to ensure our vendor procurement process is transparent, balances risk and gives time back to business partners to focus on their impactful work in the foundation.

Your Role

Reporting to the Head of Strategic Sourcing of SS&P, the Strategic Sourcing Professional Services Category Lead will join a team whose primary responsibilities include strategic sourcing, category and vendor management, ensure adherence to applicable procurement and foundation policies and processes and general contracting duties. The ideal candidate has strategic procurement experience, excellent interpersonal skills, and will have directly worked with Management Consulting, Professional Services, and some IT (Software Subscriptions/SaaS). You will support team members and collaborate with Legal partners to manage and execute contracts, run RFPs (Request for Proposal), facilitate the vendor selection process & build out processes, workflows, and various applications used to support the source to pay process.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who works independently, communicates effectively, and has the ability influence others without needing formal authority. They are passionate about delivering high-quality work individually and through others. The SSP team is looking for someone who can hit the ground running to manage multiple responsibilities while producing high-quality work.

What You’ll Do

Lead the Program category management responsibility across the foundation
Build and drive a strategy for professional services (consulting, management consulting services, etc)
Deliver on strategic plans to advance short- and long-term SS&P goals
Orchestrate the change management process with internal partners and external vendors
Help set goals and carry out plans aligned with overall SS&P vision
Partner with business owners and collaborators on RFPs, new contracts, and renewals
Build partnerships with attorneys and form good relationships in a complex environment
Collaborate with internal customers and teams to develop requirements, project and implementation plans
Leverage data (I.e. Spend, contract, market research) to build consensus or influence key partners
Establish and track key performance indicators and present progress to senior management as necessary
Lead and facilitate performance conversations with vendors as needed
Educate partners on overall Source to Contract process and value proposition of Sourcing team
Leverage current or custom-build reporting and tools required for the program
Develop adoption strategies for vendor programs and use of a non-mandated team
Build templates and guides that help make the team most effective
Support contract review by facilitating discussions with vendors and partners (i.e. GCS, Legal, Infosec)

Your Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 7+ years of combined procurement experience (Sourcing & Procurement experience) with strong negotiating, contracting and category management expertise
Strong knowledge of systems like Coupa, D&B (Dun & Bradstreet), DocuSign, Concur, Dynamics, etc.
Analytical and data focused mentality that is able to provide actionable insights via dashboards
Comfortable using AI tools (ie. ChatGPT, Co-Pilot)
Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment while managing various priorities to meet multiple deadlines
Must exhibit strong service excellence, detail orientation, and excel in problem solving
Experience with discovering new vendors and negotiating contracts with established or new vendors across corporate services
Strong customer service mentality & project management skills
Demonstrated success in working collaboratively across multiple business functions
Demonstrated SME (Subject Matter Expert) in management consultant category; ideally in areas of global health and strategy
Experience and success in partnering with legal teams to execute and negotiate vendor contracts
Collaboration approach; helps reinforce a “we” not a “me” culture
Experience in presenting to different audiences (from individual teams to executive level); communicates in a clear, concise and timely manner
MBA or other advanced degree in a relevant field such as Business, Economics or Sciences preferred but not required

Applicants for this role will only be considered if they are able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.

The salary range for this role is $127,400 to $ 191,200 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in Seattle and Washington D.C., where our offices are located. The range for this role in these locations is $138,900 to $208,300 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidate’s job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.

Hiring Requirements

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Candidate Accommodations

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Inclusion Statement

We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion — of voices, ideas, and approaches — and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements