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This role can be based in San Francisco, Mountain View, Carpinteria, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Omaha, or Washington DC 

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together. 

This role requires a customer orientation with emphasis on leadership, strong analysis, category expertise, global experience, and a passion for driving innovation and solutions. 
 
This position requires experience with strategic sourcing methodologies related to indirect procurement commodities including market and spend analysis, building and maintaining a Category Plan, partnering with Business Unit leadership to define priorities, report progress and manage the performance of the Category Plan. In addition, the Strategic Sourcing Manager will monitor supplier performance and ensure responsible sourcing practices are implemented. 
 
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in sourcing for  Primary Market Research, Marketing Technologies (MarTech), and/or the Speaker categories which could include business and technical requirements gathering, supplier selection, due diligence, risk and compliance evaluation, contract definition and term negotiations, financial structuring, and sourcing strategy. 
 
Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for review and approval of contracts, including negotiating and drafting commercial terms 

• Manage supplier selection and the development of data analysis and requirements for informed supplier decisions 

• Manage the execution of request for proposals, bid analysis, contract drafting and editing, and supplier negotiation 

• Establish and nurture relationships with key business stakeholders to facilitate formulation and execution of long-term sourcing strategies establishing clear and measurable goals focused on continuous improvement 

• Serve as subject matter expert for best-in-class procurement practices and tools including experience in working with numerous cross-functional disciplines such as information security, compliance, risk management, supplier risk, and law 

• Identify and execute new or creative approaches, strategies and processes to address business needs 

• Team Leader experience in Supply Chain Management / Sourcing / Procurement / Business  

• Develop policies and procedures and lead negotiations with key business partners and identified suppliers to manage demand for spend and ensure the best quality, service and cost to achieve business objectives 

• Develop and manage internal customer relationships and manage leadership expectations 

• Be the Stakeholder voice into the Strategic Sourcing (SS) team, driving operational excellence into SS global practices and share the sourcing value proposition to the Technology team(s). 

• Operate as a Program Manager for key global initiatives. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance/Accounting, Supply Chain or related field

• 5+ years experience in contract analysis, negotiation, financial modeling and RFP/RFI/RFQ creation and evaluation 

• 5 + years experience in contract drafting, editing and pricing negotiations

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Executive presence: Comfortable communicating with executives and tailoring effective communications to various levels within the organization 

• Strong communication and presentation skills  

• Effectively build relationships as well as influence and drive change in a cross-functional team environment 

• MBA preferred; CPSM certified preferred; Professional Certifications related to process improvement, strategic sourcing or asset management 

• Knowledge and experience negotiating for the following businesses Primary Market Research, Marketing Technology, and/or Talent Speakers 

• Experience with acquisition integration in a Sourcing Role 

• Experience with Oracle, Service Now, Conga, Salesforce, or other Contract Management systems,  
   

Suggested Skills:

• Strategic Sourcing 

• Communication 

• Negotiation 

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. 
 
The pay range for this role is $98,000 to $160,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. 
 
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits. 

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