Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

The Strategic Sourcing Manager builds strong relationships with internal and external partners to support the development and execution of enterprise-wide sourcing strategies that deliver value and create measurable, meaningful impact on Teradata’s success. Your mission will be to lead complex, high visibility engagements across all global business functions and technology spend categories to enable Procurement to deliver on savings and partnership commitments with scale and agility.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic sourcing activities across technology spend categories; Lead OEM negotiations for third-party technology embedded into Teradata's product; Work flexibly across categories where support is needed; Use market intelligence, benchmarking, supplier insights, and business priorities to act as a trusted advisor; Create and execute global, multi-year category strategies; Improve sourcing processes using AI, automation, analytics, and tools; Analyze spend, market, supplier, and business data to identify risks, opportunities, savings, and insights; Communicate supplier risks, trade-offs, recommendations, and sourcing decisions clearly to stakeholders and senior leaders; Lead complex RFx processes and sourcing events; Lead and support complex global negotiations; Track category performance, savings, reporting accuracy, and data integrity; Manage strategic supplier relationships; Build influence across Sourcing, business partners, and stakeholder organizations; Mentor team members; Deliver sustainable year-over-year value

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required; Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, or a related business or operations function, including required Technology sourcing experience; Strong contracting expertise; Experience negotiating OEM agreements where technology is embedded into a product; Ability to identify contractual risks and develop practical solutions with Legal, Risk, Data Privacy, Information Security, and business stakeholders; Strong experience drafting, editing, and negotiating agreements such as Master Agreements, SOWs, Addenda, Change Orders, Sales Orders, SaaS, End User License, Subscription, Cloud Services, Managed Services, Support Agreements, and Product Partnerships; Ability to prepare executive summaries that clearly explain business context, key terms, benefits, cost analysis, risks, mitigations, and recommendations; Excellent written and verbal communicator who can influence stakeholders, partners, suppliers, and senior leaders up to the Executive Leadership Team; Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; Strong partnering skills; Project management skills; Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other MS Office applications

Nice to have

Focus in Business Administration or Supply Chain Management preferred; Preferred experience in indirect procurement, including sourcing events and contract negotiations across Technology, Product Engineering, Corporate Services, Consulting Services, Product engineering, and partnership deals; Adaptability and growth mindset; Understanding of procurement tools, source-to-pay ERP environments, procurement metrics, KPIs, and data analytics; Passion for excellence and ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Benefits

Healthcare; Life and disability insurance; Retirement savings; 401(k)-retirement savings plan; Time-off programs; Flexible work model