Sr. Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Remote

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Job Title

Sr. Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Remote

Requisition Number

R7677 Sr. Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Remote (Open)

Location

California - Home Teleworkers

Additional Locations

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Job Information

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG), a AAA insurer, is one of the leading personal lines property and casualty insurance groups in the United States. Here, every employee shapes our mission. We build innovative, human-centered solutions that help AAA members prevent, prepare for, and recover from life's uncertainties. You will join a collaborative, inclusive culture where your strengths have room to grow and your ideas can drive real impact. Step into a role where you can contribute to our shared success through meaningful work.

We are actively hiring for a Sr. Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Remote!

Your Role:

This role leads and develops a team of seven sourcing professionals while driving category strategies across the full vendor lifecycle in partnership with senior leadership. The scope spans multiple indirect procurement areas, including IT, Claims, Facilities, Professional Services, Marketing, and HR.

You’ll be responsible for building strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring high-quality and timely sourcing support, and actively promoting the value of Procurement across the business. The role also oversees intake, triage, savings, sourcing pipeline, and diversity and sustainability initiatives, while enabling effective collaboration across the enterprise.

Your Work:

• Spend Analysis & Contracts:
• Develops or oversees the development of short, medium and long term Category Spend Strategies focused on not just savings but vendor service optimization, knowledge transfer, brand alignment and various other soft Sourcing objectives.
• Acts as a mentor and leader for contract construction, negotiations, and policy interpretations for subordinates, clients, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Enables and develops expert level negotiation strategies for assigned contracts and categories.
• Leadership:
• Acts as a consultant and mentor for negotiating large, complex, and/or highly visible contracts and facilitates communication and process development between businesses, Legal and Sourcing.
• Establishes and drives client and supplier expectations for seeking win-win negotiations outcomes
• Hires, motivates and retains top talent
• Directs and assures the success of the goals and work of various levels of Sourcing specialists.
• Consults with clients at all levels to identify needs and requirements for changes to supply chain, suppliers, and enterprise supplier relationships;
• Develops and educates client on early engagement and benefit of category spend planning.
• Ensures that continuous improvements cause contract cycle times to improve and/or that the quality of delivered contracts improves over time;
• Seeks opportunities to enhance and/or expand the effectiveness of contracts and/or or the improvement of suppliers supporting the enterprise
• Advocates and champions for and of Sourcing both internally and externally.
• Sourcing Process:
• Works with clients, stakeholders, and suppliers to create documents that adhere to approved sourcing processes and other requirements;
• Conducts research and technical readings to elevate and improve the sourcing process; expert in collaborating and seeking best value solutions from suppliers;
• Determines best financial options as balanced against other demands
• Partners with stakeholders to ensure the needs of the business are sufficiently addressed and articulated; responsible for client satisfaction for delivered services

Required Experience, Education and Skills

• 10+ years of relevant procurement, consultation, and sourcing experience
• Bachelor’s degree or 10 years equivalent business experience
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, project management, problem solving, and leadership skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and applicable business software
• Understands, drafts, and negotiates contracts at nearly any/all levels of complexity and/or dollar thresholds
• Knowledgeable and able to apply best practice methods, strategies, and operational options.
• Above average knowledge and understanding of industry contracting methods, operational norms, supplier demands, and market trends
• Professional presence
• Advance collaboration skills
• Ethics above reproach
• Outstanding writing and contractual drafting skills
• Major and complex deal negotiation experience
• Category Spend analysis expertise
• People leader
• Ability to present ideas and sell concepts
• Ability to build and manage high performing teams

What would make us excited about you?

• Creates a collaborative, inclusive and psychologically safe environment, demonstrating authenticity and fostering trust to inspire and empower team members and colleagues
• Actively shapes our company culture through words and actions (e.g., supporting employee resource groups, mentoring employees, volunteering, joining cross-functional projects, encouraging team member involvement in these activities)
• Champions our cultural norms (e.g., willing to have cameras when it matters: interviewing candidates, building relationships with team members, etc.)
• Translates our enterprise strategy and priorities for their team members to connect to the bigger picture
• Demonstrates a company ownership mindset, thinking beyond boundaries of their own area
• Travels as needed for role, including enterprise meetings, divisional / team meetings, and other in-person meetings
• Fulfills business needs, which may include investing extra time, helping other teams, etc

Please note we are hiring for this role remote anywhere in the United States with the following exceptions: Hawaii and Alaska.

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Why Choose a Career at CSAA IG?

At CSAA IG, we are a mission-driven organization proudly committed to empowering our members, our employees, and our communities to thrive.

Recognition: We offer a total compensation package, annual bonus eligibility for most roles, 401(k) with a company match, and so much more! Read more about what we offer and what it is like to be a part of our dynamic team at https://careers.csaainsurance.aaa.com/us/en/benefits.

Career Growth: We believe in growth for everyone. Here at CSAA IG, leaders and mentors partner with employees to align interests, unlock development opportunities, and support long‑term success.

Flexible Workplace: We embrace a remote-first culture through our Flexible Workplace. Most employees hold Home-Flex roles, working primarily from home, often with the flexibility to work from various locations including CSAA offices. Our flexible workplace empowers you to balance remote work with intentional in‑person moments that deepen connection and collaboration.

Inclusion and Belonging: An inclusive and welcoming workplace is the cornerstone of our success. By fostering an environment where people feel valued and heard, we deepen our ability to understand and meet the unique needs of our members. This strengthens innovation and enhances our products and services, giving us a competitive edge in the market.

Sustainability: As climate change leads to more frequent and severe weather events, we are taking bold action to build more resilient communities and reduce our environmental impact. Submit your application to be considered. We communicate via email, so check your inbox and/or your spam folder to ensure you don’t miss important updates from us.

CSAA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities or other limitations. If you would like to request an accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected]

If you apply and are selected to continue in the recruiting process, we will schedule a preliminary call with you to discuss the role and will disclose during that call the available salary/hourly rate range based on your location. Factors used to determine the actual salary offered may include location, experience, or education.

CSAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have authorization to work indefinitely in the US. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

CSAA Insurance Group is an equal opportunity employer.

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The national average salary range for this position is $144,450.00-$160,500.00. However, we have a location-based compensation structure. Our salary ranges vary and are calculated based on work location. The starting pay range for this position across all the states we hire in is $144,450.00-$192,550.00.  This role also includes an opportunity for a company-wide annual discretionary bonus, through our Annual Incentive Plan (AIP), of up to 20% of eligible pay.

This job posting will be unposted on Sat, 18 Apr 2026.