As a Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies, negotiating with various vendors, and partnering closely with cross-functional teams to deliver on business objectives for the Spend Money Wisely team (Verkada’s take on Strategic Sourcing). Your primary focus will involve negotiating strategic deals, optimizing the technology portfolio through vendor consolidation opportunities, and providing strategic guidance to functional partners in balancing new features, seat/usage expansion, and rip-n-replace initiatives. You will lead sourcing initiatives, manage vendor relationships, work closely with Legal, Security, and Finance teams, and ensure cost efficiency and value optimization across Verkada’s technology portfolio.
Responsibilities- Lead the development and implementation of strategic sourcing initiatives for technology portfolio procurement.
- Negotiate complex, high-value contracts and agreements with strategic vendors.
- Identify and execute vendor consolidation opportunities to optimize the technology portfolio.
- Provide strategic guidance to functional partners on procurement decisions, balancing new features, seat/usage expansion, and rip-n-replace considerations & initiatives.
- Build and maintain vendor relationships, ensuring performance and compliance with contracts.
- Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and risks in technology space and how that may impact sourcing decisions.
- Develop and implement cost-saving strategies and initiatives.
- Monitor and report on key sourcing metrics and performance indicators.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Legal, Security, and Finance to ensure alignment of sourcing strategies with business needs.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies and regulations for Verkada’s global scale.
- 5+ years of proven experience in strategic sourcing, technology procurement, and vendor management.
- Strong negotiation skills and experience in negotiating complex contracts.
- Ability to analyze market trends and identify opportunities for cost savings and value optimization.
- Excellent communication, prioritization and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to provide strategic guidance to functional partners on procurement decisions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of procurement policies and regulations.
- Experience with vendor consolidation and technology portfolio optimization.
- 5-star customer service mindset.
- Excellent teamwork skills - we have a #OneTeam mindset!
- Ability to find out-of-box solutions to best fit business needs and requirements.
Annual Pay Range
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)
Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).
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