Senior Manager, Procurement & Vendor Management

Role Overview

• Develops enterprise sourcing strategies to deliver value, manage risk, and support strategic goals.
• Leads a team responsible for managing approximately $250M in annual spend across a complex supplier ecosystem.
• Guides full lifecycle sourcing programs and complex negotiations.
• Builds partnerships with business leaders to maximize value from American Family's spend in assigned categories.
• Leads, coaches, and develops a high-performing team of sourcing and vendor management professionals.
• Foster a collaborative environment built on trust, transparency, and accountability.
• Oversee the full sourcing lifecycle including market analysis, RFX execution, supplier evaluation, negotiation strategy, and contract execution.
• Establish governance frameworks to manage supplier performance, contract compliance, and service delivery across strategic vendors.
• Develop partnerships with business leaders to support strategic plans and enterprise programs.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Solid communication and influencing skills across varying leadership levels.
• Demonstrated experience driving business results.
• Demonstrated experience in creating meaningful data analysis and metrics to support business needs.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills related to complex vendor matters.
• Extensive knowledge of vendor contracts and commercial/legal terms and conditions.
• Experience leading sourcing programs within large enterprise organizations managing substantial vendor spend.
• Experience working within large, matrixed organizations with extensive supplier portfolios.
• Demonstrated ownership of $100M+ in annual category spend with responsibility for sourcing strategy, negotiations, and supplier management.
• Knowledge of procurement processes including category strategy development, RFX execution, supplier evaluation, contract negotiation, and vendor governance.
• Experience sourcing and negotiating across a diverse group of spend categories spanning traditional corporate functions such as HR, Benefits, Facilities, Communications and Sales.

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits
• competitive 401(k) contribution
• pension plan
• annual incentive
• 9 paid holidays
• paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
• student loan repayment program
• paid-family leave