Intuit
Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager, Services
Intuit, San Diego, California, United States, 92189
Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager, Services
As a Principal Strategic Sourcing Manager, you are a critical individual contributor responsible for driving the sourcing strategy and value chain optimization for Intuit’s Services categories (e.g., Professional Services, Management Consulting, HR Consulting, Benefits, Workplace, Facilities, Events, etc.). This role requires deep expertise in the services landscape, an understanding of its impact on business outcomes and total cost of ownership, and a focus on driving business transformation. You will collaborate with senior leaders across Intuit to identify opportunities for operational improvements, cost optimization, and risk mitigation, ensuring the best value from third‑party investments.
Responsibilities Leadership
Take ownership and proactively lead strategic sourcing initiatives within Professional Services categories.
Lead a portfolio of multiple projects requiring strategy, planning, and execution of transformational, complex, and innovative initiatives.
Direct, define, and implement sourcing strategies to drive corporate earnings, growth strategy, and business transformation objectives for the category portfolio.
Drive a total cost of ownership mindset, including strategically evaluating build/buy/acquire decisions.
Connect product strategies with company input goals.
Contribute suggestions to assist management in developing organizational strategy, structure, and operational roadmap.
Build relationships with and influence executive stakeholders (Director/VP and above).
Collaborate with procurement teams to ensure sourcing efficiency, automation, sourced supplier utilization, risk mitigation, and contract compliance.
Partner with International teams to implement global suppliers and establish local engagement models.
Demonstrate a high degree of professional integrity and ethical responsibility in all business activities.
Keep abreast of industry innovation and propose ideas that will help the company re‑imagine and leapfrog ahead, resulting in advancements in technology and AI, process methodologies, or establishing supplier alliances.
Opportunity Assessment
Own and drive opportunity assessments, including total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, balancing strategic insights (spend, supplier, category, contract) and representation of the current state to engage senior stakeholders.
Evaluate and recommend strategic opportunities/initiatives to Strategic Sourcing leadership using current and emerging business models, assessing short‑term and long‑term industry and strategic considerations.
Develop an effective approach to present and obtain sponsorship from senior leadership on opportunities.
Strategic Sourcing Process Execution and Project Management
Provide category expertise and identify potential sources of supply, assess supplier capabilities, and relate them to stakeholder needs.
Implement structured sourcing processes in formal and informal negotiations, resolving conflicts and building consensus.
Drive project activity across large cross‑functional teams through clear communication of expectations, decisions, changes, enforcement of deadlines, and evaluation of deliverables.
Define data needed to meet objectives and develop an effective plan for gathering it (including spend, contracts, supplier information, stakeholder insights, current state processes & tools).
Utilize analysis to solve business problems and draw conclusions and insights that are not immediately obvious.
Gather, analyze, and document requirements using interviews, document analysis, workshops, surveys, site visits, process descriptions, use cases, business analysis, and workflow analysis.
Lead and manage RFI/RFQ/RFP processes from start to finish, including creation, issuance, facilitation, vendor evaluation (using scorecards), and vendor selection.
Drive consensus across critical business decisions that are complex and high impact to the organization.
Create supporting documentation to applicable standards such that the value generated can be included in executive‑level presentations.
Deliver value and projects that drive the transformation of a category, innovation, in‑sourcing/outsourcing, and TCO savings and efficiencies.
Continuous Improvement and Supplier Management
Partner with stakeholders to review ongoing vendor segmentation and identify vendors for the VMO program within the vendor portfolio.
Perform assigned vendor management activities (business reviews, scorecard reviews, discussions) in alignment with the VMO approach, framework, SRM team roles and responsibilities for each vendor.
Manage supplier performance monitoring and measurement, and work with vendor owners on key escalations or remediation.
Identify SRM opportunities with key vendors and focus areas that drive continuous improvement across KPIs and push innovation.
People Management
This role is an individual contributor.
Qualifications
Relevant industry experience.
10+ years of strategic sourcing experience, with a strong focus on Professional Services categories.
Experience with ERP and Source‑to‑Pay tools.
Experience developing and/or presenting business cases.
Comfort with written and verbal communication of quantitative and qualitative information with executives.
Bachelor’s degree in Business or another quantitative discipline.
Experience in contract development, administration, and/or management.
Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects in a fast‑paced environment with several stakeholders.
Experience negotiating deals with global vendors.
Experience managing global vendor relationships.
Experience in value chain optimization and assessments.
Experience managing transformational projects requiring a high level of change management.
Solid financial and/or quantitative modeling.
Attention to detail and ability to analyze complex data.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
Availability to directly support and interact with multiple international business units.
Desired Skills
Proven track record of cost reduction and productivity improvements; ability to influence and drive change while building solid relationships with internal clients and external vendors.
Internal or external business consulting experience highly desired.
Knowledge of global supply base.
Strong analytical skills; proficient in MS Excel, financial modeling preferred.
Strong written and communication skills; proficient in MS PowerPoint and MS Word.
Ability to work independently as well as lead and participate in cross‑functional teams.
Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
Awareness of best practices regarding vendor management (e.g., strategic alliances, supplier certification).
Excellent documentation and requirements analysis.
Compensation and Benefits Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits in accordance with our applicable plans and programs.
Pay offered is based on factors such as job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
Expected base pay range for this position:
Bay Area California, CA: $183,000 - $248,000
Southern California, CA: $160,000 - $216,500
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries Software Development
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Responsibilities Leadership
Take ownership and proactively lead strategic sourcing initiatives within Professional Services categories.
Lead a portfolio of multiple projects requiring strategy, planning, and execution of transformational, complex, and innovative initiatives.
Direct, define, and implement sourcing strategies to drive corporate earnings, growth strategy, and business transformation objectives for the category portfolio.
Drive a total cost of ownership mindset, including strategically evaluating build/buy/acquire decisions.
Connect product strategies with company input goals.
Contribute suggestions to assist management in developing organizational strategy, structure, and operational roadmap.
Build relationships with and influence executive stakeholders (Director/VP and above).
Collaborate with procurement teams to ensure sourcing efficiency, automation, sourced supplier utilization, risk mitigation, and contract compliance.
Partner with International teams to implement global suppliers and establish local engagement models.
Demonstrate a high degree of professional integrity and ethical responsibility in all business activities.
Keep abreast of industry innovation and propose ideas that will help the company re‑imagine and leapfrog ahead, resulting in advancements in technology and AI, process methodologies, or establishing supplier alliances.
Opportunity Assessment
Own and drive opportunity assessments, including total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, balancing strategic insights (spend, supplier, category, contract) and representation of the current state to engage senior stakeholders.
Evaluate and recommend strategic opportunities/initiatives to Strategic Sourcing leadership using current and emerging business models, assessing short‑term and long‑term industry and strategic considerations.
Develop an effective approach to present and obtain sponsorship from senior leadership on opportunities.
Strategic Sourcing Process Execution and Project Management
Provide category expertise and identify potential sources of supply, assess supplier capabilities, and relate them to stakeholder needs.
Implement structured sourcing processes in formal and informal negotiations, resolving conflicts and building consensus.
Drive project activity across large cross‑functional teams through clear communication of expectations, decisions, changes, enforcement of deadlines, and evaluation of deliverables.
Define data needed to meet objectives and develop an effective plan for gathering it (including spend, contracts, supplier information, stakeholder insights, current state processes & tools).
Utilize analysis to solve business problems and draw conclusions and insights that are not immediately obvious.
Gather, analyze, and document requirements using interviews, document analysis, workshops, surveys, site visits, process descriptions, use cases, business analysis, and workflow analysis.
Lead and manage RFI/RFQ/RFP processes from start to finish, including creation, issuance, facilitation, vendor evaluation (using scorecards), and vendor selection.
Drive consensus across critical business decisions that are complex and high impact to the organization.
Create supporting documentation to applicable standards such that the value generated can be included in executive‑level presentations.
Deliver value and projects that drive the transformation of a category, innovation, in‑sourcing/outsourcing, and TCO savings and efficiencies.
Continuous Improvement and Supplier Management
Partner with stakeholders to review ongoing vendor segmentation and identify vendors for the VMO program within the vendor portfolio.
Perform assigned vendor management activities (business reviews, scorecard reviews, discussions) in alignment with the VMO approach, framework, SRM team roles and responsibilities for each vendor.
Manage supplier performance monitoring and measurement, and work with vendor owners on key escalations or remediation.
Identify SRM opportunities with key vendors and focus areas that drive continuous improvement across KPIs and push innovation.
People Management
This role is an individual contributor.
Qualifications
Relevant industry experience.
10+ years of strategic sourcing experience, with a strong focus on Professional Services categories.
Experience with ERP and Source‑to‑Pay tools.
Experience developing and/or presenting business cases.
Comfort with written and verbal communication of quantitative and qualitative information with executives.
Bachelor’s degree in Business or another quantitative discipline.
Experience in contract development, administration, and/or management.
Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects in a fast‑paced environment with several stakeholders.
Experience negotiating deals with global vendors.
Experience managing global vendor relationships.
Experience in value chain optimization and assessments.
Experience managing transformational projects requiring a high level of change management.
Solid financial and/or quantitative modeling.
Attention to detail and ability to analyze complex data.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
Availability to directly support and interact with multiple international business units.
Desired Skills
Proven track record of cost reduction and productivity improvements; ability to influence and drive change while building solid relationships with internal clients and external vendors.
Internal or external business consulting experience highly desired.
Knowledge of global supply base.
Strong analytical skills; proficient in MS Excel, financial modeling preferred.
Strong written and communication skills; proficient in MS PowerPoint and MS Word.
Ability to work independently as well as lead and participate in cross‑functional teams.
Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
Awareness of best practices regarding vendor management (e.g., strategic alliances, supplier certification).
Excellent documentation and requirements analysis.
Compensation and Benefits Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits in accordance with our applicable plans and programs.
Pay offered is based on factors such as job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
Expected base pay range for this position:
Bay Area California, CA: $183,000 - $248,000
Southern California, CA: $160,000 - $216,500
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries Software Development
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