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Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Corporate Services & Marketing

You will be responsible for global sourcing of specified categories as well as strategic thought leadership in building the sourcing and procurement function in Elastic. You will thrive in navigating ambiguity, adapt quickly to a changing environment, taking a global view, being data driven and have a passion for optimizing process and structure. You balance critical, long-term thinking about how we scale the function with hands-on delivery to ensure what needs to happen today gets done. We’re looking for people with strong influencing skills who are effective collaborating with multiple teams and building positive relationships with partners.

As the Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, you and your team will lead global sourcing activities associated with select corporate services and marketing spend categories, including supplier strategy development and coordination of activities to ensure that cost requirements are met. You will be expected to drive projects in all aspects of the sourcing process, from category assessment, cost savings opportunities, vendor due diligence, RFx, contract negotiations, and vendor management. Business services spend categories include but are not limited to Marketing, Events, Sponsorships, Travel, Professional Services, Financial and Legal Services, CAPEX, Benefits, and various Human Resource categories.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Building and improving relationships with key collaborators within the Marketing, HR, Workplaces, Finance, Legal and Sales department(s) to develop sourcing strategies to meet their requirements
• Collaborating with Finance and Planning counterparts to proactively supervise and evaluate strategic sourcing opportunities and help drive planning and budgeting processes
• Performing spend, market, and vendor analytical research, and presenting these findings to senior leaders to help drive decision making including maintenance of a preferred vendor database.
• Reviewing Master Service Agreements, Order Forms, and SOWs with your assigned Contract Manager to ensure Elastic receives phenomenal commercial value and optimizes its legal position within the applicable contract.
• Capturing product and service specifications from business owners for RFx activities and vendor business reviews
• Objectives may include savings, process effectiveness, supplier consolidation & management, risk reduction & management, improved visibility & control of expenditures
• Managing and developing vendor relationships; including as a source of innovation and growth
• Presenting with Business Partners, coworkers and management in a clear, concise and timely manner
• Coaching and mentoring your team to help you facilitate all the activities within your role

What You Bring Along:

• 8 to 12 years meaningful experience working in Sourcing
• Candidates with an MBA from a reputable school are preferred.
• Experience leading and coaching a team of at least 3-6 sourcing and contract management professionals located globally (i.e. India, US, Canada, Europe, etc.).
• Sophisticated contract management skills and the ability to understand and negotiate master service agreements, order forms, SOWs, and various other legal documentation.
• Strong communication, relationship building, influencing, persuasion, negotiation, presentation, conflict resolution and business analysis skills.
• This is a global position and will require some limited travel.
• Be a self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude. Must be willing to work on one’s own initiative and must be focused on achieving goals.

Additional Information:

We're looking to hire team members invested in realizing the goal of making real-time data exploration easy and available to anyone. As a distributed company, we believe that diversity drives our vibe! Whether you're looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Equity
• Global minimum of 16 weeks of paid in full parental leave (moms & dads)
• Generous vacation time and one week of volunteer time off
• Your age is only a number. It doesn't matter if you're just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

 

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.  The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. 

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.  

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:$117,800—$186,400 CADAdditional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

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