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Ingram Micro is seeking a results-driven sourcing leader to manage and optimize global spend across key Marketing and Professional Services categories, including events and experiential marketing, creative and agency services, digital marketing, public relations and communications, legal and financial services, management and strategy consulting, human resources, talent acquisition, insurance services, audit, risk and compliance.
This role is instrumental in our ongoing global sourcing transformation and reports directly into the Vice President of Sourcing within the Operations organization, positioning it at the center of strategic execution.
Ingram Micro's Global Sourcing organization is in the midst of a dynamic transformation—enhancing its strategic influence, expanding capabilities, and driving greater value across indirect spend categories. Now reporting into the Operations function, Global Sourcing is positioned at the core of enterprise decision-making, supported by an engaged and forward-looking leadership team.
As Director of Strategic Sourcing, you will lead high-impact initiatives across key global categories, delivering measurable value through cost optimization, enhanced supplier performance, and alignment with our supplier diversity and sustainability goals. This role requires a strategic thinker who can partner with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing strategies that elevate outcomes across the organization.
Your role:
Category Ownership & Strategy
Lead development and execution of multi-year global category strategies.
Align sourcing initiatives with business priorities to deliver value beyond cost.
Act as a strategic advisor to business partners and executive stakeholders.
Sourcing Execution & Optimization
Drive sourcing initiatives using RFPs, should-cost modeling, and benchmarking.
Negotiate best-in-class agreements on cost, SLAs, and commercial terms.
Identify opportunities to optimize service delivery and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).
Supplier Management & Innovation
Build high-impact supplier relationships to improve service, quality, and innovation.
Monitor supplier performance through KPIs, SLAs, and scorecards.
Lead joint improvement plans and encourage supplier-led innovation.
Compliance, Risk & Governance
Ensure sourcing compliance and policy alignment with corporate standards.
Mitigate supply risk and manage cost inflation using strategic sourcing levers.
Promote supplier diversity and support Ingram Micro's sustainability goals.
Stakeholder Engagement & Change Leadership
Navigate and influence in a global, matrixed environment.
Drive cross-functional collaboration and lead change initiatives in sourcing processes and tools.
Coach and mentor a team of sourcing professionals.
What you bring to the role:
~ Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
~ Lean/Six Sigma certification is a plus.
~8+ years of strategic sourcing experience, with 5+ years in a leadership role.
~ Demonstrated success in marketing/professional services sourcing and spend management.
~ Deep experience in vendor negotiations, TCO modeling, and contract management.
~ Proven ability to engage stakeholders, lead change, and deliver business impact.
~ Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
~ Proficiency in sourcing platforms (e.g., Vindly) and data-driven decision-making.
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The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $166,300.00 - $291,000.00 per year.
The ranges above reflect the potential annual base pay across the U.S. for all roles; the applicable base pay range will depend on the candidate's primary work location, pay grade, and variable compensation plan. Individual base pay within each range depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time of hire. New hires starting base pay generally falls in the bottom half (between the minimum and midpoint) of a pay range.
At Ingram Micro certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus or sales incentives and long-term incentives. These awards are allocated based on position level and individual performance. U.S.-based employees have access to healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits, among others.
This is not a complete listing of the job duties. It's a representation of the things you will be doing, and you may not perform all these duties.
Please be prepared to pass a drug test and successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.
Ingram Micro Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.