Leads enterprise strategic sourcing and supplier strategy to reduce costs, improve profitability, optimize supplier relationships, and deliver measurable procurement value. Partners with category management and cross-functional stakeholders, analyzes spend and supply chain performance, negotiates commercial terms, tracks sourcing KPIs, manages risk and compliance, and may lead a team of sourcing professionals.
Job Summary & Responsibilities
Position Summary:
Vallen Distribution is seeking a purposeful and strategic leader to serve as Senior Manager, Supplier Strategy. This role will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive Sourcing Strategy for Vallen's multibillion-dollar enterprise. As a key partner to the Category Management organization, the Sr. Manager will drive enterprise-wide cost savings, profitability enhancements, and long-term supplier partnerships that strengthen Vallen's competitive position in the market.
The ideal candidate will bring strong procurement expertise, analytical rigor, and a collaborative mindset to identify and unlock enterprise-level opportunities across spend categories and supplier networks. This opportunity is a high-impact role with executive visibility and a clear mandate to deliver measurable value.
Essential Duites and Responsibilities:
- Build and Lead Enterprise Supplier Strategy and Development: Develop, refine, and execute Vallen's Strategic Sourcing roadmap aligned to enterprise growth goals, profitability targets, and customer value delivery.
- Drive Profit Enhancement: Identify, assess, and execute sourcing initiatives to improve gross margin, reduce total cost of ownership (TCO), and create long term economic value for Vallen.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with the Category Management team to align sourcing priorities, to negotiate supplier terms and to implement value driving strategies across Supplier and Product portfolios.
- Supplier Management & Optimization: Develop strategies to manage strategic supplier relationships, to negotiate commercial terms, to segment, consolidate and rationalize the supplier base, where appropriate.
- Enterprise Opportunity Identification: Analyze enterprise-wide spend data and supply chain performance to uncover sourcing opportunities not realized at the category level.
- Procurement Analytics: Lead the analytical support of evaluating both initiative-taking and reactive procurement opportunities.
- Change Leadership & Execution: Champion best practices in Sourcing, Compliance, and Risk Management. Lead cross-functional strategic sourcing project implementations to ensure stakeholder alignment and timely delivery.
- Performance Analytics and Reporting: Establish and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for sourcing initiatives to include cost savings, working capital improvements and general supplier performance metrics.
- Team Management: Manage a team of sourcing professionals (optional depending on organization size).
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree (Supply Chain, Business, Finance or related field) required. Preferred MBA or advanced degree.
- 5--7+ years of progressive responsibility in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, or Supply Chain, ideally in industrial distribution, manufacturing, or a related sector.
- Proven success in leading sourcing strategies across complex, multi-category spend environments.
- Deep understanding of supplier economics, global sourcing, negotiation tactics, and TCO.
- Strong data analysis and financial modeling capabilities.
- Effective communicator with the ability to influence Executive, Commercial and Operational functions.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, evolving enterprise environment.
Work Environment & Physical Demands:
Reasonable accommodations will be evaluated and may be implemented to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.
Work Environment:
Long periods of time working on a computer and performing key-boarding activities.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee may be required to occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
#LI-Remote
Similar Jobs
eCommerce • Fashion • Retail • Sales • Wearables • Design
Lead sales floor performance and mentor peers while delivering exceptional brand storytelling and customer service. Drive personal and store sales, champion omnichannel and social/virtual selling, support live-stream and social content, perform opening/closing procedures, and contribute to an inclusive team culture. Assist with events, capture client feedback, and maintain product knowledge across categories.
Top Skills:
Live-Stream ShoppingOmnichannelSocial MediaSocial SellingVirtual Selling
Aerospace • Information Technology • Software • Cybersecurity • Design • Defense • Manufacturing
Provides sustaining process engineering support for semiconductor solar cell wafer and assembly production. Maintains process control using SPC, troubleshoots equipment and manufacturing anomalies, and drives continuous improvement to reduce cycle time and cost while improving performance. Supports solar technology R&D, process and product development, safety initiatives, and innovative solutions. Requires semiconductor processing experience and collaboration with manufacturing operations teams.
Top Skills:
Analytical TechniquesCC++Dry EtchingHigh-Temperature AnnealingLabviewLean PrinciplesMaterial CharacterizationPhotolithographySemiconductor ProcessingSolar Cell AssembliesSolar Cell WafersSQLStatistical Process Control (Spc)Thin-Film DepositionVBAWet Etching
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software • App development • Automation
Principal Software Engineer leading frontend and full-stack architecture for Atlassian’s Growth Platform. The role defines technical strategy for messaging, personalization, notifications, and experimentation systems; designs scalable microservices, APIs, data models, and React/TypeScript components; drives performance, reliability, security, accessibility, observability, and CI/CD standards; and influences multiple teams through architecture reviews, cross-functional partnership, and mentorship.
Top Skills:
APIsAutomated TestingCi/CdClient SdksClient-Side State ManagementCore Web VitalsCSSData ModelingDistributed SystemsDistributed TracingHTML5Javascript Es6+MicroservicesObservabilityReactTelemetryTypescript
What you need to know about the Seattle Tech Scene
Home to tech titans like Microsoft and Amazon, Seattle punches far above its weight in innovation. But its surrounding mountains, sprinkled with world-famous hiking trails and climbing routes, make the city a destination for outdoorsy types as well. Established as a logging town before shifting to shipbuilding and logistics, the Emerald City is now known for its contributions to aerospace, software, biotech and cloud computing. And its status as a thriving tech ecosystem is attracting out-of-town companies looking to establish new tech and engineering hubs.
Key Facts About Seattle Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 287,000; 13% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Google
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, software, biotechnology, game development
- Funding Landscape: $3.1 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Madrona, Fuse, Tola, Maveron
- Research Centers and Universities: University of Washington, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
