We're looking for a Technology Sourcing/Category Manager. In this role, you will report to the Sourcing and Category Procurement Manager - Team Lead, and join Atlassian's global procurement team consisting of a highly performing, collaborative group of professionals.
As a Manager - Technology Sourcing & Category Management in the procurement team, you will work with multiple stakeholders at all levels across Atlassian to set the sourcing strategy and cost optimization program. Your role involves using data-driven analysis to focus on the total cost of ownership and make recommendations to key stakeholders and leadership that achieve the best value for the company.
The analysis includes cost modeling, quotation analysis, and the identification of industry and category trends.
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Perks & benefits
Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits to learn more.
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.
Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: - $129,200 - $172,200
Zone B: - $116,300 - $155,000
Zone C: - $107,200 - $142,900
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
- Identify, obtain buy-in, and lead transformational strategic sourcing initiatives, following a standard strategic sourcing methodology that maximizes Atlassian's value
- Personally lead key initiatives, serving as the primary liaison between Legal, Finance, IT, department business units, project managers and other key business partners in the end-to-end strategic sourcing process including category analysis, supplier selection, and contract negotiation
- Lead the planning and launch of RFIs and RFPs
Establish positive relationships across the business units to ensure active and early participation in supplier related matters - Provide rigorous analysis of spend data and industry dynamics to identify, prioritize, and launch sourcing initiatives
- Prepare and present category business cases
- Identify process improvements to increase efficiencies and maximize spend opportunity
- Contribute to implementation, planning, and change management of process improvement initiatives across Atlassian
- Mentor other team members and business partners on procurement best practices
- Develop relationship management strategies by which suppliers are evaluated, selected and run in accordance with established guidelines and best practices (RFI/RFP, Scorecards, Performance Metrics, escalation/response processes, etc.)
- 10+ years of strategic sourcing experience in enterprise software, SaaS, and running indirect spend for multiple projects simultaneously
- Demonstrated success in sourcing, negotiating, and delivery of complex contracts, with an emphasis in software related purchases (SaaS, IaaS, and other hosting and cloud based services)
- Extraordinary relationship building skills that include experience working with and influencing senior engineering, IT, and business leaders and supplier executives
- Expert negotiation skills in both financial and business matters, including commercial terms for strategic contracts
- A proven ability to work independently with strong teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Project management and cross-functional team leadership
- A clear ability to inspire change, manage conflict, bring together disparate points of view, make decisions, gain buy-in, and build consensus to deliver on objectives
- Bachelor's degree preferred; supply chain concentration preferred Demonstrated knowledge of procurement policies, processes, and tools.