Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas' enterprise data protection business, the company's solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.

We've been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design , and our culture.

Want to join the leader in AI-powered data security?
We're on a mission at Cohesity to drive operating efficiency through both procurement automation and strategic supplier management. With an expanding supply base across global categories of spend, we are focused on optimizing Cohesity's investment and advancing strategic partnerships with preferred suppliers.

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:
This sourcing professional will collaborate with a variety of business unit stakeholders to identify opportunity, develop strategy and execute on core initiatives for categories of spend within Facilities, Workplace services, Real estate (WPS) & IT. It will be important for the individual in this role to create balance between managing daily sourcing activity and delivering on higher priority initiatives. This role requires an individual with strong sourcing acumen who can work across WPS category, adapt to different time zones as per business needs. This role will play a critical part in developing and executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and partnering closely with global business stakeholders to drive value, efficiency, and innovation. Core responsibilities will include the following:

Sourcing Acumen:

• Lead end-to-end sourcing and category management for Facilities, Workplace Services, and Real Estate across global sites.
• Partner with Real Estate, Facilities, and Workplace teams to understand global requirements and translate them into sourcing plans.
• Drive development and execution of high impact strategic sourcing projects and initiatives ensuring alignment with the overall priorities and objectives of Cohesity.
• Gather and use data analytics, industry benchmarking and strategic sourcing methodologies to identify sourcing opportunity, develop and execute on sourcing strategies.
• Develop and present annual category sourcing plans (assigned commodities and/or assigned scope) complete with savings target, benchmarking, evaluation metrics; and deliver on the same annually.
• Develop and maintain a preferred supply base for commodities.
• Flexibly support global operations, with ability to manage time zone differences and region-specific needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across Legal, Finance, Compliance, and other business units.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers on a variety of contracts, working across functions to ensure maximum value and minimum risk to Cohesity.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships with cross functional/cross business impact covering multiple geographies.
• Contract negotiation - negotiate contractual terms for Cohesity's commercial benefit while mitigating legal and contractual risk for the company
• Actively monitor and evaluate savings targets with a focus on contributing to and delivering on category goals quarterly/annually.

Business Acumen:

• Maintain Cohesity training requirements; actively seek opportunity to know more.
• Ensure knowledge of and compliance with Cohesity Sourcing, Procurement and LegalPolicies
• Deliver results with high degree of ethics; ensure work supports Cohesity's RADIO values.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills; have a keen ability to navigate and accommodate a variety of personalities to develop effective working partnerships
• Cultivate communication and collaboration within and across organizational boundaries
• Support the Team. If your mindset is, what is good for the team is good for me . . you'll fit it well at Cohesity.

Stakeholder Focus:

• Using spend analytics, develop a stakeholder road map; and engagement plan for assigned categories of spend.
• Serve as a trusted business advisor to business partners, providing premier technical consulting from a sourcing and external benchmark/industry perspective.
• Educate stakeholders on sourcing discipline and demonstrate the value return.
• Identify and develop collaborative partnerships with cross functional stakeholders, supporting multiple business units.
• Develop effective business relationships and advance sourcing's ability to influence-strategic supplier selection and management forward.

WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• 7 to 8+ years relevant strategic sourcing experience in the categories referenced above.
• Effective time and work-load management; ability to manage daily projects while prioritizing higher return initiatives.
• Demonstrated track record of identifying, developing and executing high impact sourcing strategies
• Excellent negotiations skills with the ability to negotiate large volume, high risk deals independently.
• Driven to advance in sourcing field and contribute to an expanding function in our organization.
• Proven success in leading global sourcing initiatives and cross-regional category strategies.
• Deep understanding of vendor landscape in facilities (e.g., soft/hard services, utilities, leases, fit-outs, maintenance, construction).
• Experience managing large-scale office build-outs, lease consolidations, or global facility expansions.
• Familiarity with sustainability and ESG-related sourcing practices for workplace services.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.

We're a small team with a lot to accomplish. If you thrive in a team environment, have a can-do attitude and are motivated by transformation, we're looking for you

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Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.
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