Disney
Sr Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Technology
Burbank, CA, USA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$168k-$205kDetected 21 days ago
Data AnalysisStakeholder ManagementNegotiationSupply ChainProcurementPerformance ManagementContract ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- We make the impossible possible by using innovative technology and creative excellence to bring stories to life through our movies, products, games, parks and resorts, and media networks.
- The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.
Responsibilities
- The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Technology will lead a team responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies across key technology categories.
- This role partners with senior Technology, Finance, Sourcing, and business stakeholders to make informed supplier and technology decisions, maximize value, mitigate risk, and negotiate agreements that support business priorities.
- This role requires strong executive presence, sound judgment, analytical rigor, and the ability to build trusted relationships across a complex, matrixed organization.
- Develop and manage technology category strategies that support business priorities and deliver against savings, value, and risk mitigation goals.
- Lead complex sourcing engagements from intake through contract award, including supplier assessment, onboarding, competitive bidding, renewals, negotiations, contracting, and supplier management.
- Support continuous improvement of sourcing policies, processes, tools, and governance standards.
- Develop, monitor, and report performance measures that demonstrate value, savings, compliance, and supplier performance.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with Segment and functional leaders to understand business needs and advance sourcing and procurement initiatives.
- Lead supplier performance reviews and compliance activities in partnership with business stakeholders, as appropriate.
- Establish and strengthen strategic supplier relationships that support business objectives and long-term value creation.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, category management, or a related field.
- 5-7+ years of leadership experience managing teams in a strategic sourcing or procurement environment.
- 3-5+ years of Technology category management experience, including development and implementation of category strategies.
- Strong knowledge of category management frameworks, including analysis, strategy development, implementation, measurement, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to understand technology products, services, and supplier markets and translate business needs into effective sourcing strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and address stakeholder needs across multiple business units.
- Experience leading and managing virtual teams.
- Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Proven ability to plan, prioritize, and align resources to organizational goals.
- Deep expertise in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, market assessments, competitive RFXs, bid strategy, complex negotiations, contract management, SLAs, and risk management for technology categories.
Nice to have
- Internal or external business consulting experience.
- Experience in television, media, entertainment, multinational, or technology companies.
- Willingness to travel up to 10%.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant area, such as, supply chain management, finance, technology, business or equivalent work experience
- MBA or another quantitative discipline
- Job Posting Segment:
- Corporate Finance
- Job Posting Primary Business:
Compensation
- The Senior Manager will develop and deliver strategic category plans, support the Sourcing Annual Operating Plan, and provide thought leadership on procurement strategies, processes, supplier management, and operational improvements.
Company info
- About the Role & Team
- At Disney, we are storytellers.
- The Enterprise Sourcing team supports sourcing and procurement needs across corporate functions and business segments, including the development and execution of category management strategies for Technology.
This listing is sourced directly from Disney's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.