Teams at Citizens

Lead technology category sourcing and strategic negotiations to drive cost savings, vendor management, and total cost of ownership improvements. Develop commodity strategies, manage spend activity, lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives and contract negotiations, provide category expertise, and use analytics to identify savings and improve supplier performance while partnering with business stakeholders.

Lead strategic sourcing for the Global Labor category, including technology labor, professional services, consulting, and HR recruiting. Develop commodity strategies, manage spend, identify savings opportunities, lead competitive bidding and contract negotiations, and provide procurement expertise to business partners. Analyze market trends, supplier relationships, total cost of ownership, and business needs to recommend initiatives that improve cost, quality, service levels, and organizational value.

Leads strategic sourcing for real estate, facilities, construction, and retail network categories. Develops multi-year category strategies, drives savings and value targets, leads complex negotiations, manages supplier performance and risk, and advises senior stakeholders. Oversees a team of sourcing professionals through coaching, workload prioritization, and capability development. Requires strong commercial, analytical, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and executive-communication skills, with experience in regulated industries and complex spend portfolios preferred.