- Lead the end-to-end delivery of sourcing initiatives and procurement programs across categories
- Manage client relationships and serve as the key point of contact for sourcing delivery, ensuring high-quality execution and client satisfaction.
- Lead and manage a team of sourcing professionals, ensuring productivity and delivery quality
- Monitor program performance against KPIs and SLAs, providing regular updates to internal leadership and client stakeholders
- Collaborate with sourcing directors to ensure seamless execution of sourcing projects
- Managed end-to-end sourcing cycle, understand business needs, perform vendor research to identify potential participants to getting the contract signed
- Conduct market research and analysis to identify potential suppliers, evaluate their capabilities, and gather market intelligence to support decision-making
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Lead supplier selection and qualification processes, including issuing RFIs, RFPs, and conducting supplier evaluations and negotiations
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their requirements and ensure the sourcing strategy meets their needs
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage supplier relationships and address any issues or disputes that may arise
- Liaising with business stakeholders, procurement team and suppliers to ensure timely and successful completions of tasks and activities (related to RFx events, NDA management and contracting)
- Manage resource allocation, utilization, and capacity planning
- Ensure consistent use of tools, templates, and best practices across engagements
- Monitor and improve cycle times, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction
- Provide hands-on support and guidance in complex sourcing and contracting situations
- Lead governance meetings, program reviews, and issue resolution processes.
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 10+ years’ experience, experienced in working in a consulting or client-facing environment
- Proven experience as a Sourcing Specialist, Procurement Specialist, or similar role
- Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing methodologies, procurement best practices, and supplier management
- Experience in global delivery and managing cross-functional teams
- Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proven experience leading large-scale sourcing or procurement transformation programs
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Professional certifications such as Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification will be a plus
Type of Role: Remote
Salary Range: $90k-$130k
“For more information on benefits and what we offer please visit us at https://www.exlservice.com/us-careers-and-benefits”
The posted range is the hiring range for this role — a subset of the broader range available to employees over time — and reflects base salary across our national hiring scale. Final offers are based on several factors, including the candidate's skills and experience, internal pay equity, work location, market conditions for the role, and the specific scope and responsibilities of the position. The top of the range is reserved for candidates who notably exceed the requirements; the lower end applies to those with less experience or fewer preferred qualifications. For positions based in higher-cost zones (e.g., California, New York, New Jersey), actual compensation may exceed the posted range; your recruiter will share specifics during the process.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree
- 10+ years' experience, including consulting or client-facing environments
- Proven experience as a Sourcing Specialist, Procurement Specialist, or similar
- Experience leading large-scale sourcing or procurement transformation programs
- Experience managing and leading teams of sourcing professionals
- Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing methodologies, procurement best practices, and supplier management
- Experience in global delivery and managing cross-functional teams
- Hands-on experience with RFIs, RFPs, RFx events, supplier evaluation, negotiations, NDAs, and contracting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Professional certifications such as CPSM or PMP
What We Do
Choosing a digital partner is about more than capabilities — it’s about collaboration and character. Unrealistic overhauls and off-the-shelf products ignore what matters most — your unique needs, culture, goals, and your legacy data and technology environments. At EXL, our collaboration is built on ongoing listening and learning to adapt our methodologies. We’re your business evolution partner—tailoring solutions that make the most of data to make better business decisions and drive more intelligence into your increasingly digital operations. Whether your goals are scaling the use of AI and digital, redesign operating models, or driving better and faster decisions, we’re here to partner with you to help you gain—and maintain—competitive advantage with efficient, sustainable models at scale. Our expertise in transformation, data science, and change management helps make your business more efficient and effective, improve customer relationships and enhance revenue growth. Instead of focusing on multi-year, resource- and time-intensive platform designs or migrations, we look deeper at your entire value chain to integrate strategies with impact. We use our specialization in analytics, digital interventions, and operations management—alongside deep industry expertise — to deliver solutions that help you outperform the competition. At EXL, it’s all about outcomes—your outcomes—and delivering success on your terms. Share your goals with us and together, we’ll optimize how you leverage data to drive your business forward. For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.
