As the Senior Manager - Indirect Strategic Sourcing, you will be responsible for helping build and lead Wesco’s enterprise indirect procurement sourcing function, developing sourcing strategies, optimizing supplier performance, improving spend visibility, and delivering measurable cost savings across indirect spend categories. You will be accountable for partnering with business leaders to align sourcing priorities with enterprise objectives, establish scalable sourcing processes, supplier governance practices, and support procurement transformation initiatives within a newly developing indirect procurement organization.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development and execution of enterprise-wide indirect sourcing strategies
- Manage supplier relationships and drive vendor rationalization initiatives across multiple spend categories
- Lead contract negotiations focused on cost reduction, risk mitigation, and service optimization
- Identify opportunities to optimize more than $2B in indirect enterprise spend
- Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand procurement requirements and align sourcing strategies
- Establish supplier governance and performance management programs
- Drive compliance with procurement policies and sourcing standards
- Develop sourcing roadmaps that support organizational growth and transformation initiatives
- Build and lead a high-performing indirect procurement team as the organization scales
- Collaborate closely with the Operations Excellence Lead to create a seamless Source-to-Contract (S2C) and Procure-to-Invoice (P2I) operating model
- Support future procurement technology and process transformation initiatives
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree - Business, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Finance, Operations, or related discipline required; Masters Degree preferred
- 8 years of progressive experience in indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, or related leadership roles
- Experience leading indirect sourcing functions within a large-scale B2B organization
- Proven ability to negotiate complex supplier agreements, deliver measurable cost savings, and manage supplier governance and vendor performance
- Strong executive presence with demonstrated ability to influence senior business leaders and lead cross-functional initiatives
- Demonstrated people leadership experience managing teams, developing talent, and building or transforming procurement organizations
- Knowledge of procurement best practices, sourcing standards, compliance requirements, supplier governance, and vendor management
- Experience with enterprise procurement technologies, sourcing tools, contract management systems, or procure-to-pay platforms preferred
- Experience supporting procurement transformation initiatives, operating model design, or process improvement efforts preferred
- Experience managing large indirect spend portfolios across multiple categories preferred
- Ability to travel 0% - 25%
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In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Finance, Operations, or a related discipline
- 8 years of progressive experience in indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, or related leadership roles
- Experience leading indirect sourcing functions within a large-scale B2B organization
- Experience negotiating complex supplier agreements, delivering measurable cost savings, and managing supplier governance and vendor performance
- Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior business leaders and lead cross-functional initiatives
- People leadership experience managing teams, developing talent, and building or transforming procurement organizations
- Knowledge of procurement best practices, sourcing standards, compliance requirements, supplier governance, and vendor management
- Master’s degree
- Experience with enterprise procurement technologies, sourcing tools, contract management systems, or procure-to-pay platforms
- Experience supporting procurement transformation initiatives, operating model design, or process improvement efforts
- Experience managing large indirect spend portfolios across multiple categories
- Ability to travel 0%–25%
WESCO International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) with company match is a relative strong point and is consistently part of the package. Retirement offerings are frequently cited as a solid element within the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO policies are favorable, including self‑managed or generous banks in some roles along with paid holidays. Paid parental leave and related time‑off options add to the perceived strength of leave benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Feedback suggests employees have meaningful choice through medical plan options with HSA/FSA alongside ancillary programs like EAP, discounts, and supplemental coverages. The breadth of selectable add‑ons supports tailoring benefits to individual needs.
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What We Do
At Wesco, we believe life should run smoothly. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Harnessing 100 years of ingenuity and expertise, we increase profitability, improve productivity and mitigate risk for approximately 150,000 customers worldwide. With nearly 1.5 million products and locations in more than 50 countries, Wesco is your partner in progress. Our company’s greatest asset is our people. From our corporate and field offices to our distribution sites, Wesco employs over 20,000 professionals around the globe. We’re committed to fostering diversity and inclusion across our workforce by embracing the unique perspectives, authenticity, and individuality our team members contribute to the company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company with 2022 net sales of $21.4 billion.
