Salary: $60k-$90k
“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.
Responsibilities
Experienced in managing end-to-end sourcing for Professional Services, including strategy execution, RFx management, supplier selection, and contract negotiation. Strong capability in stakeholder collaboration, market research, and delivering sourcing initiatives from requirement gathering through contracting, ensuring value optimization, compliance, and timely execution.
- Execute sourcing strategies for Professional Services categories (consulting, IT services, legal, staffing, BPO)
- Manage end-to-end sourcing lifecycle from requirement gathering through contract execution
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and define sourcing approach
- Conduct market research and supplier analysis to identify qualified vendors and gather intelligence
- Develop and publish RFx (RFI/RFP/RFQ) in sourcing platforms
- Drive supplier identification, selection, and evaluation, including scorecarding and due diligence
- Analyze and document supplier responses to ensure completeness and alignment with requirements
- Lead commercial negotiations (pricing, terms, service levels) to optimize cost and mitigate risk
- Manage contracting process (MSA/SOW) in collaboration with legal, business, and suppliers
- Coordinate contract finalization and execution ensuring compliance and governance alignment
- Maintain and manage project plans / trackers for all sourcing initiatives
- Ensure timely execution of sourcing events, NDA management, and contracting milestones
- Coordinate with stakeholders to schedule meetings, supplier presentations, and evaluation sessions
- Provide regular status updates and reporting to stakeholders on sourcing progress
- Ensure adherence to procurement policies, processes, and compliance requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
- MBA or relevant procurement certification (preferred but not mandatory)
- Strong expertise in Strategic Sourcing and Professional Services procurement
- Experience in RFx execution, supplier evaluation, and negotiation
- Solid understanding of MSA/SOW contracting and commercial models
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple sourcing projects with structured planning and tracking
- Strong analytical skills for supplier assessment and decision-making
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
- MBA or relevant procurement certification
- Expertise in Strategic Sourcing and Professional Services procurement
- Experience in RFx execution, supplier evaluation, and negotiation
- Understanding of MSA/SOW contracting and commercial models
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple sourcing projects with structured planning and tracking
- Strong analytical skills for supplier assessment and decision-making
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.
