Strategic Sourcing Manager

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Culver City, CA
88K-110K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media • eCommerce • Gaming • Mobile • News + Entertainment
The world’s largest destination for anime & manga focused on creating 360° fan experiences.
The Role
The Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead sourcing projects including contract renewals and negotiations, identify cost-saving opportunities, manage high-value contracts, and collaborate with partners to align sourcing policies with company goals. This role requires strong expertise in vendor negotiations and strategic sourcing within the media or technology industry.
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About Crunchyroll

WE HELP EVERYONE BELONG. IT’S OUR PURPOSE.

Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

About the role

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will support all of Crunchyroll’s lines of business, including SaaS, IT, Compute, Consulting, Contingent Labor, and Managed Services. In this newly created role, you will lead contract negotiations, manage contractual obligations, and contribute to financial reporting and forecasting efforts.

  • Lead Sourcing Projects: Oversee important sourcing projects such as contract renewals, commercial negotiations, and RFP/RFI events. Conduct commercial analysis for high-value or critical spend categories.
  • Negotiation Strategy: Develop and implement negotiation strategies in collaboration with partners. Guide structured, clear, negotiations that align with our goals.
  • Identify Savings Opportunities: Research opportunities for cost savings and avoidance across five lines of business.
  • Contract Management: Lead the engagement with legal teams for contract submission, redlining support, commercial negotiations, and contract execution.
  • Partner Collaboration: Build relationships with key partners to ensure alignment between their goals, company initiatives, and sourcing policies.

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will report to the Director, Strategic Sourcing.

This is a hybrid position. Employees are expected to work from the office 2 set days a week. We are considering candidates in Culver City.

About You

  • 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, contract management, procurement, within the media or technology industry.
  • Experience in eCommerce, Localization, Professional Services, and/or Marketing spend categories. 
  • Demonstrated expertise leading complex vendor negotiations.
  • Experience managing high-value contracts and complex spend categories.
  • Familiarity with financial reporting, forecasting, and cost-saving strategies.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

  • Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
  • Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
  • Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
  • Health Saving Account HSA program
  • Health care and dependent care FSA
  • 401(k) plan, with employer match
  • Employer paid commuter benefit
  • Support program for new parents
  • Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid

The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.

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$88,000$110,000 USD

About our Values

We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value

  • Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

  • Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

  • Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

  • Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

Questions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs: https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040471712-Crunchyroll-Hiring-FAQs

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Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com email account.

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HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,200 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Crunchyroll is the world’s largest destination for anime and manga focused on creating 360° experiences — from video to merchandise, events, and gaming — for fans to connect through the content they love.

Why Work With Us

The quality of our company is a direct result of the quality of our people, so we take the process and art of hiring very seriously. Every position we recruit against is an opportunity for us to enhance and directly impact our culture and climate, and it is a reflection of the values we uphold.

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