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Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing

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Leads and transforms the procurement function through technology sourcing, vendor lifecycle optimization, system consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, contract negotiations, and procurement tool adoption. Partners with Finance, Legal, IT, InfoSec, and senior leadership to manage risk, optimize agreements, drive cost savings, improve governance, and support organizational change. Oversees vendor onboarding, renewals, change orders, stakeholder escalations, training, and daily procurement operations.
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Movable Ink scales content personalization for marketers through data-activated content generation and AI decisioning. The world’s most innovative brands rely on Movable Ink to maximize revenue, simplify workflow and boost marketing agility. Headquartered in New York City with close to 600 employees, Movable Ink serves its global client base with operations throughout North America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.

The Business Technology & Transformation  team is seeking a proactive, strategic, and business-savvy leader to elevate, lead, and further mature our Procurement function. This role will drive process optimization across the vendor lifecycle, lead software, hardware, and event sourcing strategies, and oversee technology budget planning and forecasting. You will own initiatives to leverage AI and identify system consolidation opportunities, while ensuring that our procurement operations create maximum value across the organization. Collaborating closely with senior leadership, Legal, IT, and InfoSec, you will shape the long-term strategic sourcing roadmap while optimizing vendor relationships and contracts.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and transform the Procurement organization, focusing on process optimization and driving continuous improvement to build a best-in-class procurement function aligned with organizational goals.
  • Develop and own proactive technology sourcing strategies that anticipate business needs and best in class technology for the organization
  • Leverage existing tools (Ironclad, Productiv) and emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance procurement effectiveness and innovation.
  • Partner with Finance to drive annual and quarterly technology budget planning, forecasting, and spend analysis, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities and cost optimization.
  • Drive system consolidation efforts, identifying opportunities to streamline the vendor portfolio, reduce redundancy, and renegotiate enterprise-wide agreements.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, IT, InfoSec, and senior leadership to assess risk, ensure compliance, and optimize contract terms for all technology and service agreements.
  • Direct complex negotiations with key vendors to secure competitive terms, flexible license structures, and scalable contract models that support growth.
  • Lead evaluation and adoption of procurement and vendor management tools and platforms to improve contract lifecycle management, reporting, and data-driven decision making.
  • Serve as a senior escalation point for vendor and stakeholder issues, managing relationships at the executive level and ensuring alignment and transparency across the organization.
  • Establish and drive training and change management initiatives related to procurement processes, systems, and governance.
  • Maintain day-to-day operations including processing new vendors, renewals, and change orders according to SLAs and stakeholder expectations

Qualifications:

  • Proven leadership experience in technology procurement, strategic sourcing, and vendor management at a senior level.
  • Experience implementing and managing procurement tools and contract management platforms (e.g., Ironclad/Docusign, SaaS Management, Orchestration tools).
  • Deep expertise in system consolidation, technology budgeting, forecasting, and KPI management related to technology procurement.
  • Strong knowledge and practical experience with deploying AI applications, system consolidation
  • Excellent negotiation skills with a track record of driving cost savings and value through complex agreements.
  • Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.
  • Strategic thinker with a drive for continuous improvement and the ability to lead organizational change.
  • Self-motivated and entrepreneurial mindset with a dedication to high standards of operational excellence and data accuracy

The base pay range for this position is $130,000-$170,000/year, which can include additional bonus depending on the position ultimately offered, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. The base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Studies have shown that women, communities of color, and historically underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture where all Inkers can thrive. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet all of the abovementioned qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Our differences bring a breadth of knowledge and perspectives that makes us collectively stronger.

We welcome and employ people regardless of race, color, gender identity or expression, religion, genetic information, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ethnicity, family or marital status, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, disability, Veteran status, or other protected characteristics. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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