Strategic Sourcing Manager, Corporate Travel at Cohesity in Heathrow, FL

Job description

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design. Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry. We’re on a mission at Cohesity to drive operating efficiency through both procurement automation and strategic supplier management. With an expanding supply base across global categories of spend, including corporate travel, we are focused on optimizing Cohesity’s investment and advancing strategic partnerships with preferred suppliers. HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE: This sourcing professional will collaborate with a variety of business unit stakeholders to identify opportunity, develop strategy and execute on core initiatives for categories of spend within our corporate services pillar, with a focus on corporate travel (travel management, air, hotel, ground transportation and related T&E programs and technology). Experience sourcing and managing corporate travel providers is required. It will be important for the individual in this role to create balance between managing daily sourcing activity and delivering on higher priority initiatives. Unlike most indirect categories, travel spend is driven by thousands of individual traveler decisions, so results depend on influencing policy and behavior as much as on negotiating contracts. The role also contributes to the team’s coverage of urgent traveler needs, including leadership based on the West Coast. Core responsibilities will include the following: Sourcing Acumen: Drive development and execution of high impact strategic sourcing projects and initiatives ensuring alignment with the overall priorities and objectives of Cohesity. Gather and use data analytics, industry benchmarking and strategic sourcing methodologies to identify sourcing opportunity, develop and execute on sourcing strategies. Develop and present annual category sourcing plans (assigned commodities and/or assigned scope) complete with savings target, benchmarking, evaluation metrics; and deliver on the same annually. Develop and maintain a preferred supply base for commodities, including a global preferred travel program of travel management company (TMCs), airlines, hotels, car rental and ground transportation providers. Lead negotiations with suppliers on a variety of contracts, working across functions to ensure maximum value and minimum risk to Cohesity. Manage strategic supplier relationships with cross functional/cross business impact covering multiple geographies. Contract negotiation - negotiate contractual terms for Cohesity’s commercial benefit while mitigating legal and contractual risk for the company Actively monitor and evaluate savings targets with a focus on contributing to and delivering on category goals quarterly/annually. Define, measure and report savings using a consistent, defensible methodology. Travel is a demand-driven category, so the approach will evolve and call for creativity, with hard savings delivered wherever they emerge. Lead end-to-end sourcing of corporate travel providers (RFPs, supplier selection, negotiation and onboarding), including TMC, airline, hotel, car rental, ground transportation, and travel booking/expense technology. Manage travel supplier performance through SLAs, KPIs, service levels and regular business reviews; drive supplier accountability, compliance and continuous improvement. Monitor supplier financial health, capacity changes and market disruption; maintain contingency opt