Strategic Sourcing (IT) - Senior Lead

About the opportunity

You’ll join our Finance team — the team that provides expertise and support to our five business verticals. Working hand in hand with internal stakeholders, you’ll help them overcome obstacles by understanding their goals and challenges. You’ll enable them to focus on what really matters - helping our teams reach their full potential.

This position reports to Xplor’s VP of Global procurement and requires a highly analytical, proactive, organized, problem solver.  The Sourcing Associate needs strong communication skills, effective business partnering skills, and an ability to drive cost improvement. 

The Sourcing team is responsible for effective supplier negotiations, identifying savings opportunities, and creating workflows to procure goods / services while complying with policy.  The candidate must demonstrate good business judgement, be comfortable with data and succeed despite imperfect or incomplete data.  They will execute within guidelines (policy, timing, budget, scope, etc.).  This position frequently interacts with Xplor’s senior leaders. 

Strategic IT Sourcing - Senior Lead is responsible for:

• Managing the Procure to Pay system with the AP team.
• Creating and reporting spend data analysis.
• Driving cost out while ensuring Xplor is sourced to support / grow business.  
• Managing supplier engagements - concept through execution; (scope, RFP, negotiations, supplier awarding, contract execution, supplier migration / implementation).  
• Maintaining a funnel of savings opportunities.  Identifies and tracks opportunities, documents sourcing priorities and roadmap of sourcing activities.  
• Maintaining a savings achievement tracker (in sync with finance for forecasting)
• Reporting: KPIs, preferred supplier adoption, exception reporting & business partner reporting.
• Complying with Xplor policy and standards: Terms and Conditions (payment terms, break clauses, engage legal for Xplor standard wording, disclosures, engages legal, business partner inputs, proper contact approvals, Procurement policy, etc.
• Ensuring contracts and commercial agreements are being followed and recorded in Xplor contract repository

What would make me a good candidate?

We are looking for curious and empathetic people. We also love to hear from people who are motivated by meaningful work, resonate with our four core values, have a positive outlook, are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive working in an ever-evolving and complex environment. We are inspired by meeting big picture thinkers and doers, people who can be both tactical and strategic, aim high and put people first in everything they do.

 Required qualifications and skills for this role:

• Advanced skillset in technology sourcing to identify spend savings opportunities and manage from sourcing through implementation is key
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and motivational skills
• Creating category plans 
• Build strong internal relationships with key business stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional commercial acumen and negotiation skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills and an analytical mind
• Adaptability and flexibility, able to manage fast paced change in growing company
• MCIPS qualified would be desirable

At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.

The average salary for this role is $70,000-100,000 USD and eligible for a discretionary bonus.

Values and Life at Xplor

Our four core values that guide us from how we hire and recognize our team members to how we interact with our customers day to day:

• Make life simple
• Build for people
• Move with purpose
• Create lasting communities.

 If these values sound like you, and describe people you want to work with, you will thrive at Xplor.

As an Xplorer, you will be part of a global network of talented colleagues who will support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.

Some of our perks and benefits are: 

• 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer
• #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
• Access to free mental health support
• Flexible working arrangements

Ready to apply?

To start your application, please submit your resume and we will be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word "moonshot" at the top of your message to the Hiring Manager so that we know you took the time to read our job ad.

More about us 

We are the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing “everyday life” verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud-based payment processing platform. With operations in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and the UK, we serve over 106,000 customers that processed over $38 billion in payments across 20 markets in 2024.

Good to know

To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorized to work in the location (country) you're applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time. 

We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. Please don't send your application via email.

To learn more about us and our products, please visit www.xplortechnologies.com/careers. 

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EEO and Artificial Intelligence

Please note that we do not exclusively rely on artificial intelligence (AI) when making hiring, promotion or any other employment decisions. We don’t have any AI tools in place that are capable of making these kinds of hiring decisions for us.

Xplor is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We're dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community. All Information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

Xplor is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Xplor will take steps to ensure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us via talent@xplortechnologies.com. 

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