Date Posted: 01/28/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 496253
Industry: Software/Financial Services/IT Company
Job Title: Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Job Location: San Diego, CA, USA, 92129
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: Hybrid: 3 days/week onsite
Shift: PST Hrs.
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 13
Min Hourly Rate($): 35.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 45.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Negotiation, Procurement, RFP, Sourcing, Supply Chain
Experience Desired: strategic sourcing, negotiation, supply chain, and/or financial related experience (5+ yrs); Experience conducting RFPs, drafting SOWs, and managing complex procurement-related projects (5+ yrs)
**C2C is not available**
Job Description
Required Skills:
• Experience: 5+ years of strategic sourcing, negotiation, supply chain, and/or financial-related experience (7+ years preferred).
• Domain Expertise: Specific focus on Professional Services categories and Corporate Sourcing (Workplace) is highly preferred.
• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrated experience conducting RFPs, drafting SOWs, and managing complex procurement-related programs or projects.
• Strategic Thinker: Ability to develop innovative short- and long-term strategies.
• Operational Expert: Skilled in driving resource allocation, tracking impact, and providing data-backed recommendations.
• Connected Leader: Builds and strengthens trust across teams, influences decisions, and drives complex changes.
• Customer Obsession: Delivers customer benefits with a strong focus on experience and innovation.
• Courage & Agility: Strives for high performance and adapts quickly to industry changes.
• Uncompromising Integrity: Upholds truth, trust, and ethical responsibility in all actions.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business or a quantitative discipline.
Description:
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
• Strategy Implementation: Direct, refine, and implement sourcing strategies to drive corporate earnings, growth, and business transformation objectives.
• Market Intelligence: Connect product strategies with company goals by utilizing pricing intelligence, industry indices, and competitive benchmarks.
• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Drive a TCO mindset to ensure long-term value, balancing the needs of employees, customers, shareholders, and suppliers.
• Planning: Develop procurement supply and demand plans and establish sourcing objectives in collaboration with internal clients.
Execution & Operations
• Lifecycle Management: Manage the sourcing of assigned goods and services, including creating Statements of Work (SOWs), clarifying user requirements, and executing RFPs well in advance of client needs.
• Negotiation & Contracting: Lead supplier negotiations and create procurement contracts that leverage existing terms, optimize internal client advantages, and minimize risk.
• Continuous Improvement: Deliver year-over-year cost/quality performance improvements and provide recommendations for process optimizations and supporting metrics.
Stakeholder & Supplier Management
• Relationship Building: Proactively build relationships with and influence executive stakeholders and cross-functional procurement teams.
• Supplier Performance: Manage supplier assessments, development plans, and action plans to remedy sub-standard performance or escalations.
• Communication: Document and communicate status, issues, and risks in a timely manner to stakeholders and senior management.
- **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
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