Senior Strategic Sourcing Operations Manager

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables outstanding creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars.NVIDIA is now seeking a Strategic Sourcing Operations Senior Manager to join our Global Corporate Procurement team, headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. This position will lead efforts to optimize the key outputs of the Strategic Sourcing team through standardization of the processes, tools and templates used by team members. Although sourcing categories are managed primarily from the Santa Clara office, this role requires close collaboration with the global Strategic Sourcing team.What you’ll be doing:Achieve a deep understanding of how each of member of the Strategic Sourcing team currently tailors their activities and processes to produce sourcing value for the businesses they support.Find opportunities for standardizing current processes and tools to optimize value derived by the team’s activities.Develop and improve templates/processes (RFX, contracts, forms, flowcharts, metrics, strategic sourcing plans and knowledge management) resulting in a standard source to pay process.Facilitate RFx events and other procurement regular activities (e.g. weekly purchasing reviews) together with the Sourcing Managers.Achieve alignment from Strategic Sourcing and Procurement team members on proposed improvements.Lead communications within the Strategic Sourcing/Procurement team and to other business partners.Improve utilization of Strategic Sourcing tools, primarily Workday Strategic Sourcing.Perform to high ethical standards, with strong quality of work mindset and customer focused service delivery model.What we need to see:Bachelor’s degree required in business or technical degree or equivalent experience8+ years of relevant experience including 2+ years of Leadership in a fast-growing/fast-paced technology companyStrategic Sourcing experienceExperience in successfully aligning teams to a common procurement related processStrong background with procurement tools, processes and platforms (e.g. SAP, Coupa, Workday Strategic Sourcing, DocuSign CLM)Demonstrated ability to influence individuals toward a common goalExperience in project management and performing in an unstructured environmentStrong listening, communication and influencing skillsWays to stand out from the crowd:Expertise in procurement and analytics tools to automate processes and generate significant insights from dataAbility to deliver substantial and measurable benefits from standardization of a procurement related processExperience increasing collaboration among team members together with improving process definition and standardizationWith competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking people in the world working for us, and due to outstanding growth, our Finance teams are rapidly growing. If you're creative and autonomous with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.The base salary range is $180,000 - $299,000. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.