Strategic Sourcing Manager

About the team

Zillow Group, Inc. is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life’s next chapter. As the most visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow and its affiliates help high-intent movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. The Strategic Sourcing team enables Zillow Group business and technology teams to run efficiently and scale. We collaborate closely with shared services teams across the business including Finance Services, FP&A, AP, and Legal. The Strategic Sourcing team supports the entire enterprise as our core customer base and works in a consultative approach to ensure our vendor related investments are delivering effectively. The team strives to facilitate our partners' contracting needs to ensure we Deliver Quality on Time, Every Time.

About the role

Our Strategic Sourcing team is looking for a partner focused Strategic Sourcing Manager! In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to the business, driving critical elements of the supplier relationship lifecycle including planning, sourcing and negotiation support for complex deals, also owning supplier relationship management. You will be a subject matter authority on our sourcing projects, spend, purchasing, planning, and sourcing related processes supporting our Developer Engineering and Network Engineering enterprise tool base. Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Lead sourcing events,(complex and commodity), i.e. RFx’s, lead negotiations, facilitate contracting, and manage supplier relationships across your book of business etc.

• Research and identify savings and supplier optimization opportunities within Zillow’s current and future services needs

• Be a key point for Sourcing and PFS on our Engineering supplier relationships

• Drive Partner Business reviews monthly/quarterly

• Manage key Sourcing processes and be familiar with SOP creation

• Excelin data-driven communications and recommendations, both internally and with suppliers,

• Cultivate positive relationships across the business and all levels

• Develop and implement standard supplier agreements and relevant amendments, supplier management standard methodologies, and sourcing practices i.e. use “ZG paper” as much as possible

• Lead cross-functional projects and process improvements across multiple partner teams and internally within Sourcing and PFS

• Act as a strategic sourcing advisor by being a knowledgeable and reliable resource to our team members

• Find opportunities to rationalize suppliers and program strategies that deliver effective supplier use while considering risk, overall supplier mix and opportunities to invest in innovative or diverse supplier capabilities

• May educate partners and suppliers on policy and guideline compliance

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