Strategic Sourcing Manager - Global Workplace Services (Real Estate & Facilities

Meta is seeking an experienced professional to join our Global Strategic Sourcing team as a Sourcing Manager, focusing on Global Workplace Services. This is a unique opportunity to work with a wide variety of internal teams and impact the company's growth by providing sourcing solutions.

As part of the Strategic Sourcing organization within Finance, this team is responsible for end-to-end sourcing, which focuses on three main pillars as part of our Service Model:
- Category Management: Developing and executing category strategies to meet business needs
- Supplier Management: Building and maintaining strategic relationships with suppliers
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborating with internal stakeholders to understand their requirements and provide tailored solutions

This role as Strategic Sourcing Manager - Global Workplace Services will be responsible for sourcing solutions in the areas of Real Estates Leases and Property Management, Workplace Planning Solutions, and a set of Culinary services. You will work closely with business teams to provide Meta with innovative, efficient, sustainable, and high-value third-party solutions.

This position will be supporting global projects, and may require international travel.Strategic Sourcing Manager - Global Workplace Services (Real Estate & Facilities Responsibilities

• Develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across Meta to strategically develop, implement, and optimize sourcing solutions
• Become a strategic and trusted Sourcing Business Partner by developing comprehensive category strategies, bringing key industry insights, and addressing supply chain and supply market opportunities
• Build and cultivate strategic relationships with key suppliers through a structured Supplier Relationship Program
• Lead contract negotiations that optimize value to the company
• Manage sourcing documents, contracts, statements of work, and related procurement documents
• Actively identify, track, and manage issues and risks for projects and categories
• Establish sustainable and collaborative relationships with Strategic Sourcing Category Teams, Contract Management Teams, Procurement Operations Teams, and Procure to Pay to develop sound operational processes
• Understand and apply policies, standards, and practices established across the end-to-end Source to Pay journey
• Manage, coordinate, and support special and complex projects
• Balance business requirements versus technical constraints and maximize business benefits
• Manage data through various sources and adopt technology to support strategic work

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, supply chain, procurement, finance, management, or a related discipline
• 8+ years of experience in Sourcing & Procurement for Real Estates Leases and Property Management, Facilities services, and Culinary sourcing solutions
• Demonstrated experience to manage global categories and multiple stakeholders across different regions
• Proven success in sourcing, negotiating, and delivering complex projects with negotiation skills in both financial and business matters
• Experience in negotiating, breaking down cost models, and understanding the drivers of ROI
• Skilled in utilizing quantitative data analysis, industry trends, and internal spend data to create strategies and identify optimization opportunities
• Established track record of implementing category, strategic sourcing, and process improvement initiatives
• History of building and maintaining strategic relationships with business leaders and supplier executives to achieve business goals
• Experience managing and influencing multiple stakeholders and XFNs towards Sourcing goals
• Previous experience driving change, managing conflict, unifying diverse perspectives, decision-making, securing support, and building consensus to achieve goals
• Knowledge of legal, financial, and technology components of sourcing
• Experienced in implementing and driving supplier management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a global and virtual environment, both internally and with suppliers
• Demonstrated experience in analytical and critical thinking skills, with experience in applying these skills to resolve issues and opportunities strategically
• Experience working with technology and AI in Sourcing, including applying these tools to improve processes and outcomes

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