Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing - CEEF

7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to 'activate awesome' and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager is an experienced sourcing professional responsible for driving complex, high-impact sourcing/procurement initiatives for designated categories. This role will oversee sourcing/procurement related activities and processes associated with the acquisition of construction, engineering, facilities, equipment, materials and related services. This includes gathering requirements, sourcing strategy development, creating and issuing Request for Proposal (RFP), proposal evaluation, contract negotiations, contract drafting and administration with the goal to improve spend, quality, service, project execution and supplier performance. The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager shapes category sourcing strategy by leading sourcing professionals and cross-functional stakeholders through a structured, data-driven approach, leveraging business insights to support sourcing decisions that result in meaningful savings and risk reduction for the company. This role also supports the optimization and sourcing governance of significant multi-year construction programs, including Reinvestment One, by helping standardize sourcing strategies, vendor models, contracting approaches, equipment and materials planning, and scalable execution support. This role is also responsible for mentoring others, building strategic stakeholder partnerships, managing key supplier and contractor relationships, driving multiple complex sourcing events, and using data analysis for effective negotiations and contract development. The Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing must have proven leadership skills and the ability to influence peers and cross-functional stakeholders. This position leads business conversations with senior leaders, challenges the status quo, and finds best-value solutions in support of 7-Eleven's key initiatives and growth strategy.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

• Consistently engage with senior leaders and key business stakeholders to understand business strategy, construction and engineering needs, project specifications and requirements, and facilitate alignment on sourcing/procurement strategies that support business goals and optimize total cost of ownership. 
• Use data, spend analysis, market research and business insights to develop and implement strategic sourcing/procurement strategies and execution plans for designated categories.
• Identify and evaluate suppliers, execute RFQ/RFP events, analyze results, develop negotiation strategies, and negotiate complex, large-value and multi-year contracts with strategic suppliers to ensure optimal pricing, reduced risk, favorable terms and optimized total-cost-of-ownership.
• Oversee sourcing strategy and supplier capacity planning for significant multi-year construction programs, including Reinvestment One, to support scalable market-level execution, optimized cost structures, consistent delivery standards and effective risk management.
• Build and maintain strong strategic relationships with contractors, suppliers, engineering partners and stakeholders to ensure effective execution, timely delivery of products/services, implementation of defined SLA’s and prompt resolution of any issues that arise.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies, including competitive RFPs, direct negotiations, renewals and supplier optimization strategies, to mitigate risk and improve cost-effectiveness, quality, service, project delivery and contractor/supplier performance.
• Partner with Construction, Engineering, Facilities, Finance, PMO and other cross-functional teams to optimize Reinvestment One sourcing activities, including contractor awards, preconstruction services, equipment, materials, signage, surveys, permitting support and related program needs.
• Support supplier and contractor business reviews, governance committees, category strategy meetings and implementation activities to ensure supplier performance, compliance and alignment with construction and engineering business objectives.
• Understand and manage high risk, sensitive compliance events.
• Is seen as the go-to expert related to the categories he/she supports. Ability to solve problems by assessing the situation, leveraging, and analyzing relevant data, identifying root cause and developing solutions to resolve any issues that arise.
• Manage and balance multiple, simulta