Senior Director, Sourcing

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Senior Sourcing Manager

What this job involves:

The Senior Sourcing Manager at JLL is a hands-on leader who directly executes strategic sourcing initiatives while building and developing a high-performing team across a defined portfolio of client accounts. You will personally lead complex negotiations, manage key supplier relationships, and drive critical sourcing projects from strategy through execution—while coaching and developing your team to deliver excellence at scale. This role combines individual contributor expertise with people leadership: you'll be in the details of RFPs, contract negotiations, and supplier performance management while simultaneously serving as a trusted advisor to Account Directors, Managing Directors, and clients. Strong negotiation skills, supplier management expertise, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders are essential. You must be equally comfortable leading a high-stakes negotiation, coaching a team member through a sourcing challenge, and presenting strategic recommendations to client executives.

Your day-to-day tasks will include:

Strategic Sourcing Leadership & Value Delivery

• Lead annual sourcing plan development, execution, and KPI performance across your assigned sub-vertical portfolio

• Design and implement category-specific sourcing strategies that balance cost optimization, risk management, service quality, and innovation

• Personally lead complex, high-value supplier identification, evaluation, and selection processes, including RFP development, bid analysis, and supplier assessments across cost, quality, sustainability, and service level agreements

• Directly negotiate contracts, terms, and pricing with strategic suppliers to achieve cost savings, favorable terms, and value-added solutions for clients

• Identify and quantify savings opportunities, supplier performance improvements, and process efficiencies; communicate value realization to clients and internal stakeholders

• Conduct market research and analysis to identify potential suppliers, assess capabilities, and evaluate risks

• Drive adoption and optimization of sourcing technology platforms (e.g., Jaggaer, e-procurement, contract management software) to enable scalable, data-driven decision-making

• Execute sourcing projects end-to-end while coaching team members through parallel initiatives to build capability and capacity

Compliance, Controls & Risk Management

• Ensure all sourcing activities comply with JLL and client policies, contractual obligations, and regulatory requirements

• Establish and maintain compliance frameworks, controls, and audit readiness across the portfolio

• Partner with Legal, Risk Management, and Corporate functions to manage contract terms, supplier risk exposure, and governance standards

• Personally conduct supplier performance reviews, audits, and scorecarding; implement improvement plans as needed and coach team members to do the same

• Proactively identify and escalate portfolio risks; recommend mitigation strategies aligned with business objectives

Client & Stakeholder Partnership

• Build and sustain trusted relationships with client leadership, Account Directors, and Managing Directors to align sourcing plans with business priorities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand procurement and supply chain requirements, providing strategic guidance on sourcing strategies

• Translate client needs into actionable sourcing strategies; manage expectations through transparent communication and proactive issue resolution

• Serve as the sourcing subject matter expert in client-facing forums, personally presenting strategic insights, negotiation outcomes, and best-practice recommendations

• Work cross-functionally with operations, finance, and project delivery teams to ensure sourcing outcomes drive operational excellence and deliver immediate and sustained benefits to clients

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain a high-performing so