**Job Title: Strategic Sourcing Manager - IT Software** **Location: Charlotte, Winston-Salem or Atlanta** **Role & Responsibilities:** The Strategic Sourcing Manager will assist with managing the volume of contracts in the IT Software space, including professional services. The ideal candidate will have a proven capability to successfully lead, execute, and manage sourcing category initiatives for ongoing sourcing activities. Sourcing engagements are key to business initiatives for ongoing operations and setting foundations for innovation and new opportunities. This role aims to enable broad, long-term strategic objectives such as enhancing revenue, improving quality and efficiency, improving sourcing processes, achieving cost savings, advancing technological development, impacting talent management, advancing teammate capabilities, implementing new product initiatives, and other strategic priorities. **Key Responsibilities:** + Lead and execute sourcing category initiatives for IT software and professional services. + Manage ongoing sourcing activities to support business operations and innovation. + Enhance revenue, improve quality and efficiency, and achieve cost savings. + Advance technological development and impact talent management. + Implement new product initiatives and other strategic priorities. **Required Qualifications:** + Extensive experience managing and executing strategic sourcing events for software and professional services (minimum 5 years). + Proficiency in Ariba. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. + Excellent communication and negotiation abilities. + Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. If this is a role that interests you and you’d like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you! **About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of:** **Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells** _ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands –_ **_Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells_** _–_ creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent. ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.