Indirect Strategic Sourcing Manager - IT Sourcing

Indirect Strategic Sourcing Manager - IT Sourcing At Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB), we're more than a mattress company, we're a leading global sleep company with a mission to help people sleep better so they can live healthier lives. With a 150-year heritage in delivering industry-leading sleep solutions, we own iconic brands including Serta, Beautyrest, Simmons, and Tuft & Needle. What You'll Do: Create, implement, and own the global sourcing strategy and implementation for assigned categories. Ensure understanding of business needs and alignment of key stakeholders around the category strategy. Develop the category strategy using the SSB sourcing process and rigorous analytical methods. Take a proactive role in identifying mid-to-long term risks associated with supply base; develop secondary/alternative source solutions (as required). Investigate new sources and markets for products and services that represent new technologies, value-added service offerings and price and/or feature advantages. Drive the execution through implementation across SSB and supplier network leveraging/coordinating with the Business Stakeholders and SSB Sourcing Team. Develop and maintain deep category expertise (e.g., industry trends, best practices, key technical/functional category understanding). Establish targets and goals and track the category's performance against them. Strategies should be aligned to and result in achievement of target costs, service levels, and expected value delivery. How You'll Do It: Manage category supplier relationships, in conjunction with business stakeholders, to control costs, drive superior quality, innovation and service, and mitigate risk. Work directly with suppliers to drive cost-effective products and services as well as innovative solutions that meet all required objectives (Coordinating/partnering with business stakeholders). Negotiate National Supply Agreements to terms favorable for SSB along all key performance dimensions. Define supplier KPIs to measure supplier performance; work with SSB Sourcing analytics team to implement supplier dashboards. Establish supplier review process (e.g., QBR) with key suppliers. What You'll Bring: 7-10 years of relevant sourcing experience. Bachelor degree required in a relevant field (Engineering, Supply Chain, Business). Masters degree a plus (MS in related field or MBA). APICS or ISM(NAPM) certification a plus. Experience in manufacturing environment a plus. Experience in e-procurement systems/tools a plus. Why work at Serta Simmons Bedding? When you join SSB, you become part of a winning and diverse team that is excited and committed to helping people get better sleep. We provide inspiring career opportunities, competitive benefits, employee perks, and the chance to be part of the future of sleep. Benefits and Perks (USA, Salary non-union- optional): Health, Dental, and Vision Annual employee contribution to HSA 401K with company match Paid Time Off / Vacation 12 company holidays Sick days Company paid short- and long-term disability Paid parental leave Discount programs including Friends and family discounts Referral Bonus Tuition Reimbursement Employees are required to comply with COVID policies established by a vendor or customer. It is our policy to abide by all federal, state, and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination, with respect to all terms and conditions of employment, based solely on a person's race, color, religious creed/religion, sex (including sexual orientation, or gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth or other related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, disability, age, military status, or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping or expression), genetic information (including family medical history), or any other protected status except where a reasonable, bona fide occupational qualification exists. SSB will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who need them, as required by law.

Created: 2026-03-12