Job Title: Strategic Sourcing Analyst Key Responsibilities: - Support Category leaders in the development of Category Strategies, Negotiation plans, and internal discussions. - Build relationships and effectively partner across varied functions with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, agencies, and colleagues to influence change. - Review and approve contracts in accordance with Global Sourcing policies, procedures, and standard terms and conditions. - Ensure contract accuracy to type of purchase and risk level. - Provide high-level education to business partners on the overall continuous strategic sourcing process from needs identification, through supplier performance management across multiple partners. - Communicate effectively and frequently, listen carefully, and actively seek and value the perspectives of others. - Support completion of simultaneous projects by implementing new alternatives and optimizing results. - Train external suppliers with operational processes and requested trainings within our sourcing (i.e. Ariba) and marketing tools (i.e. Decideware). - Project manage key initiatives for the Category Management team as needed. - Support various category leaders in the development of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) plans with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation. - Contribute significantly to the achievement of defined category performance targets and assist in driving the performance of associated suppliers, measuring supplier's performance to ensure performance meets expectations. - Implement Global Sourcing policies and procedures. Required Skills and Qualifications: - 3 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD. Benefits: This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. Additional Information: Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.