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Strategic Sourcing Team Lead

South Africa💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead strategic sourcing for SaaS procurement, optimizing deals and supplier relationships for enterprise customers while managing a team of analysts.

Role type

Senior strategic sourcing team lead (SaaS)

Builds

Strategic sourcing plans and negotiated SaaS contracts

Domain

B2B SaaS procurement and enterprise technology spending

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

SaaS procurement strategy, high-value negotiation, team leadership, stakeholder management, commercial category strategy, conflict resolution

Preferred skills

Indirect procurement experience, supervisory experience (5+ years), C-suite communication

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Negotiate SaaS deals for a portfolio of enterprise customers, develop software commercial category strategies with clients, manage a team of Sourcing Analysts, act as primary buy-side contact for customers, partner with account management and sales teams, work with senior stakeholders to understand technology strategy

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team management

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