Procurement Sourcing and Buyer

A Moving Experience.

Sourcing Manager Job Description

Are you a highly motivated individual who loves all things procurement and who wants to increase your business impact? As a Procurement Sourcing Manager, you will serve as the global category lead for, but not limited to, digital technology services and goods, corporate services, and occasional ODM goods. We’re a small but impactful global team that covers the entire spectrum of the Procurement discipline, including negotiating contracts, developing sourcing tactics with stakeholders, fostering supplier partnerships, and processing transactions in the ERP. This role reports to the Director of Strategic Procurement and IT Sourcing.

Daily Functions / Responsibilities
- Define and execute Cerence’s sourcing strategy for assigned categories, e.g., digital technology services and goods, corporate services, and occasional ODM goods
- Negotiate supplier contracts and ensure compliance with functional stakeholders, e.g., Legal, Privacy, IT, CISO, Finance
- Provide thought leadership and drive early engagement with our suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify optimizations, greater value, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
- Process purchase requisitions, purchase orders, change orders, and supplier records in the ERP.
- Drive continuous improvement in procurement processes

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, engineering, or related field AND 3+ years’ experience in procurement or supply chain
- High proficiency in processing transactions in an ERP system (Purchase Reqs, Purchase Orders, and Supplier Admin), negotiating contracts, and generating KPI reports and analyzing data. Workday Procure-to-Pay experience preferred but not required.
- Be able to prioritize a high volume of requests, while managing high internal customer satisfaction

Why Cerence?

Cerence is the world’s leading provider of automotive assistants, creating intelligent, flexible and intuitive in-car experiences for the world’s leading automakers. With deep integration with the car itself and the flexibility to bring drivers’ expansive digital life into the car, we stand in a league of our own. We are working with the world’s leading automakers, e.g., Audi, Ford, Geely, GM, Hyundai, JLR, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Cerence’s track record is built on 25+ years of industry experience, leadership, and more than 500 million cars on the road today across 70+ languages.

Cerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC and

) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world’s leading automakers - from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC - to transform how a car feels, responds and learns. Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 500 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.

As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence’s passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry.

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- Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.
- Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.
- Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.
- Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.
- Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.
- Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (e.g., how to protect data & how to be handling this data).
- Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs.