Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing - Alarm.com

Looking for an opportunity to mold the future of purchasing in an exciting specialized area? We're seeking a dedicated Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing to drive our tactical and strategic initiatives. You'll work collaboratively with technical buyers and engineers, harnessing your exceptional skills to identify new product needs and source reliable suppliers that meet our business requirements.

Leverage your expertise to shape our sourcing strategies for goods and services. Build advantageous contracts and foster collaborative relationships with vendors. Implement effective policies and metrics that make certain our savings objectives are not just theoretical — but actual, realized gains.

As our Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing, you won't just manage - you'll imbue your role with a pioneering spirit, proactively identifying new business needs and reshaping the vendor landscape. You'll have the authority and responsibility to ensure the quality control of our vendor products, sustaining our unwavering commitment to quality that propels our success.

Join our team and help us redefine effective sourcing - not just as a purchasing discipline, but as a strategic component of our overall business model.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and manage and end-to-end procurement process, including the design and maintenance of policies, procedures, systems, and controls.
• Develop and implement KPI's for procurement processes to ensure consistent and accurate execution.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in the procurement process, including the implementation of new technologies if needed.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, accounting standards, and internal policies and procedures. 
• Collaborate with other internal leaders and business units to ensure that the procurement policies and procedures are integrated into their workflows. Development and maintenance of strong, trusting relationships internally is critical, as is an accommodative and calm approach to conflict resolution.
• Develop and deliver training and communication materials to ensure that stakeholders within the organization understand the company's procurement processes and procedures. 
• Drive positive impact to a portfolio of half a billion dollars of spend annually.  Define value targets and ensure capture, teaming with FP&A in the annual budgeting process as well as in ensuring spending controls.
• Negotiate contracts commercially and legally, with a balanced risk approach.
• Develop structured approach to scale processes as the company grows, including methodologies for onboarding new company acquisitions.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Requirements

• Eight plus (8+) years of related experience in the procurement of goods and services and the award and administration of contracts of all sizes and complexities.
• Bachelors Degree required. 
• Strong background in procurement, either in Category Management or Strategic Sourcing, with a complete understanding of the end-to-end procurement process.
• Ability to lead without authority and effectively coordinate with non-procurement groups to achieve business objectives and mitigate risk.
• Strong analytical skills relating to vendor bid evaluations, including analyses using competitive pricing, market research, and historical pricing in an effort to determine vendor price reasonableness.
• Ability to operate both strategically, tactically and operationally in a fast-paced environment; builds scalable systems and processes, rather than just addressing single issues.
• Strong business acumen, including finance acumen.

WHY WORK FOR ALARM.COM?

• Collaborate with outstanding people: We hire only the best. Our standards are high and our employees enjoy working alongside other high achievers.
• Make an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the Alarm.com team!
• Gain well rounded experience: Alarm.com offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.
• Focus on fun: Alarm.com places high value on our team culture. We even have a committee dedicated to hosting a stand-out holiday party, happy hours, and other fun corporate events.
• Alarm.com values working together and collaborating in person.  Our employees work from the office 4 days a week.

COMPANY INFO

Alarm.com is the leading cloud-based platform for smart security and the Internet of Things. More than 7.6 million home and business owners depend on our solutions every day to make their properties safer, smarter, and more efficient. And every day, we're innovating new technologies in rapidly evolving spaces including AI, video analytics, facial recognition, machine learning, energy analytics, and more.  We're seeking those who are passionate about creating change through technology and who want to make a lasting impact on the world around them. 

For more information, please visit www.alarm.com.

COMPANY BENEFITS

Alarm.com offers competitive pay and benefits inclusive of subsidized medical plan options, an HSA with generous company contribution, a 401(k) with employer match, and paid holidays, wellness time, and vacation increasing with tenure. Paid maternity and bonding leave, company-paid disability and life insurance, FSAs, well-being resources and activities, and a casual dress work environment are also part of our outstanding total rewards package!

Alarm.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Notice To Third Party Agencies:
Alarm.com understands the value of professional recruiting services.  However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. In the event we receive a resume or candidate referral for this position from a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed agreement, we reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to you. If you are interested in working with Alarm.com, please email your company information and standard agreement to RecruitingPartnerships@Alarm.com.