Senior Procurement Specialist

American Family Insurance

Senior Sourcing Specialist managing procurement operations for American Family Insurance. Collaborating with marketing and project management teams to optimize sourcing strategies.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeMadison • Massachusetts, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $80,000 - $131,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, and project management, with a focus on delivering customer-driven solutions and optimizing supplier relationships. Proficient in evaluating bids and managing supplier performance to achieve organizational goals.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Strategic SourcingContract NegotiationProject ManagementSupplier Performance ManagementRFx Management

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Hard Skills

Sourcing PracticesContract TermsMarket IntelligenceProject OversightFinancial AnalysisQualitative AssessmentReportingPresentation PreparationRisk EvaluationValue Realization

Soft Skills

Customer-Driven SolutionsRelationship BuildingProblem SolvingCommunicationLeadership

Industry Keywords

Spend AnalysisNegotiation TechniquesCompliance StandardsApproval ProcessesContract Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define sourcing event scope and strategy; identify opportunities based on spend, value, risk, and capacity.
Present goals, strategy, and project plan to sponsors/partners, secure approvals, and align resources to execute.
Negotiate contract terms and conditions with suppliers, partnering with internal SMEs to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes aligned to organizational goals.
Build strong relationships with assigned team leaders to understand goals and sourcing needs; serve as primary sourcing contact and liaison with suppliers to optimize relationships and resolve issues.
Promote the value of strategic sourcing; provide leadership reporting on spend, project activity, risks, opportunities, and results.
Evaluate competitive offerings by comparing bids across financial and qualitative factors; estimate timing of savings/value realization and recommend best overall value.
Lead end-to-end sourcing for RFx, renewals, and new contracts, including project management oversight.
Serve as contract SME for assigned suppliers; ensure compliance with approval processes and standards, and support contract management from award through completion.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
Moderate knowledge of sourcing practices including RFxs, contract negotiation, market intelligence.
Solid knowledge and understanding of supplier performance management techniques.
Solid knowledge employing advanced end-to-end strategic sourcing processes, practices and tools to large, complex spend categories.
Demonstrated experience leading small to medium projects.
Solid knowledge and understanding of contract negotiation techniques.
Solid knowledge and understanding of project management practices.
Solid knowledge and understanding of goods and services contract terms.
Solid knowledge and understanding of preparing reports, charts and presentations.

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health
competitive 401(k) contribution
pension plan
annual incentive
9 paid holidays
paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
student loan repayment program
paid-family leave