[Hiring] Sourcing Manager @Vacation HR

Role Description

Awayday is looking for a Sourcing Manager to join our Procurement Team!

The Sourcing Manager will own a portfolio of indirect spend categories from start to finish:

• Baselining spend
• Assessing the market
• Running RFPs or negotiations
• Contracting
• Proving the savings

The initial categories include:

• Operating supplies (linens, disposables, chemicals, amenities)
• Maintenance and pool services
• Vehicles and fuel
• A pipeline of brand-level contract renewals

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic sourcing (approx. 50%)
  • Build category baselines at the line and SKU level from shop P&Ls, Ramp transactions, and vendor invoices; validate completeness before sizing opportunity
  • Run RFPs, RFIs, and direct negotiations for assigned categories, from supplier identification through award and contracting
  • Develop vendor benchmarks and should-cost views to set negotiation targets
  • Lead first-round contract redlines on commercial terms; coordinate with legal on risk terms
• Renewals and contract management (approx. 25%)
  • Own the 2027 renewal calendar: track term start and end dates per shop and vendor, secure contact information, and pull invoices or other documentation where no contract is on file
  • Engage vendors ahead of auto-renewal dates to renegotiate pricing and terms
• Stakeholder management and adoption (approx. 15%)
  • Partner with brand GMs and shop operators to validate requirements, build the savings case, and drive voluntary adoption of preferred vendors and pricing
  • Support change management: transition plans, vendor onboarding, and issue escalation post-award
• Reporting and tooling (approx. 10%)
  • Validate and book savings in the Value Creation Planning workbook; maintain audit-ready documentation of baselines and methodology
  • Support the Ramp Procurement rollout: purchase requests, vendor records, and contract repository hygiene

Qualifications

• 7+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management, OR equivalent experience in management consulting, hospitality operations, vendor management, or commercial roles
• Experience negotiating with vendors or suppliers; formal RFP and RFI lifecycle experience preferred, or the ability to learn it within the first 90 days
• Strong Excel-based analysis: building spend baselines from messy transaction and invoice data, like-for-like savings models, scenario comparisons
• Comfort reading and questioning vendor agreements (pricing, term, termination, SLAs, rate escalators); redlining experience preferred
• Proven influence without authority: track record of winning adoption from stakeholders who are not required to comply
• Self-directed; able to run multiple categories in parallel in a lean, fast-moving function

Requirements

• Preferred hospitality, multi-site, franchise, or field-services industry experience
• PE-backed or value-creation-plan environment
• Experience with Ramp or similar spend management and procure-to-pay platforms
• Familiarity with facilities categories: cleaning, maintenance, linens, pool and spa
• Management consulting, cost reduction, or sourcing advisory background

Benefits

• PTO
• 401K participation
• Health insurance
• Life insurance