Source to Contract Associate - Procurement Services (SaaS/Tech)

ob Title: Source to Contract Associate

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Fill Time

Industry: Procurement Services - SaaS/Tech

Experience Level: Entry-Level

🧭 About the Role

We are seeking a Source to Contract Associate to join our team and contribute to a client sourcing service delivery team, managing the development and execution of sourcing projects of various complexity levels. The Sourcing Associate is responsible for executing simple to complex sourcing projects, from start to finish, including but not limited to – validating sourcing requests per client guidelines, analyzing requirements for the bid packages, communicating with client requesters to close any data gaps, preparing and publishing the package to the identified suppliers for bidding purposes, following up with suppliers to ensure adequate participation, analyzing and summarizing proposals, coordinating evaluation of suppliers and facilitating decision makings. The ideal candidate will possess Source to Contract experience and skills: negotiation of software contracts, process project management, effective communication skills. This person should also be self driven, independent, resourceful and adaptive.

💼 Key Responsibilities

Sourcing/Contract Execution:

• Provides sourcing services (RFx, reverse auctions, negotiations)  to our clients based on predefined service levels, managing 5-12 simple to complex projects simultaneously with limited supervision/guidance or independently  
• Once a project request is received, assess completeness of requirements, perform due diligence and validation, follow up with the requestor to obtain further project details, answer any process related questions, and provide updates on project status  

• Lead and execute the WNS sourcing process from start to finish, e.g., spend data collection and analysis, supply market analysis and supplier discovery if needed, RFx development, publishing and management, reverse auctions, negotiations, bid response analysis and synthesis  

• Complete negotiations in software environment and credit based system enterprise licensing. Tech, SaaS, Professional Services, and Corporate Services deals.

• Manage suppliers during the sourcing process, including conducting supplier orientation and training on the sourcing process, following up with suppliers on milestone activities 

• Perform in depth analysis of proposals submitted, facilitate supplier evaluations, draw conclusions, prepare comprehensive summaries, and present to the client in a concise manner 

Process Improvement 

• Develop and/or customize various templates such as RFx, pricing, and proposal evaluation 

• Identify areas of process inefficiencies and suggest improvements to management to improve efficiency and effectiveness of Denali processes 

Client and Project Management 

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation  

• Collaborate with Client Category Managers and/or WNS SMEs on project strategy and determine sourcing approach and methodology to be applied based on the strategy

Function: Consulting
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level