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Sourcing Analyst roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when they require a bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, or a related field. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, giving Australian professionals a direct path to U.S. employment with two-year renewable status.
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At Kirkland & Ellis, we don’t just meet the standard for legal excellence — we set it. Our culture is built on teamwork, ingenuity and an unwavering commitment to continuous growth. We tackle the most sophisticated legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, powered by the exceptional experience and ambition of our 7,000+ people, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 23 offices worldwide. Our dedicated professionals share our lawyers’ commitment to excellence and show up each day to do meaningful work that helps drive global business, investment and innovation forward.
What You’ll Do
Are you driven by contract negotiations, market insight, strategic business decisions, and excited to help shape how a dynamic organization sources and procures technology and professional services? As a Sourcing Analyst, you’ll support Procurement strategies by negotiating commercial terms, evaluating vendors, conducting market research, and conducting pricing analysis across technology-related goods and services, including professional services, software acquisitions, and renewals. Working closely with internal stakeholders and senior team members, you’ll help align sourcing strategies with business needs while ensuring a seamless, compliant, and value-driven procurement experience.
- End-to-End Sourcing Support: Lead the full procurement lifecycle for projects within assigned categories—tracking progress, resolving issues, and proactively communicating with stakeholders, vendors, and Procurement team members.
- Contract Lifecycle Management: Track and manage expiring agreements within assigned categories to support timely renewals or re-sourcing decisions.
- Negotiation Support: Lead pricing and contract negotiations for assigned categories, preparing negotiation strategies, materials, and pricing models to maximize value and mitigate risk.
- Commercial Review: Analyze vendor quotes, order forms, and statements of work to identify opportunities to strengthen commercial terms and overall engagement value.
- RFx Management & Pricing Analysis: Create and administer vendor requests (Request for Information, Proposal, or Quote (RFx)), evaluate responses, and develop pricing analysis for stakeholder and senior team review.
- Market Research & Due Diligence: Conduct market research, supplier due diligence, and competitive benchmarking to assess vendor capabilities, pricing strategies, and market trends.
- Legal Collaboration: Partner closely with Procurement Counsel during contract review and negotiation, ensuring complete and accurate documentation throughout the process.
- Stakeholder Partnership: Build strong relationships with internal business services professionals to understand business requirements, service objectives, and strategic initiatives impacting vendor services.
- Process Guidance & Compliance: Guide stakeholders through required Procurement processes, clearly communicating policies and best practices to support compliance and efficiency.
- Category & Market Insight: Monitor category trends, benchmarks, and best practices while supporting cost-reduction initiatives such as vendor consolidation, value engineering, and alternative sourcing options.
- Risk & Continuity Support: Assist in identifying and monitoring supply chain risks—including supplier disruption, quality concerns, geopolitical factors, and regulatory compliance—to help ensure continuity.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, or Project Management, is required; with 3+ years of experience in Procurement, Sourcing, and Vendor Management functions, demonstrating strong foundational knowledge.
- Category Expertise: Experience with technology-related categories, including software licensing and subscriptions and complex professional services (e.g., managed services, consulting, outsourced staffing), strongly preferred.
- Customer Service: Strong customer service and professional judgment.
- Analytical & Communication Skills: Demonstrated analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Independent Work Style: A self-starter with intellectual curiosity, strong attention to detail, effective time management, and the ability to apply learnings across similar projects and transactions.
- Adaptability & Growth Mindset: Coachable, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement.
- Industry Exposure: Prior experience in a law firm or professional services environment, along with advanced financial analysis or process management skills, is a plus.
- Technology: Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (MS Office), particularly Excel; experience with spend analytics, contract databases, ticketing or workflow tools, and procure-to-pay (P2P) systems strongly preferred.
If you’re energized by creating measurable value through smart procurement strategies, collaborative problem solving, and market-driven sourcing, we’d love to hear from you.
Compensation
The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in Chicago. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and retirement. We also offer personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.
Compensation Range
Chicago: $100,000 - $110,000
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in Kirkland & Ellis LLP. To complete an application and submit your resume, please click "Apply Now."
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others at Kirkland.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All employment decisions, including the recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment (if necessary) are made without regard to the employee’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
About Kirkland & Ellis
At Kirkland & Ellis, we don’t just meet the standard for legal excellence — we set it. Our culture is built on teamwork, ingenuity and an unwavering commitment to continuous growth. We tackle the most sophisticated legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, powered by the exceptional experience and ambition of our 7,000+ people, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 23 offices worldwide. Our dedicated professionals share our lawyers’ commitment to excellence and show up each day to do meaningful work that helps drive global business, investment and innovation forward.
What You’ll Do
Are you driven by contract negotiations, market insight, strategic business decisions, and excited to help shape how a dynamic organization sources and procures technology and professional services? As a Sourcing Analyst, you’ll support Procurement strategies by negotiating commercial terms, evaluating vendors, conducting market research, and conducting pricing analysis across technology-related goods and services, including professional services, software acquisitions, and renewals. Working closely with internal stakeholders and senior team members, you’ll help align sourcing strategies with business needs while ensuring a seamless, compliant, and value-driven procurement experience.
- End-to-End Sourcing Support: Lead the full procurement lifecycle for projects within assigned categories—tracking progress, resolving issues, and proactively communicating with stakeholders, vendors, and Procurement team members.
- Contract Lifecycle Management: Track and manage expiring agreements within assigned categories to support timely renewals or re-sourcing decisions.
- Negotiation Support: Lead pricing and contract negotiations for assigned categories, preparing negotiation strategies, materials, and pricing models to maximize value and mitigate risk.
- Commercial Review: Analyze vendor quotes, order forms, and statements of work to identify opportunities to strengthen commercial terms and overall engagement value.
- RFx Management & Pricing Analysis: Create and administer vendor requests (Request for Information, Proposal, or Quote (RFx)), evaluate responses, and develop pricing analysis for stakeholder and senior team review.
- Market Research & Due Diligence: Conduct market research, supplier due diligence, and competitive benchmarking to assess vendor capabilities, pricing strategies, and market trends.
- Legal Collaboration: Partner closely with Procurement Counsel during contract review and negotiation, ensuring complete and accurate documentation throughout the process.
- Stakeholder Partnership: Build strong relationships with internal business services professionals to understand business requirements, service objectives, and strategic initiatives impacting vendor services.
- Process Guidance & Compliance: Guide stakeholders through required Procurement processes, clearly communicating policies and best practices to support compliance and efficiency.
- Category & Market Insight: Monitor category trends, benchmarks, and best practices while supporting cost-reduction initiatives such as vendor consolidation, value engineering, and alternative sourcing options.
- Risk & Continuity Support: Assist in identifying and monitoring supply chain risks—including supplier disruption, quality concerns, geopolitical factors, and regulatory compliance—to help ensure continuity.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, or Project Management, is required; with 3+ years of experience in Procurement, Sourcing, and Vendor Management functions, demonstrating strong foundational knowledge.
- Category Expertise: Experience with technology-related categories, including software licensing and subscriptions and complex professional services (e.g., managed services, consulting, outsourced staffing), strongly preferred.
- Customer Service: Strong customer service and professional judgment.
- Analytical & Communication Skills: Demonstrated analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Independent Work Style: A self-starter with intellectual curiosity, strong attention to detail, effective time management, and the ability to apply learnings across similar projects and transactions.
- Adaptability & Growth Mindset: Coachable, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement.
- Industry Exposure: Prior experience in a law firm or professional services environment, along with advanced financial analysis or process management skills, is a plus.
- Technology: Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (MS Office), particularly Excel; experience with spend analytics, contract databases, ticketing or workflow tools, and procure-to-pay (P2P) systems strongly preferred.
If you’re energized by creating measurable value through smart procurement strategies, collaborative problem solving, and market-driven sourcing, we’d love to hear from you.
Compensation
The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in Chicago. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and retirement. We also offer personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.
Compensation Range
Chicago: $100,000 - $110,000
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in Kirkland & Ellis LLP. To complete an application and submit your resume, please click "Apply Now."
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others at Kirkland.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All employment decisions, including the recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment (if necessary) are made without regard to the employee’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Sourcing Analyst
Translate your Australian credentials for U.S. employers
A three-year Australian bachelor's degree is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for E-3 visa purposes. Prepare a credential summary that maps your qualification to the supply chain or business specialty the role requires.
Target procurement teams at multinational manufacturers
Sourcing Analyst roles are most consistently sponsored at companies with cross-border supply chains who already understand work visa obligations. Focus your search on firms with established procurement functions and international operations rather than early-stage startups.
Search for E-3 sponsorship jobs on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters Sourcing Analyst roles by employers with active E-3 sponsorship history, so you're not guessing which companies will file. Use it to build a shortlist before you spend time on applications.
Confirm the role meets specialty occupation requirements
The E-3 requires the position to normally demand a bachelor's degree in a specific field. If a job posting says a degree is preferred rather than required, that wording can create problems at the LCA stage and needs to be resolved with your employer before filing.
Ask your employer to file the LCA before you resign
DOL Labor Condition Application certification typically takes seven business days but can run longer. Get your employer to start the LCA process as soon as the offer is finalised so your consulate appointment isn't delayed by paperwork still pending at the agency.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for end-to-end support
From LCA submission through to consulate appointment preparation, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to manage the entire process. This is especially useful if your employer has no prior E-3 experience and needs guided support on their obligations.
E-3 Visa Sourcing Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find Sourcing Analyst jobs that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It surfaces Sourcing Analyst roles from employers with E-3 sponsorship history, so you can focus on opportunities where the visa process is already understood. General job boards don't filter by visa type, which means a lot of wasted applications to employers who won't file.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Sourcing Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
It can, provided the position normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as supply chain management, business administration, or operations. Roles where any degree or equivalent experience substitutes for a specific field of study are harder to support. The job description and your credentials both need to align clearly with the specialty occupation definition.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Sourcing Analyst positions?
The E-3 is available only to Australian citizens, but it has significant advantages over the H-1B visa for this role. There's no lottery, no annual cap, and processing can be completed in weeks rather than months. You can apply directly at an Australian consulate after receiving a certified LCA from the DOL, without waiting for USCIS petition approval.
Can I switch employers while on an E-3 as a Sourcing Analyst?
Yes, but you need a new LCA certified for the new employer before you start. The E-3 is employer-specific, so your current approval doesn't transfer. If you're changing roles within the same employer but into a materially different position, a new LCA may also be required. Plan for a two-to-four week DOL certification window when timing any transition.