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Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.
Join our Strategic Sourcing team and help shape how Staples builds a competitive, resilient global supplier network. As Associate Manager, Strategic Sourcing, you will lead complex sourcing initiatives that improve product costs, strengthen supplier performance, protect continuity of supply, and create lasting value. You will partner across Merchandising and the broader business to turn market intelligence, cost analysis, and supplier insights into practical sourcing decisions and executable plans.
What you’ll be doing:
Lead complex sourcing events (RFIs, RFPs, RFQs) from scope definition through supplier recommendation, award, and implementation.
Develop sourcing strategies, business cases, project plans, supplier recommendations, and implementation roadmaps for assigned categories, suppliers, and initiatives.
Conduct bid evaluations, cost-driver and total-cost analysis, scenario modeling, market research, and risk assessments to support fact-based decisions.
Evaluate current and prospective suppliers on cost, quality, service, capacity, innovation, financial stability, manufacturing capability, technology, geographic reach, and growth potential.
Negotiate product costs, commercial terms, service requirements, capacity commitments, and performance expectations within approved strategies.
Identify and execute opportunities for cost reduction, value creation, supplier consolidation, supply optimization, supplier development, and risk mitigation.
Manage supplier relationships and performance, resolving issues in cost, quality, service, availability, capacity, compliance, business continuity, and transitions.
Monitor commodity, supplier, geopolitical, operational, and supply-chain developments; identify exposures and coordinate mitigation or escalation.
Partner with Merchandising, Vendor Management, Category and Product Development, Project Management, Quality, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and regional sourcing teams to execute sourcing plans.
Communicate project updates, sourcing recommendations, supplier insights, financial analyses, risks, and decisions to leadership and stakeholders.
Lead cross-functional workstreams by setting scope, milestones, responsibilities, decision points, schedules, and communication plans.
Guide and train less-experienced team members on sourcing processes, supplier assessments, cost analysis, and negotiation preparation.
What you bring to the table:
Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex cost, market, supplier, operational, and risk information into practical recommendations.
Sound judgment and composure when navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, supplier challenges, and time-sensitive decisions.
Effective negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to build alignment and accountability without direct authority.
Strong project-management capabilities, including disciplined organization, follow-through, and ownership of multiple concurrent initiatives.
A collaborative approach to building productive relationships with suppliers, cross-functional partners, regional teams, and leaders, backed by clear written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills tailored to different audiences.
A proactive mindset for identifying emerging supplier capabilities, manufacturing technologies, sourcing markets, analytical tools, and process improvements that strengthen competitiveness and supply resilience.
What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or related
work experience.
5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, cost analysis, manufacturing, product development, merchandising, or supply chain.
Experience independently managing at least two components of a sourcing event (e.g., RFP/RFQ development, bid analysis, supplier evaluation, negotiation, or implementation), including developing recommendations from cost, market, supplier-performance, or risk data and negotiating costs, commercial terms, and capacity or performance commitments.
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for cost analysis, sourcing scenarios, and stakeholder recommendations, plus a recognized sourcing, procurement, or supply-chain certification (e.g., CPSM, CPIM, CSCP, CPM).
What’s needed – preferred
Experience sourcing private-label, retail, consumer-product, or manufactured-goods categories, including work with international suppliers or multi-country regional sourcing teams.
Experience with should-cost models, commodity tracking, supplier scorecards, or e-sourcing platforms, with demonstrated, measurable improvements in cost, supplier performance, value creation, risk, or supply continuity.
What we offer
Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays)
Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more!
Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.
Join our Strategic Sourcing team and help shape how Staples builds a competitive, resilient global supplier network. As Associate Manager, Strategic Sourcing, you will lead complex sourcing initiatives that improve product costs, strengthen supplier performance, protect continuity of supply, and create lasting value. You will partner across Merchandising and the broader business to turn market intelligence, cost analysis, and supplier insights into practical sourcing decisions and executable plans.
What you’ll be doing:
Lead complex sourcing events (RFIs, RFPs, RFQs) from scope definition through supplier recommendation, award, and implementation.
Develop sourcing strategies, business cases, project plans, supplier recommendations, and implementation roadmaps for assigned categories, suppliers, and initiatives.
Conduct bid evaluations, cost-driver and total-cost analysis, scenario modeling, market research, and risk assessments to support fact-based decisions.
Evaluate current and prospective suppliers on cost, quality, service, capacity, innovation, financial stability, manufacturing capability, technology, geographic reach, and growth potential.
Negotiate product costs, commercial terms, service requirements, capacity commitments, and performance expectations within approved strategies.
Identify and execute opportunities for cost reduction, value creation, supplier consolidation, supply optimization, supplier development, and risk mitigation.
Manage supplier relationships and performance, resolving issues in cost, quality, service, availability, capacity, compliance, business continuity, and transitions.
Monitor commodity, supplier, geopolitical, operational, and supply-chain developments; identify exposures and coordinate mitigation or escalation.
Partner with Merchandising, Vendor Management, Category and Product Development, Project Management, Quality, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and regional sourcing teams to execute sourcing plans.
Communicate project updates, sourcing recommendations, supplier insights, financial analyses, risks, and decisions to leadership and stakeholders.
Lead cross-functional workstreams by setting scope, milestones, responsibilities, decision points, schedules, and communication plans.
Guide and train less-experienced team members on sourcing processes, supplier assessments, cost analysis, and negotiation preparation.
What you bring to the table:
Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex cost, market, supplier, operational, and risk information into practical recommendations.
Sound judgment and composure when navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, supplier challenges, and time-sensitive decisions.
Effective negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to build alignment and accountability without direct authority.
Strong project-management capabilities, including disciplined organization, follow-through, and ownership of multiple concurrent initiatives.
A collaborative approach to building productive relationships with suppliers, cross-functional partners, regional teams, and leaders, backed by clear written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills tailored to different audiences.
A proactive mindset for identifying emerging supplier capabilities, manufacturing technologies, sourcing markets, analytical tools, and process improvements that strengthen competitiveness and supply resilience.
What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or related
work experience.
5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, cost analysis, manufacturing, product development, merchandising, or supply chain.
Experience independently managing at least two components of a sourcing event (e.g., RFP/RFQ development, bid analysis, supplier evaluation, negotiation, or implementation), including developing recommendations from cost, market, supplier-performance, or risk data and negotiating costs, commercial terms, and capacity or performance commitments.
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for cost analysis, sourcing scenarios, and stakeholder recommendations, plus a recognized sourcing, procurement, or supply-chain certification (e.g., CPSM, CPIM, CSCP, CPM).
What’s needed – preferred
Experience sourcing private-label, retail, consumer-product, or manufactured-goods categories, including work with international suppliers or multi-country regional sourcing teams.
Experience with should-cost models, commodity tracking, supplier scorecards, or e-sourcing platforms, with demonstrated, measurable improvements in cost, supplier performance, value creation, risk, or supply continuity.
What we offer
Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays)
Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more!
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Renewable Energy
- Manufacturing
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in sourcing project manager jobs.
- 3-7 years of sourcing, procurement, or supply chain project management experience
- Proficiency with procurement platforms and applicant tracking or project management tools
- Experience managing RFP, RFQ, and supplier evaluation processes end to end
- Strong knowledge of contract negotiation and supplier performance management
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or a related field
- Certification such as CPSM, PMP, or CSCP preferred by many employers
Tips for Your Sourcing Project Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to sourcing metrics
Hiring managers want to see cost savings delivered, supplier lead time reductions, and contract value managed. Replace vague responsibility bullets with specific outcomes tied to your sourcing projects, even if the numbers are estimates from internal reports.
Highlight cross-functional project ownership
Sourcing project manager roles expect you to coordinate between procurement, engineering, finance, and operations. Your resume should name the functions you aligned, not just the category you sourced, so reviewers can see your scope of influence clearly.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists sourcing project manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Match your resume to the posting's category language
A role posted as 'indirect sourcing project manager' and one posted as 'strategic sourcing PM' may look identical but filter for different backgrounds. Mirror the category and commodity language from each job description in your resume to pass applicant tracking system screening.
Prepare a sourcing case study for interviews
Many sourcing PM panels ask you to walk through a full project lifecycle from RFP design to supplier selection and contract execution. Having one tight example with a clear problem, your process, and a measurable result gives you a reliable anchor for behavioral questions.
Negotiate by anchoring to market complexity
When discussing compensation, tie your ask to the complexity of the supply base you've managed, the number of suppliers rationalized, or the spend under management rather than tenure alone. These are the variables that drive sourcing PM leveling decisions at most organizations.
Sourcing Project Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most sourcing project managers?
The most active employers for sourcing project managers right now are ASML, Nexamp, and Danfoss, and the most openings are in California, Iowa, and Minnesota, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Manufacturing, healthcare systems, and large retailers tend to post the most volume at any given time.
How many sourcing project manager jobs are remote?
About 73% of sourcing project manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with availability varying by industry. Indirect and IT category sourcing roles tend to offer the most remote flexibility, while direct materials and manufacturing sourcing roles are more likely to require on-site or hybrid presence due to supplier facility visits and cross-functional team coordination.
How do you become a sourcing project manager?
Most sourcing project managers move into the role from procurement analyst, buyer, or supply chain coordinator positions after gaining experience running supplier evaluations and cost reduction initiatives. Building fluency with RFP and RFQ processes, learning contract basics, and earning a supply chain or project management certification strengthens your candidacy. Taking ownership of a full sourcing project, even a smaller one, is the clearest way to demonstrate readiness for the PM title.
Can you get a sourcing project manager job with little experience?
Candidates with limited direct sourcing experience can break in by emphasizing transferable skills from procurement support, vendor coordination, or project management roles. Focus on any work you've done managing supplier relationships, running competitive bids, or tracking project milestones against deadlines. Employers hiring at the associate or junior sourcing PM level often prioritize structured problem-solving and cross-functional communication over years in a pure sourcing title.
What does the sourcing project manager interview process look like?
Most sourcing project manager interviews include an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your sourcing project experience, and at least one panel or case-based round. The case round typically asks you to walk through a sourcing scenario, evaluate a supplier, or prioritize competing project demands. Some employers add a cross-functional interview with stakeholders from finance, engineering, or operations to assess how you manage competing priorities across teams.
Where can I find and apply to sourcing project manager jobs?
You can find and apply to sourcing project manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing without being redirected through multiple screens.
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