Purchasing & Procurement Manager - Strategic Sourcing - Travel, Expense & Events - Hybrid (ET)

JOB SUMMARY:

The Purchasing & Procurement - Strategic Sourcing Manager, Travel, Expense & Events is a key member of the Strategic Sourcing organization and reports to the Strategic Sourcing Associate Director for the Travel, Expense & Events category. This role executes sourcing strategies and contributes to broader Travel, Expense & Events category initiatives aligned with business priorities, market conditions, and cost optimization opportunities.

The Purchasing & Procurement - Strategic Sourcing Manager serves as a trusted advisor to Global Event Management and other business stakeholders, partnering with Legal, Finance, Risk, Technology, and suppliers to develop solutions that balance cost, service, risk, and business requirements. The role leverages spend insights, market intelligence, supplier expertise, and sourcing best practices to drive informed decisions and continuous improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives across Travel, Expense & Events, from requirements gathering and market assessment through negotiation, contract award, and implementation.
• Develop and execute sourcing and category strategies aligned with business priorities, market conditions, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Lead RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes, including supplier identification, bid analysis, negotiations, finalist recommendations, and award decisions.
• Conduct spend, cost, total cost of ownership (TCO), risk, and value analyses to support sourcing strategies and business decisions.
• Negotiate pricing, commercial terms, concessions, service levels, payment terms, cancellation provisions, and other key contractual commitments.
• Identify and deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, risk reduction, service improvements, and other sources of procurement value.
• Monitor market trends, supplier capabilities, pricing benchmarks, and emerging solutions across the Travel, Expense & Events landscape.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and support supplier performance, business reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a trusted sourcing advisor to Global Event Management and other stakeholders, providing sourcing, market, supplier, and commercial expertise.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Risk, Technology, and other cross-functional teams to support contracting, due diligence, governance, and implementation.
• Develop business cases, supplier comparisons, executive summaries, and sourcing recommendations that clearly communicate value, risks, and trade-offs.
• Ensure sourcing activities comply with procurement policies, approval requirements, contractual standards, and organizational governance.
• Independently manage multiple complex sourcing initiatives while meeting business timelines and stakeholder expectations.
• Support the broader Travel, Expense & Events category strategy, including supplier consolidation, demand management, sourcing pipeline development, and process improvement.
• Partner with Global Event Management on hotel, venue, and event supplier sourcing and transition awarded suppliers for operational execution.
• Maintain appropriate sourcing documentation and track negotiated savings, cost avoidance, contractual commitments, and other outcomes.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, including significant experience in hotel and venue sourcing, negotiations, and contracting.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex sourcing initiatives, competitive RFPs, supplier evaluations, and commercial negotiations.
• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, procurement, contracting, and supplier management practices.
• Strong analytical and financial skills, including experience evaluating spend, pricing models, TCO, savings opportunities, and commercial trade-offs.
• Excellent negotiation, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Proven ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and influence across functions and organizational levels.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strong project management, organizational, and time-management skills with the ability to independently manage multiple priorities.
• High degree of professionalism, integrity, accountability, and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience with Cvent and procurement, sourcing, contract management, travel, or expense platforms preferred.
• Knowledge of the corporate travel, hospitality, meetings and events, or expense-management marketplace preferred.

WORK ARRANGEMENT:

• Hybrid work arrangement with a minimum of 8 in-office days per month.
• Strong preference for candidates located in the Eastern Time Zone.

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation:

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.

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If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day.

We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world.

You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide. ​

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Our customers work in industries that impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the AI-powered solutions they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and increase productivity. ​

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We deliver trusted, AI-powered expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge, proprietary content, and advanced technology to provide expert-validated insights, automate workflows, and drive better outcomes. Today, nearly 70% of our digital revenues come from AI-powered solutions, reflecting our strategic focus on embedding AI into professional workflows and delivering measurable productivity gains. ​

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We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve the way they work, and solve critical challenges through cloud-based, AI-powered platforms that integrate seamlessly into their workflows and ecosystems. Our solutions are designed to deliver impact when it matters most, especially in high-stakes environments where accuracy and trust are essential. ​

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With a nearly 190-year legacy, Wolters Kluwer continues to evolve its portfolio of digital solutions and services to meet the changing needs of professionals worldwide, enabling them to work faster, make smarter decisions, and deliver better outcomes.​

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For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.

This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics.

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Our global Together we thrive well-being program reflects our commitment to supporting colleagues across physical, mental, social, and financial well-being. That commitment has been recognized externally through Ragan’s Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing: Large Organization in 2024. ​

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More recently, Wolters Kluwer was recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Large Employers 2026 and America’s Best Employers for Engineers 2026. In 2025, Wolters Kluwer was also recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Women.

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