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This role directly affects the company’s cost structure and will have a direct impact on negotiated rates for products & services purchased by the company, margin improvement for cost of goods sold to company’s clients, and cost avoidance related to products & services purchased by the company. Strategic sourcing and negotiation activities will potentially include any area of expense and capital spending. Identifies cost and process synergies while collaborating with project stakeholders and Vice President (VP) sponsors.\n\nCollect and analyze data from suppliers and internal spend data. \nCollect and analyze invoice data. \nPrepare data requests for suppliers and internal stakeholders.\nResearch alternate suppliers to help create leverage and competitive bid opportunities.\nCreate Request for Quotes (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP) and Requests for Information (RFI) as needed; Issue and analyze RFQ, RFP, and RFI.\nConduct reference checks for new suppliers.\nUsing attention to detail, identify the areas of concern from a returned RFP, RFI and RFQ.\nCreate analytics that help drive RFI, RFP, and RFQ results.\nCollect incumbent supplier performance feedback from business stakeholders.\nCreate deal summaries to prepare for negotiations.\nConduct peer reviews prior to negotiating with suppliers.\n\nConduct project kick off meetings, interview stakeholders, and document notes.\nWork with business stakeholders and VP sponsors to document future demand and quantity requirements.\nDevelop and present baseline spend to VP sponsors, project team members, and procurement leaders.\nWork with procurement leaders/members, VP sponsors, and project team members to build negotiation strategies.\nFacilitate creation of supplier selection criteria with project team.\nProvide regular communication to team members, stakeholders, and vendors.\nResearch industry and communicate and educate stakeholders & team members on findings.\nAttend and assist with all meetings via video (video is required). \n\nRead existing contracts to understand business and legal requirements.\nObserve and document single source scenarios and business relationships that will impact sourcing events and negotiations.\nConduct contract and deal reviews with finance, legal, P/L owners, etc.\nMake award recommendations and facilitate the contract finalization.\nClose out projects through vendor, stakeholder, and systems via email. \n\nMaintain a SharePoint site with status updates, category/project documentation, and all work products.\nWork with other procurement members and foster a culture of learning, teamwork, and growth.\nContinue to promote change on process or form of improvement. \nCreate and monitor pipeline projects. \nCreate KPIs and track performance at an individual and team level.\nTransition completed projects to business owners for ongoing monitoring.\n\n COMPETENCIES:\n\nACCOUNTABILITY- Takes ownership for actions, decisions, and results; openly accepts feedback and demonstrates a willingness to improve.\nBASIC PRINCIPLES - Interacts with people in a way that builds mutual trust, confidence, and respect; adheres to GCI’s Code of Conduct for Employees - the Basic Principles.\nCOLLABORATION - Works effectively with others to accomplish common goals and objectives; maintains positive relationships even under difficult circumstances.Highly effective at building relationships with executives, peers, and subordinates. \nStrong influencing skills and credibility.\nAbility to foster effective relationships with stakeholders and create an environment for learning & growth.\n\nCOMMUNICATION- Conveys thoughts and expresses ideas appropriately and professionally.Able to articulate and distill vision to foster cross functional stakeholder buy-in and support.\n\nCOMPLIANCE - Follows internal controls; protects confidential information; abides by GCI’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics.\nCUSTOMER FOCUS - Demonstrates commitment to service excellence; gives high priority to customer satisfaction.\nRELIABILITY - Consistently follows through on assigned tasks as expected; demonstrates timely attendance at meetings, training, and other work obligations.\nRESULTS - Uses a combination of job knowledge, initiative, sound decision making, innovation, adaptability, and problem solving.In-depth knowledge of telecom supply market capabilities, pricing, competition, licensing and commercial models, best practices, procurement methods, business process, tools and templates, contractual models, and effective stakeholder management.\nAble to complete sourcing projects within agreed timeframes, driving $500K to $3M in savings value annually.\nAble to use judgment and escalate where necessary to extract maximum value from cross functional teams. \nStrong analytical skills including the ability to distill, synthesize, and draw conclusions on large amounts of data.\nAble to assimilate opportunities for savings, effectively negotiate internally and externally to maximize value.\nAble to assimilate understanding of supply market and business to identify and exploit opportunities for spend optimization and savings.\n\nSAFETY & SECURITY - Supports a safe work environment by following all workplace safety rules and guidelines; complies with applicable Security policies and procedures.\nProficient computer skills and MS Office knowledge (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel) to complete job duties effectively.Proficient in Oracle, Procure to Pay tools, MS tool suite, and have the ability to learn proprietary systems. \n\nAdditional Job Requirements:\nThis is a senior level position functioning as the subject matter expert (SME) working under minimal supervision with wide latitude for independent judgment. Requires the ability to perform highly complex or unique special work assignments under deadlines and operating constraints. Must have high-level competency in skills/knowledge, communication, leadership, and overall business impact/value chain, and a comprehensive understanding of company operations, functions, and business philosophy. Must have the experience to provide functional/technical guidance to lower-level staff while fostering teamwork within area of responsibility.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nRequired: *A combination of relevant work experience and/or education sufficient to perform the duties of the job may substitute to meet the total years required on a year-for-year basis\nHigh School diploma or equivalent.\nBachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business, Purchasing, Supply Chain or relevant field. *\nMinimum of ten (10) years of experience in telecom, procurement, or business-related field. *\nExperience leading project teams.\nPreferred:\nTelecommunications experience. \nRelevant telecom industry or job specific certifications. \n\nDRIVING REQUIREMENTS:\nThis position may require access to reliable transportation for occasional travel between retail store locations, offices, worksites, or other locations as needed.\n\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS and WORKING CONDITIONS: \n\nWork is primarily sedentary, requiring daily routine computer usage.\nAbility to work shifts as assigned, work in standard office/home office setting, and operate standard office equipment.\nAbility to accurately communicate information and ideas to others effectively.\nPhysical agility and effort sufficient to perform job duties safely and effectively.\nAbility to make valid judgments and decisions. \nAvailable to work additional time on weekends, holidays, before or after normal work hours when necessary. \nMust work well in a team environment and be able to work with a diverse group of people and customers.\nVirtual workers must comply with remote work policies and agreements.\n\nThe company and its subsidiaries operate in a 24/7 environment providing critical services to Alaskans and may need to respond to public health and safety matters or other business emergencies. Due to business needs employees may be contacted outside of the core business hours to respond to the immediate emergency. As such, you will be requested to provide emergency after hours contact numbers, to include your home and cell phone numbers if you have those services.\nCulture, Engagement, and Connection: At GCI, we foster an environment where the unique perspectives of our employees, customers, and fellow Alaskans are celebrated. We add value to our community by nurturing and empowering each member of our workforce, ensuring equal opportunities for every Trailblazer.\n\nEEO: GCI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, or any other status or classification protected under applicable state or federal law. \n\n DISCLAIMER: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.\n\nAll employees of GCI work in support of the GCI Mission Statement and Declaration of Principles which are located on the GCI Career page and Employee portal.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9552,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Home office"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Mobile Networks","Broadband"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T00:46:24Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":41,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.522,"p_room":0.788,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":5,"reasons":["conf:9","stale_co","velocity","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gci-senior-sourcing-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gci-senior-sourcing-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T06:17:15Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":8609,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":179451},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=179451"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgci-senior-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgci-senior-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgci-senior-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/gci-senior-sourcing-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgci-senior-sourcing-manager"}]}