Sr Sourcing Specialist

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

Skills and Competencies

• 8-12 years of expertise in end-to-end strategic sourcing, category management, and commercial negotiations within a global organization
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders in a matrixed environment
• Solid understanding of contract management, supplier risk, compliance, and governance frameworks
• Proven ability to identify and deliver cost savings, cost avoidance, and long-term value creation
• Experience leveraging procurement systems, data, and automation/AI to drive efficiency and informed decision-making
• Tools used – Ariba, Coupa

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or a related field
• MBA or equivalent qualification preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing initiatives end-to-end within approved spend thresholds, ensuring compliant and value-driven outcomes
• Support category strategy development in partnership with category leads and key stakeholders
• Partner with Legal on contract negotiations, renewals, amendments, and terminations
• Act as a trusted procurement advisor to business stakeholders across functions
• Ensure adherence to procurement policies, governance frameworks, and third-party risk requirements
• Promote responsible sourcing, ESG, and supplier diversity principles
• Drive process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across procurement operations
• Contribute to team capability building through knowledge sharing and mentoring

About the Team
The Procurement team at Moody’s enables risk-aware, efficient, and scalable third-party engagement across the enterprise. The team partners closely with legal, risk, cybersecurity, privacy, finance, and technology stakeholders to drive global sourcing excellence and regulatory compliance. By joining us, you will get the opportunity to strengthen Moody’s third-party ecosystem and enhance operational resilience worldwide.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.