Procurement Manager - Marketing

Job#: 1348386

Job Description:

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Procurement Manager – Marketing

Looking for a Procurement professional who will be responsible for leading procurement sourcing projects and negotiations in one or more specific categories.
 

Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional teams through a disciplined sourcing and project management process 
• Identify and implement sourcing strategy and practices to support supply, quality, cost and business requirements.
• Directs and conducts market analysis for all historical and potential future category purchases. 
• Assesses the ability of the category strategy to satisfy the volume, quality, performance and total delivered cost requirements.
• Apply sourcing methodologies to develop negotiating strategies that enable effective negotiations, vendor management and process improvement.
• Work with stakeholders to negotiate contracts, consult on indirect spend strategy, resolve issues and mitigate risk.
• Maintain knowledge of current business unit trends, vendor capabilities and changes within the industry landscape for traditional and emerging solutions.

Skills:

• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communicator across various levels within the organization
• Extensive knowledge in contract development, including key contracting principles, standard terms, laws/regulations and industry standards
• Builder of strong internal and external relationships across multiple business units
• Ability to lead geographically dispersed cross-functional teams to achieve company goals
• Financial acumen to lead the development and create complex financial models
• Lead with integrity and able to propel a team toward the completion of goals within both a traditional and matrix environment
• Proficiency with procurement toolsets, including eSourcing, spend cube, project/savings trackers, Microsoft Office Suite (advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills preferred).

Work Experiences:

• 3+ years of negotiation experience in one or more specific areas of the business
• Marketing Experience
• Experience in leading, delivering value with negotiation, and/or influencing teams

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