The Global Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for developing the sourcing strategies for marketing Services category. This role serves as a primary liaison with legal, act as Procurement ambassador to the business and partners closely with stakeholders to ensure strong alignment with business objectives and a deep understanding of strategic priorities.
The Strategic Sourcing Manager integrates closely with the business to co鈥慸evelop and execute strategic initiatives and negotiation strategies serving as a trusted, value鈥慳dded partner, advising requestors on contract terms and conditions, monitoring contract cost, scope, and performance to ensure compliance, best value, and continuous pricing validation and improvement.
The position requires knowledge and experience in managing of marketing services, preferably advertising and public relations agencies, as well as familiarity with market intelligence, e-commerce and web operations. The Strategic Sourcing Manager ensures business stakeholders are effectively supported in a fast鈥憄aced environment with tight deadlines.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategic Sourcing:
- Partner with business stakeholders to identify, evaluate, and qualify new and existing suppliers; advise requestors with respect to contract terms and conditions
- Conduct market and supplier analyses, leveraging category expertise to develop sourcing strategies aligned with market trends, roadmaps and business objectives
- Conduct RFX and lead cross functional teams through supplier selection with effective scoring criteria to critically evaluate supplier proposals in accordance with company policies
- Lead negotiations for Master Agreements, Statements of Work, Change Orders, Order Form balancing business deliverables, legal interests and pricing
- Develop along with the stakeholders and implement a comprehensive sourcing strategy.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their needs, requirements and project timelines.
- Develop Negotiation Plans and Strategies to optimize cost savings, cost avoidance, and overall value optimization
Supplier Management:
- Manage supplier relationships with focus on supply/contract and cost management
- Mediate supplier issues and resolve customer / supplier contract disputes if necessary
- Lead and participate in periodic business reviews with vendors to review performance and support mutually agreed upon improvement programs as required
- Develop supplier rationalization entitlements for each category