Sr. Marketing Procurement Manager
About the role
The Senior Manager, Marketing Procurement will build marketing category strategies and manage sourcing activity in support of Constellation Brands' business objectives and growth strategies. Reporting to the Senior Director, Marketing Procurement, this role leads a team managing procurement activities around assigned Marketing categories.
Responsibilities
Developing a strategic plan to drive incremental value and extended ROI for the assigned categories based on an understanding of business and stakeholder needs and priorities, the supply market, benchmarking, price availability, etc.
Working collaboratively with key internal stakeholders to nurture and develop relationships with Constellation Brands' external agencies and supply partners and optimize partner performance.
Leading the design and implementation of comprehensive sourcing plans and strategies to ensure our marketing investment is as efficient and effective as possible.
Developing and improving upon existing internal and external processes to simplify, standardize, and scale ways of working and best practices, including properly tracking and communicating efficiencies across the various spend activities.
Leading the benchmarking, RFP/RFI, and bidding process, negotiating pricing/terms and conditions, and final contract award and implementation.
Proactively managing vendor contract life cycle to prepare the organization for contract renegotiations or renewals.
Maintaining adequate sources of supply to ensure that the requirements of the category are met with the optimum quality, service, and total cost-to-use.
Driving the tactical execution of the day-to-day plan to deliver consistent and sustainable savings.
Ensuring compliance with all internal guidelines and external regulations and requirements relating to responsible categories, e.g., finance policy, procurement policy, legal policy, code of conduct, etc.
Providing innovative sourcing solutions to the business by bringing continuous improvement and market driven innovation and offering credible alternatives where applicable.
Maintaining a motivated, high-performing Marketing Procurement team. Responsible for all mentoring, training, and development as well as periodic and annual reviews.
Qualifications
5-10 years of experience with proven record of accomplishment and increasing responsibility in Procurement Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Consulting, or Marketing/Agency Disciplines.
Expertise with sourcing strategy development in the marketing category or relevant indirect spend categories, including in-depth knowledge of supplier relationship management best practices, category terminology and contract negotiation.
Strong financial and analytical skills with a high degree of business acumen.
Highly self-motivated, flexible, and ability to work with ambiguity, with a strong internal drive for results.
Demonstrated success in developing and leading high-performing teams (Category Managers, Category Analysts, and Sourcing Specialists).
Demonstrated success in influencing collaboratively and bringing out the best in partners, in a fast-paced team environment.
Demonstrated success in problem-solving and driving change.
Excellent relationship building, interpersonal, and communication skills, and comfort working with senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated negotiation skills with strong negotiation management experience.
A good understanding of project management methodologies and e-procurement processes and tools.
Proven track record in delivering complex, cross-functional procurement initiatives on-time and on-budget.
Ability to interface at all levels of the internal organization and with suppliers to solve problems when facing evolving demands.
Proven success in leveraging company-wide spend by ensuring implementation of complex agreements.
In-depth knowledge and experience of strategic sourcing processes, organization, technology.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, follow-through, personal accountability, and ability to multi-task.
Proficiency in Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint); proficiency in Source-to-pay tools.
Preferred Qualifications
Masters (MBA) preferred.
CPG experience preferred.
Nationally recognized professional certification preferred (Certified Purchasing Manager, Certified Professional Contract Manager).