Sr. Sourcing Manager, Marketing and Creative Services

Key Responsibilities

• Own category strategy and contract negotiations across several categories of spend: Media, Agency, Print & Print Services, Events, Content Production, Marketing Professional Services, and Marketing Analytics.
• Design data-driven sourcing strategies that effectively address stakeholder objectives while balancing cost, speed, quality, and innovation.
• Lead supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract management (end to end) to ensure best-in-class procurement practices.
• Negotiate complex, global agreements focused on total value, negotiated savings (budgetary and avoidance), and market-reasonable terms.
• Use analytics and automation to enhance visibility and decision speed.
• Prepare RFQs, RFPs, bid documents, analyze and evaluate proposals, and administer the evaluation process.
• Counsel stakeholders on value engineering to drive cost containment and savings.
• Serve as trusted commercial advisor to senior leaders across Marketing, Merchandising, Digital/Print Advertising, and Marketing Analytics.
• Align sourcing strategies to enterprise goals for growth and margin.
• Develop organizational and team member capabilities, particularly in category management and strategic sourcing processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve process issues impacting internal stakeholders.
• Manage and optimize strategic supplier relationships to drive innovation and accountability.
• Lead a high-performing team recognized for innovation and commercial excellence.
• Continuously expand your expertise of the vendor ecosystem by maintaining in-depth knowledge of the national vendor marketplace in the marketing categories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required, MBA or JD preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive strategic sourcing or commercial leadership experience leading Media, Agency, Events, Content Production, Marketing Professional Services, Marketing Analytics.
• 3+ years of team leadership experience.
• Strong negotiation experience (Master Agreements, Statements of Work, Change Orders, etc.) and demonstrated ability to work with suppliers.
• Success in large-scale enterprise initiatives and demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing at a global scale and within a fast-paced, and dynamic organization is required.
• Outstanding ability to collaborate with business partners and teams in defining and implementing category strategies at scale.
• Solid leadership skills and demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, develop and retain outstanding strategic sourcing teams.
• Strong financial acumen and complex negotiation experience.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder influencing skills.