Global Senior Marketing Procurement Manager

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, Traveller, and Sazerac Rye.

Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Svedka, Wheatley, Buzz Ballz, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

The Global Senior Marketing Procurement Manager is a highly visible, strategic role responsible for shaping and leading global marketing procurement efforts. This position partners closely with Brand, Marketing, and National Accounts teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality marketing services and materials at optimal cost, while driving innovation, efficiency, and best-in-class procurement practices across the organization.

This role offers the opportunity to influence global marketing spend, build strong supplier partnerships, lead a talented procurement team, and play a key role in how brands execute and scale marketing initiatives worldwide.

• Lead and support cross-functional initiatives focused on improving marketing procurement processes, driving innovation, and delivering measurable business results.
• Develop and execute strategic sourcing initiatives that balance service quality, cost efficiency, and innovation.
• Establish and track procurement KPIs to ensure strong performance, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the sourcing and procurement of marketing services and related categories, ensuring best-in-class service at competitive costs.
• Act as a trusted partner to internal stakeholders, providing strategic guidance and support aligned to business objectives.
• Own execution of global procurement strategies, including budget tracking, cost savings, logistics coordination, vendor management, and adoption of procurement tools.
• Lead POS creation, printing, fulfillment, and trafficking, ensuring high quality standards while leveraging scale to maximize efficiency and value.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with integrators and POS suppliers; serve as a key liaison between suppliers and internal teams.
• Lead the Marketing Procurement team in partnership with Brand teams to manage creative execution, timelines, and costs.
• Attend vendor press reviews and approve press runs as needed.
• Stay current on industry trends and innovations in marketing categories such as POS; visit suppliers and attend trade events to identify new opportunities.
• Serve as the primary owner of company-wide marketing procurement processes, including advertising and POS budgets and vendor management.
• Partner with Brand teams and National Accounts to identify agency optimization opportunities and drive efficiencies.
• Review and approve contracts, materials, and workloads, identifying synergies across marketing procurement activities.
• Set clear priorities, KPIs, and role expectations for the Marketing Procurement team.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members while ensuring the structure, capabilities, and resource allocation support business needs.
• Partner with management and leverage the PDS system to support individual development and performance goals.
• Oversee rebate and coupon programs by brand and state, ensuring timely execution, effective clearinghouse processes, and alignment with brand…