Marketing Procurement Specialist

** Job Description*
* This role is responsible to support the sourcing of creative agency services, within Marketing Procurement. This role reports to the Associate Director of Procurement for Creative Agencies.

The candidate will support Marketing Sourcing initiatives as well as optimization of Procurement platforms and tools to track and govern Creative Spend globally. Responsibilities include identifying and supporting key priorities: value creation, service delivery, global category management, agency evaluation surveys, scope of work management such as scope templates, rate card management and analysis, risk management, and supplier value management. Primary activities include but not limited to:

+ Lead global, cross-functional initiatives for Decideware platform or platform of similar scope encompassing current state / new functionality, change management, and local market requirements across the enterprise. This includes scope of work management, agency evaluation surveys, training stakeholders and agency partners; reviewing Agency scope of work and staff plan for proposed roles, hours, and rate structures to provide financial guidance within procurement and to stakeholders

+ Support supplier contract negotiations from initial contracting review to contract signing/execution

+ Implement Supplier Value Management with key suppliers in the category to foster innovation, manage supplier performance, establish a Governance Model, and ensure continuous improvement

+ Strong Proficiency in data and analytics skills; proactively support team with data and analytics to inform category decisioning and planning using various Procurement dashboards such as Power BI

+ Develop, sustain, and evolve global stakeholder relationships through a service mindset

+ Identify and deliver on key metrics including savings, supplier diversity and working capital to established objectives while ensuring value generation, resource management, talent investment, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) integration and business continuity

+ Actively support diversity, both within the Company as well as expanding relationships and spend with diverse suppliers.

Position

Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:
Undergraduate degree OR Equivalent Experience required

Required

Experience and Skills:

+ 3 - 5 years of experience in agency compensation. Ability to review agency multipliers to make recommendation on industry standard benchmarks for Time & Material and deliverable agency rates

+ 3 - 5 years of Procurement, Business Management and / or Marketing specific experience

+ Agile mindset, ability to learn quickly and connect the dots

+ Strong data and analytic skills; ability to work in Power BI and other business analytics and data visualization tools to turn raw data into meaningful insights through reports, dashboards, and interactive visuals.

+ Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and support multiple concurrent projects and stakeholders

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint and Data Analytics

Preferred Skills

+ Negotiation & Contracting:
Skilled in negotiating terms and managing supplier agreements.

+ Stakeholder Engagement:
Ability to build relationships and influence cross-functional teams

+ Project Management:
Organized and capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously.

+ Tools & Systems:
Familiarity with procurement platforms (e.g., SAP, Ariba)

Preferred Education:

+ BS/BA Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain

MSJR

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* Required Skills:

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* Adaptability, Adaptability, Business Administration, Business Management, Business Value Creation, Change Management, Clinical Supply Chain Management, Commercial Contract Negotiations, Driving Continuous Improvement, Foster Innovation, Inventory Control Management, Logistics Management, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI), Multi-Management, Procurement, Procurement Analytics, Production Planning, Risk Management, Sourcing Services, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Procurement, Supplier Diversity, Supplier Negotiations, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply Chain Metrics {+ 2 more}

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Skills:

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