Dir, Marketing & Corporate Services Procurement

Dir, Marketing & Corporate Services Procurement Subway

Schedule Full time

Job Type Permanent

Industry Banking and finance

At Subway, we are not standing still. We are building.

This is a business focused on what matters most: growing franchisee profitability, strengthening our brand and creating long-term value. The people who thrive here are the ones who want to make a real impact.

You will not just do the work. You will shape it.

We move fast. We think like owners. We make decisions that matter. We hold ourselves to a high standard because what we do directly impacts thousands of franchisees around the world.

If you bring energy, accountability and a bias for action, you will fit right in.

We take the work seriously, but we also know the best results come from teams that support each other, celebrate wins and show up ready to build something better every day.

This is your chance to be part of what’s next.

The Director, Procurement — Marketing Spend Sourcing will own sourcing strategy, execution, and delivery across approximately $450M in marketing spend, with a clear mandate to deliver value back to Subway's franchise system by freeing up cash for reinvestment. Reporting directly to the VP of Procurement, this leader will elevate Subway's marketing sourcing capability, build supplier relationships and category strategies, and influence senior stakeholders across the enterprise.

This is a high-visibility, greenfield role:
Subway's Procurement function is in early transformation with full CEO and CFO sponsorship, and the right candidate is a proven sourcing operator who can think strategically, execute quickly, and build credibility in an environment where procurement is being established as a strategic enterprise asset for the first time.

• Own and lead sourcing strategy across all marketing spending categories including Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, Digital Marketing, Performance/Growth Marketing, Shopper/Retail Marketing, Content Marketing, Influencer & Partnership Marketing, Customer Marketing, Events & Experiential Marketing, and PR & Communications.
• Design and execute strategies to optimize marketing spending; develop, lead, and execute competitive sourcing events, supplier negotiations, and contract award recommendations in close collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain a multi-year category management roadmap aligned to business priorities and key performance targets; identify and quantify opportunities using spend analytics, market benchmarks, and supplier intelligence.
• Own the marketing spending savings pipeline from opportunity identification through contracting and Finance validation; produce Finance-grade reporting on cost avoidance achievement, pipeline status, and delivery confidence in close partnership with FP&A; establish and enforce tracking methodology that meets VP Procurement and Finance standards.
• Build trusted working relationships with senior stakeholders across Marketing and business unit leadership so sourcing decisions happen with the business, not to it; manage strategic supplier relationships balancing cost, quality, risk, and partnership value; lead supplier business reviews and performance management for strategic suppliers.
• Partner with the VP of Procurement and peers to establish sourcing processes, templates, governance, and policy standards for the marketing spend pillar; contribute to the selection and implementation of procurement technology including spend analytics, CLM, and project tracking tools; manage and develop direct report.

• Strategic sourcing expertise: end-to-end RFx design, competitive bidding, and negotiation across a broad portfolio of marketing spend categories.
• Category management capability: multi-year roadmaps and category strategies across a portfolio of marketing subcategories.
• Financial acumen: ability to build supplier business cases, model TCO, and translate sourcing activity into realized financial value with Finance-grade rigor.
• Proficiency with spend analytics tools and spend cube data to identify…