About the Role
This position is based out of our Dublin office, offering a unique setting for collaboration and celebration. We also provide flexible remote work arrangements to help energize your work.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop category strategies and execute competitive sourcing for Marketing, Advertisement, Production & Consultancy categories across global markets.
* Lead sourcing execution for global Marketing & Consultancy categories.
* Proactively identify and evaluate risks and opportunities for MA categories and implement key changes for continuous improvement.
* Align Marketing strategies to the overall MA Procurement strategies.
Category Strategy Development
* Lead category strategy and sourcing process development to maximize investment value in indirect categories (e.g., agencies, media, POS) for US, Canada, and international regions as well as global categories.
* Liaise with MA Indirects Global Procurement team on global contracts to ensure optimization of cost and service across MA entities.
* Leverage industry trends, macroeconomics, and data-driven insights to continuously refresh and evolve category strategy to maintain competitive edge.
* Define supplier performance metrics by category and conduct annual review to ensure suppliers are performing at expected quality and service standards.
* Proactively manage vendor contract life cycle to prepare for contract renegotiations, extensions, or renewals.
* Engage with cross-function stakeholders to identify and develop strategic partnership relationships with key vendors and unlock cost and service improvement opportunities.
* Build Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) for key suppliers and support on escalating issues as needed.
Sourcing Execution
* Lead the implementation of sourcing plans and strategies across marketing categories (e.g., creative, advertisements, media, marketing activations).
* Tender marketing services and products, assuring best-in-class strategic sourcing and selecting suppliers that provide solutions fit for needs.
* Drive negotiations of contracts to meet business objectives and budget adherence.
* Collaborate with Finance and Legal teams to ensure contract compliance with all internal guidelines and requirements and external regulations.
* Utilize internal and external resources to identify broad and diverse set of suppliers for each RFP bid to ensure competitiveness while meeting organizational needs.
* Support Procurement Improvement initiatives to further structure the area's processes and tools.
* Identify potential procurement tools and technology to enhance internal capabilities and conduct cost / benefit analysis.
* Provide inputs to monthly and annual spend outlook by category and provide consultation and support to stakeholders as necessary.
Requirements
* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing, or related fields preferred.
* 5+ years' experience in procurement, marketing, or related areas.
* Experience in the beverage industry and/or CPG companies preferred.
* Relevant business experience with a proven track record of increasing responsibility in procurement for indirect categories.
* Knowledge of sourcing process for indirect spend categories, including supplier management best practices and competitive bidding (e.g., RFI, RFP, RFQ) processes as well as supply market dynamics.
* Previous experience in procurement for Marketing, A&P, and Consultancy services.
* Experience with eSourcing tools (e.g., Coupa, Jaggaer) and high proficiency in MS Office.
* Demonstrated track record of collaborating cross-functionally in a Procurement context.
* Excels in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture and can deal with ambiguity.
* Supply chain certification such as ISM preferred.