Job Description

Team Introduction

The Marketing and Consultancy Procurement team facilitates multi-million dollar annual purchases across a variety of marketing categories. Our mission is to enhance the business units' competitive edge by providing excellent "visible, controllable, and deliverable" procurement practices & solutions.

Responsibilities:

- Partner with Regional (and Global) Marketing teams to develop sourcing strategy and execution plans for multiple sub-categories, including Media buying, Creative & Video Production, Social and PR communication, Events, Market Research.

- This role will focus heavily on the market research category, supporting business divisions on complex negotiation strategies with market leading suppliers such as Nielsen, Kantar and the like.

- Collaborate with global and regional procurement teams to drive improvements and innovations for projects such as supplier management, sourcing process optimization, and purchasing efficiency.

- Manage P2P procurement process management including purchase request consolidation, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and PO management.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve work efficiency, build accountability and provide timely resolution of issues.

- Lead and manage key internal and external procurement partnerships.