Successful, multi-year track record in a procurement organization
Specific Commodity Experience Preferred
3 to 5 years + Strategic sourcing/category management in Marketing, Cards & Sponsorship.
Solid Experience Within Marketing, Cards, And Sponsorship Procurement
- Leads the vendor selection and negotiation process; establishes and maintains contractual and business relationships with the vendors; monitors contract compliance; solves operational issues with vendors (e.g., quality, delivery and service issues) and adjusts sourcing strategies based on supplier performance and business unit input. On an ongoing basis, the Sourcing Manager is responsible for holding supplier reviews and ensuring progress to year-over-year supplier improvement goals
- Drive annual productivity improvements in Marketing, Cards and Sponsorship spend category.
- Work within and external to Company, the Sourcing Manager will develop, champion, and ensure implementation of ideas that will optimize Company's total cost year-over-year for assigned spend categories
- Ensure strategies are implemented and reductions secured according to implementation plans. Contract compliance will be actively monitored by the Sourcing Manager and when required, the Sourcing Manager will work with business unit leadership to address non-compliance issues
- Develop, implement, and monitor business unit satisfaction with key suppliers and the support/responsiveness of the centre purchasing activity for assigned leverage commodities
- Develop an expertise in the assigned spend categories
- Identifying and communicating new technologies and solutions to Company's key problems in the Marketing, Cards and Sponsorship spend areas
