1524 - Manager, Sourcing & Procurement - Marketing

LogicSource

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

LogicSource is an innovative leader in sourcing and procurement services, helping companies increase profits through better buying. Operated by a 500-person collective of procurement professionals, we are deeply rooted in data and insight-driven strategic sourcing, category management, operational excellence, and value delivery. Partnering with Fortune 500 companies, we build and nurture strategic relationships while delivering strong execution that drives measurable bottom-line impact and the development of best-in-class procurement capabilities. Learn more about us at www.logicsource.com. Reasons why you’ll love it here: A collaborative, supportive culture where your contributions are valued, and your work makes a meaningful impact. A workplace committed to professional growth with paths to development and advancement. Dedicated to creating an environment for employee success by providing support for long-term career growth. Committed to work-life balance by offering flexible PTO. A robust benefits package that includes extensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family. Employer‑funded HRA, a 401(k) match, Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs, short- and long-term disability coverage, AD&D, life insurance, fertility assistance, and more. Supplemental benefits such as unexpected large expenses related to Accidents, Hospitalization, or Critical Care. Along with support for Maternity/Paternity, FMLA, and Military leave. Offer behavioral health services within the medical support insurance plan and everyday support tools to help with mental health. A business-casual workplace offering a flexible, hybrid work environment with offices in Westport, CT, and Charleston, SC. Position Summary: We have an immediate opening for a full-time Manager, Sourcing and Procurement – Marketing to support our retail client located in Chesapeake, VA. As a key member of our Center of Excellence (COE) team collaborating closely with the Client Services team , you will be responsible for leading and managing varying engagements within our client’s Marketing Spend, in areas such as: Marketing Technology, Media, Signage & POS, Agency, and Print. This role will support $32MM in spend and reports directly to the Managing Director, Marketing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in procurement or 5-10 years in marketing services (Creative & Production, Marketing Technology, Photography, Marketing Research & Events) with exposure to procurement practices.
Experience managing category spend over $32MM annually.
Building and executing category strategies.
Contract negotiation and contract management.
Comfortable modeling Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Ability to drive change management and gain consensus from client stakeholders across several business units’ company wide.
Experience in driving operational redesign process improvement initiatives.
Must possess strong overall knowledge and understanding of business/contract issues and broad understanding of competitive products/services, technology, and market and industry issues.
Knowledge of supplier ecosystems and markets that serve the above categories.
Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
Individual needs to be very detail oriented and able to deliver projects on time.
High level of supply chain and operational acumen, with demonstrated end-to-end understanding.
Proficient in MS Office applications including Excel / financial analysis and PowerPoint / presentations.
Proven expertise implementing and managing change across all levels of an organization; prior implementation and adoption of eProcurement systems is a plus.
Strong problem solving and leadership skills.
Entrepreneurial aptitude with a commitment to client service.
Demonstrated ability to develop relationships, communicate effectively and influence.
Flexible and adaptable in a changing environment.

Responsibilities

Develop cost savings and strategic sourcing projects while ensuring business continuity and high level of supplier performance.
Manage spend, supplier, and market data from client and LogicSource resources to effectively analyze both savings opportunity and value chain impacts.
Lead all levels of supplier market RFI / RFP activities, including execution, readouts and business case implications. Meet with potential participants, both incumbents and non-incumbents, answer RFP related questions from vendors, analyze RFP results and support final vendor(s) awards.
Drive annual productivity improvements in each category of spend by developing and ensuring implementation of ideas to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) for spend categories.
Support development of new policies and procedures to drive savings and lead organizational and operational change management within managed categories of spend.
Leverage LogicSource’s Center of Excellence (COE) category experts through the sourcing process to assess market conditions, spend leverage opportunities, benchmarking data, RFP builds, and related activities.
Support as well as lead sourcing events, including vendor sourcing, vendor and contract negotiations.
Onboard new suppliers.
Bring sourcing efficiency to all activity; define specific roadmaps containing prioritization of sourcing categories as well as expanding e-procurement catalogs.
Lead research and analytics efforts to both validate savings projections and enable more precise supplier negotiations.
Review major contracts for key areas of spend and act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) resource for planning and leading complex negotiations or re-supply modeling. Create a procurement playbook as it relates to cyclical spending.
Consistently monitor and evaluate savings against targets by category, sub-category, and supplier.
Develop PPV (product price variance) trackers to ensure improved price / savings baseline analysis.
Develop and communicate functional supply chain or sourcing strategy to a diverse group of managers and senior level professionals at client. Create alignment with group and articulate broader procurement transformation.
Support necessary negotiations. Apply both experience and the application of LogicSource’s sourcing methodology, ensuring all buying complies with client policies and procedures.
Source suppliers and build a best-in-class supply chain; cultivate and manage relationships with best-in-class suppliers. Fully utilize all strategic levers within sourcing process and find new paths to value.
Build supplier management and continuous improvement methodologies with key suppliers.
Establish and implement a supplier management structure and process; audit and vet vendors.
Work cross functionally to deliver sourcing and procurement cost savings, risk mitigation projects, and supplier enabled innovation.
Aggressive focus on achieving overall category cost savings.

Benefits

A collaborative, supportive culture where your contributions are valued, and your work makes a meaningful impact.
A workplace committed to professional growth with paths to development and advancement.
Dedicated to creating an environment for employee success by providing support for long-term career growth.
Committed to work-life balance by offering flexible PTO.
A robust benefits package that includes extensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family. Employer‑funded HRA, a 401(k) match, Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs, short- and long-term disability coverage, AD&D, life insurance, fertility assistance, and more.
Supplemental benefits such as unexpected large expenses related to Accidents, Hospitalization, or Critical Care. Along with support for Maternity/Paternity, FMLA, and Military leave.
Offer behavioral health services within the medical support insurance plan and everyday support tools to help with mental health.
A business-casual workplace offering a flexible, hybrid work environment with offices in Westport, CT, and Charleston, SC.

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