hiring a Purchasing Lead for a growing digital marketing company in the automotive retail space. Youll own end-to-end strategic sourcing for digital marketing, advertising, technology and general business spend, and present sourcing strategies to VPs and above.What youll do:Lead sourcing for indirect spend categories: advertising, media, digital, PR, market research, software, consulting and staff augmentationRun competitive bid events, recommend suppliers and make sourcing awardsNegotiate contracts and purchase order terms with Legal to secure favorable termsBuild total cost of ownership and financial analyses; document all cost savings and cost avoidanceLead supplier risk assessments (financial, legal, security and privacy) with the Security and Privacy teams, including onsite supplier reviewsSet benchmarks, track market conditions and improve sourcing policies, procedures and trainingReview single-source requests and track invoices against approved POsUse contract management tools (Gatekeeper) and ERP (NetSuite), and use AI tools to work faster and more accuratelyRequired:Bachelors degree in business administration or a related field5+ years of strategic sourcing for marketing and IT spend5+ years of contract negotiation4+ years in digital media, advertising and marketing4+ years in IT: software, consulting or staff augmentation4+ years building strategies and leading initiativesERP and contract management system experience (Gatekeeper, NetSuite)Comfortable using AI tools, with a good sense of their limitsAble to present to and build credibility with executivesStrong Excel, Word and PowerPointNice to have: MBA or finance degree; experience building a sourcing method from scratch.
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