Senior Manager – Marketing Services

• Location: White Plains, NY
• Type: Temporary
• Job #35813
• Salary: $30.00
  
  

Job Overview – Senior Manager:

Join our client's procurement team as a Senior Manager for Marketing Services. This 6 months position entails leading strategic sourcing, vendor management, and continuous improvement within marketing, media, and communication agencies, as well as strategy & insights and market research categories.

Compensation: $30.00 – $38.00 / HR

Location: Broomfield or White Plains (Hybrid – 2-3 days in office)

Responsibilities as the Senior Manager include:

• Proactively developing and implementing sourcing strategies in collaboration with key Marketing stakeholders
• Assessing current and future business needs, conducting market and benchmarking studies
• Providing recommendations to executive-level management and delivering presentations on strategic buying opportunities
• Identifying sources of supply for marketing services, challenging spend owners on vendor selection, and driving vendor consolidation where appropriate
• Developing and managing Request for Proposals (RFPs) or Request for Information (RFIs)
• Negotiating and drafting Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Statements of Work (SOW) in coordination with Legal
• Building strong connections with vendors and fostering collaborative quality, cost, and service innovations
• Managing vendors’ qualification and performance, establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Tracking financial performance of each spend subcategory and defining budgetary impacts
• Identifying continuous process improvements and maintaining awareness of the latest buying techniques and tools
  
  

Qualifications for the Senior Manager include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing/Finance; Master’s degree a plus
• Minimum of 7 years’ procurement/sourcing experience, including marketing-related sourcing
• CPG experience preferred
• Strategic sourcing expertise in identifying opportunities performing/reviewing spend analysis, and developing sourcing strategy
• Project management, development of RFX documents, contract negotiation, and management skills
• Supplier benchmarking and contract compliance experience
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and develop key stakeholder relationships
• Experience in team management and coaching
  
  

Application Notice: Qualified candidates will be contacted within 2 business days of application. If an applicant does not meet the above criteria, Atlantic Group will keep your resume on file for future opportunities and may contact you for further discussion.