Responsibilities

• Own and lead sourcing strategy across all marketing spending categories including Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, Digital Marketing, Performance/Growth Marketing, Shopper/Retail Marketing, Content Marketing, Influencer & Partnership Marketing, Customer Marketing, Events & Experiential Marketing, and PR & Communications.
• Design and execute strategies to optimize marketing spending; develop, lead, and execute competitive sourcing events, supplier negotiations, and contract award recommendations in close collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain a multi-year category management roadmap aligned to business priorities and key performance targets; identify and quantify opportunities using spend analytics, market benchmarks, and supplier intelligence.
• Own the marketing spending savings pipeline from opportunity identification through contracting and Finance validation; produce Finance-grade reporting on cost avoidance achievement, pipeline status, and delivery confidence in close partnership with FP&A; establish and enforce tracking methodology that meets VP Procurement and Finance standards.
• Build trusted working relationships with senior stakeholders across Marketing and business unit leadership so sourcing decisions happen with the business, not to it; manage strategic supplier relationships balancing cost, quality, risk, and partnership value; lead supplier business reviews and performance management for strategic suppliers.
• Partner with the VP of Procurement and peers to establish sourcing processes, templates, governance, and policy standards for the marketing spend pillar; contribute to the selection and implementation of procurement technology including spend analytics, CLM, and project tracking tools; manage and develop direct report.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 12+ years of progressive procurement and strategic sourcing experience, with at least 8 years in a leadership role.
• Strategic sourcing expertise: end-to-end RFx design, competitive bidding, and negotiation across a broad portfolio of marketing spend categories.
• Category management capability: multi-year roadmaps and category strategies across a portfolio of marketing subcategories.
• Financial acumen: ability to build supplier business cases, model TCO, and translate sourcing activity into realized financial value with Finance-grade rigor.
• Proficiency with spend analytics tools and spend cube data to identify opportunity, track execution, and validate value.
• Contract management knowledge: authoring, redlining, and managing complex multi-year supplier agreements; understanding of commercial risk and liability.
• Experience with eSourcing platforms and procurement technology (Spend Analytics and CLM required).
• Executive presence: comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and translating procurement value into business language, including board-ready materials.
• Proven stakeholder influence: earns credibility and drives alignment across marketing without direct authority.

Preferred

• MBA or advanced degree preferred; equivalent work experience with demonstrated and sustained financial delivery considered.
• CPM, CPSM, or equivalent procurement certification.
• Experience with a global restaurant, QSR, Retail, CPG, or franchise brand.
• Experience selecting and implementing procurement technology including eSourcing, CLM, and spend analytics platforms.

Benefits

• Insurance Plans (Medical, Life)
• Pension/401K/RSP (country specific)
• Competitive Bonus
• Mobility Allowance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Holidays
• Volunteering time
• And More…..