We have a suitable opening in the Corporate Division for the role of Senior Manager Procurement  – Marketing Services - Indirect Purchase based in Mumbai. You come with a relevant experience of 10 to 12 years on which 5 to 7 years in strategic sourcing in Marketing Service category(Media / Creative Agency/Customer Relationship business/Prod-Postprod TV and Mag media/Research) with an FMCG. Traditional and digital media buying experience is must.  

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze Category Spend for Marketing Services (Digital/Creative Agency/Customer Relationship business/Prod-Post prod TV and Mag media/Research and other consulting, etc)
• Optimizing space buying cost across a variety of media channels including digital and traditional.   
• Bring market intelligence in the key areas of digital marketing, E com and social media. 
• Build and maintain relationships with media vendors, negotiating best rates and added-value opportunities for the company.
• Understand Business needs.
• Extract short/mid/long term business requirements by communicating with key stakeholders. (Goals, Trends , Budgets). 
• Ensure compliance at all level. 
• Analyze Industry and Market Movers.
• Develop sourcing strategy and run RFP in line with business needs, compliance requirement and Purchase & vendor management policies.  
• Excellent interpersonal skills - able to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent PC Literacy (Excel, SharePoint, SAP Systems)
• Excellent Negotiation skills & Strong Business & Financial Acumen
• Knowledge and application of supplier contract strategy, negotiations, contractual terms, and contract administration
• Lead the planning and analysis of supplier commercial proposals and subsequent recommendation presentation to business stakeholders. 

Key Deliverables:

• Optimise vendor base. 
• Deliver P n L savings YOY. 
• 100% Policy compliance. 
• 100 % Audit compliance. 

 Key Competencies:

• Runing Data analytics, Deriving Insights & Drawing Conclusions
• An eye for detail
• Cost Benchmarking
• stakeholder Influencing 
• Excellent command over the English language
• Presentation skills 

Key Relationships:

• External: Suppliers
• Internal: Business divisions (CPD and PPD), Management committee, Accounting

Education:

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