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Media Procurement Associate Director

This is an exciting opportunity as part of Unilever media journey. We operate at...

Location

United States , Hoboken

Salary:

141600.00 - 212500.00 USD / Year

Unilever

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (Marketing or similar preferred)
10+ years of experience including buying media experience (required)
Deep and proven experience in media buying channels and media value chain players, including AI
Strategic sourcing, portfolio strategy expertise, with experience in managing complex portfolio/category
Expert in negotiation and contracting
Understanding of supply market, value chain, and FMCG knowledge. Knowledge of Media portfolios and supply markets.
Experience in strategic supplier relationship management
Experience on large-scale project management
Experience in shaping and leading transformational business process reengineering, with experience driving Change Management initiatives.
Ability to travel internationally approximately 20% of the time

Job Responsibility

Partner with BUs and media leads to manage and optimize the end-to-end bidding process for media procurement.
Define and implement buying strategies across media channels to define optimal benefits for Unilever, balancing upfront negotiation and biddable approaches.
Lead negotiations with external suppliers across media channels, data and tech, ensuring value delivery and alignment with Unilever’s procurement principles.
Continuously evaluate cost drivers and market dynamics to inform and refine media bidding strategies.
Support the roll-out of new processes and digital tools to drive efficiency and transparency.
Provide regular insights and recommendations to senior leadership on market trends and competitiveness, supplier performance, and cost optimization opportunities.
Collaborate with media leads to translate business briefs into actionable procurement strategies.
Ensure delivery of value and innovation through supplier partnerships.
Deliver against financial targets and other KPIs (including value delivery, media efficiency and effectiveness) as per business plan objectives
Ensure Portfolio fundamentals (i.e. data consistency, data insights, recurring stakeholder communications, contracts, etc.) are all put in place

What we offer

Bonus
Long-Term Incentive (LTI)
health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
retirement savings benefits
life insurance and disability benefits
parental leave
sick leave
paid vacation and holidays
access to numerous voluntary benefits

Fulltime

Media Procurement Associate Director

This is an exciting opportunity as part of Unilever media journey. We operate at...

Location

United States , Hoboken

Salary:

141600.00 - 212500.00 USD / Year

Unilever

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10+ years of experience including buying media experience (required)
Deep and proven experience in media buying channels and media value chain players, including AI
Strategic sourcing, portfolio strategy expertise, with experience in managing complex portfolio/category
Expert in negotiation and contracting
Understanding of supply market, value chain, and FMCG knowledge. Knowledge of Media portfolios and supply markets.
Experience in strategic supplier relationship management
Experience on large-scale project management
Experience in shaping and leading transformational business process reengineering, with experience driving Change Management initiatives.
Ability to travel internationally approximately 20% of the time
Best in class analytics capabilities

Job Responsibility

Partner with BUs and media leads to manage and optimize the end-to-end bidding process for media procurement.
Define and implement buying strategies across media channels to define optimal benefits for Unilever, balancing upfront negotiation and biddable approaches.
Lead negotiations with external suppliers across media channels, data and tech, ensuring value delivery and alignment with Unilever’s procurement principles.
Continuously evaluate cost drivers and market dynamics to inform and refine media bidding strategies.
Support the roll-out of new processes and digital tools to drive efficiency and transparency.
Provide regular insights and recommendations to senior leadership on market trends and competitiveness, supplier performance, and cost optimization opportunities.
Collaborate with media leads to translate business briefs into actionable procurement strategies.
Ensure delivery of value and innovation through supplier partnerships.
Deliver against financial targets and other KPIs (including value delivery, media efficiency and effectiveness) as per business plan objectives
Ensure Portfolio fundamentals (i.e. data consistency, data insights, recurring stakeholder communications, contracts, etc.) are all put in place

What we offer

Bonus eligible
Long-Term Incentive (LTI) eligible
Eligible to participate in benefits plan (e.g., health insurance, retirement savings, life insurance, disability, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays)

Fulltime

Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing, Commercial and G&A

Beam is seeking an experienced procurement leader to oversee end-to-end indirect...

Location

United States , Cambridge

Salary:

185000.00 - 225000.00 USD / Year

Beam Therapeutics

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related field
7-10 years of progressive experience in Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Procurement leadership within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or regulated industries
Demonstrated experience supporting Commercial organizations in a life sciences environment
Experience managing indirect categories including IT, Professional Services, Marketing, and Corporate Services
Strong process-mapping and process-improvement skills with close attention to detail
High degree of customer focus and demonstrated collaboration in a team environment
Proven success leading complex negotiations and delivering structural cost savings
Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize, balance and manage multiple efforts with strong results/goal orientation
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey strategies and results to a diverse audience
Able to travel when needed

Job Responsibility

Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned to Commercial and enterprise objectives, incorporating spend analytics, market intelligence, and risk assessment
Lead complex RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs and drive end-to-end sourcing lifecycle management, including supplier selection and negotiation strategy development
Negotiate and execute contracts with strategic suppliers and service providers, ensuring alignment with defined KPIs, SLAs, compliance standards, and measurable value delivery
Set strategic direction and own responsibility for all day-to-day purchasing and category management activities, including order accuracy, compliance, and serving as the primary escalation point for commercial and service issues
Serve as a strategic business partner to Commercial, Finance, Quality, IT, and Legal teams
present supplier performance, savings delivery, and risk updates to leadership
Collaborate with Accounts Payable to resolve purchasing discrepancies and strengthen procurement governance and controls
Build and manage strong supplier relationships, establish performance scorecards and dashboards, and conduct structured business reviews to ensure quality, delivery, cost, and service excellence
Anticipate supply market dynamics and mitigate risk through supplier rationalization, contingency planning, and proactive issue resolution to avoid operational disruption
Set strategic directions and responsibility for all day-to-day purchasing activities. Mange orders for completeness, accuracy, and compliance. Act as the initial escalation point for purchasing issues

Fulltime

Sr. Director, Global Sourcing and Procurement (GSP) Enablement - Strategy & Operations

The Senior Director of GSP Enablement will have extensive experience in leading ...

Location

United States

Salary:

216000.00 - 297000.00 USD / Year

BioMarin Pharmaceutical

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or related field
Extensive experience in Sourcing, Procurement Operations / Systems, and Consulting preferably within the pharma / biotech / life sciences sector
12+ years of experience in Sourcing, Procurement Operations, and Supplier Management
Knowledge of Procurement tools
specific expertise in Ariba / SAP and CLM environment required
Experience with optimizing tail spend
In-depth understanding of external environment and supplier relationship models
Strong knowledge of finance (cost benchmark, financial audit with key suppliers) and legal matters (contracting)
Significant experience working in a matrix (global/ regional) business environment
Strong networking skills and a proven ability to build productive and collaborative relationships with stakeholders and business partners

Job Responsibility

Partnering internally to GSP with CPO and the leadership team to build or evolve capabilities such as, Analytics / Market Intelligence, Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Supplier Onboarding / Supplier Diversity / Sustainability / Risk Management, and Digital / AI Enablement
Collaborating with both internal GSP team and external stakeholders to help evolve and execute the STP roadmap and implement associated systems / tools
Acting as GSP point of contact for Controller on SOX related compliance, Corporate Audit on Spend Management Compliance, Legal on Contract Compliance, and other Compliance functions as required through effective Governance by ensuring scalable policies with underlying robust processes
Strategic Engagement: partner with different stakeholders, internal and external, to develop fit-for-purpose capabilities that can scale-up with stated purpose of the company
Team & Organizational Management: manage a diverse team that will require both inspiring people to follow and influencing peers and in direct team members to partner
Thought Leadership: ability to network with industry peers and supplier partners to understand trends as well as benchmarks and translate those for internal BioMarin use effectively
Program Planning: execute programs, both broad and deep, with articulated strategic objectives that are linked to corporate and functional priorities
Stakeholder Communication: develop effective communications and associated change management plans that involve the entire stakeholder spectrum… executives, peers, direct / project teams, business partners, and suppliers

What we offer

discretionary annual bonus
discretionary stock-based long-term incentives
paid time off
company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans

Fulltime

Associate Director, R&D Product Development, Wellbeing Collective

The Americas & EU Technical Leader, Wellbeing International R&D is responsible f...

Location

United States , Trumbull

Salary:

146200.00 - 219400.00 USD / Year

Unilever

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Strong R&D TPL experience (senior-level)
Deep expertise in gummy formulation
Based in China with Mandarin fluency to speak to the manufacturers in China
Experience working on TPL projects beyond China, ideally with a regional or global lens
Bachelor's degree required in science or engineering
BS with 12+ years, Masters with 10+ years, or PhD with 7+ years’ experience in formulation development or technology development of which at least 3 years as Technical Project Lead
Excellent understanding of Product development Principles – formulation development for consumer-friendly ingestible dosage forms such as Powders, Gummies/capsules, material understanding, product scale up, product costing, ingredient sources and GMP
Experience working with cross functional teams across geographies
Ability to lead more complex portfolio of innovation/quality & Value Improvement Project (VIP) projects including multiple brands/regions/technologies
Technical leadership by exhibiting and fostering initiative, motivation, judgment, flexibility, and breadth

Job Responsibility

Drive best-in-class product development to support growth ambitions of the Wellbeing Collective international business
Lead innovation and new market entry across Canada, Latin America, the UK, and Europe for WBC brands
Own end-to-end technical delivery for innovation and market expansion
Partner closely with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, SERs, Nutrition Science, Quality, and Regulatory) to deliver projects on time and in compliance
Build and deliver a robust innovation pipeline in partnership with the global marketing team
Drive cost savings and strategic business continuity initiatives
Lead and develop a team of formulators and process engineers
Lead end-to-end product development and commercialization
Design cost-effective, sensorially superior, and scalable formulations
Own technical delivery on project teams

What we offer

Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
Retirement savings benefits
Life insurance and disability benefits
Parental leave
Sick leave
Paid vacation and holidays
Access to numerous voluntary benefits
Bonus eligible
Long-Term Incentive (LTI) eligible

Fulltime

Senior Director, Procurement - North America

Reporting directly to the Global Vice President of Procurement, the Senior Direc...

Location

United States of America , Parsippany

Salary:

180000.00 - 260000.00 USD / Year

avis budget group

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
advanced degree preferred
15+ years of progressive procurement experience, with a strong focus on vendor management and day-to-day operational execution
Demonstrated success managing vendor relationships across a large, distributed network of sites
Strategic and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to build consensus and align diverse stakeholders
Strong leadership skills, with experience developing and managing high-performing teams
Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills

Job Responsibility

Create and execute comprehensive, globally-aligned sourcing strategies for North America spend (e.g., MRO, fleet maintenance services, IT services, facilities management, professional services) across multiple regions and markets, ensuring delivery of business-aligned savings goals
Establish robust global contracts, incorporating competitive terms and conditions to manage current and future risks around market/cost volatility, regulations, currency, and other operational factors
Support global development and the implement internationally standard practices such as cross-market best practice sharing and supplier partnerships
Establish a supplier engagement plan for international markets to secure the most competitive terms, consistent with global sourcing strategies
Elevate key supplier relationships to deliver across scorecard metrics, including productivity and service, as well as corporate social responsibility ambitions such as local business development and supplier diversity
Establish and oversee procurement budgets with multi-currency considerations and provide regular forecasting, including risk and opportunity analysis
Partner with the Procurement Operations team to design and implement a robust supplier performance measurement program and standardized processes across all international locations
Support the global organizational design and ensure the establishment of high-performing procurement teams, including the recruitment, development, and coaching of associates
Set KPIs and ensure adherence, performance measurement, and target achievement across all international regions
Drive process harmonization across all international sites, implementing best practices while adapting to local market conditions

What we offer

Paid time off
401K retirement plan with company matched contributions
Access to Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance
Eligible to elect other voluntary benefits including: Group Legal, Identity Theft, Insurance, FSA, additional life insurance coverages
Contribute up to $260 as a tax free benefit for public transportation or parking expenses
Employee discounts, including discounted prices on purchase of Avis / Budget cars
Access to an Employee Assistance Program for services including counseling, financial and legal consultation, referrals for care service, and more

Fulltime

Global Category Associate Director- Data Analytics and AI Platforms

We are seeking an individual who thrives in ambiguity, capable of driving catego...

Location

India , Hyderabad

Salary:

Not provided

Amgen

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Familiarity with procurement platforms such as Ariba, as well as ERP systems and advanced analytics tools to support decision-making and process automation
Excellent problem solving and organizational skills
Experience leading large, cross-functional teams and managing complex global projects in a matrixed environment
Experience managing analytics and AI/ML software procurement
Understanding of cloud data ecosystems (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, AWS/Azure/Google AI)
Strong analytical skills with ability to assess large data sets and supplier performance
Doctorate degree and 14 years of Global Strategic Sourcing, Procurement or Commercial experience OR Master’s degree and 15 to 17 years & above experience of Global Strategic Sourcing, Procurement or Commercial experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 17-18 years of Global Strategic Sourcing, Procurement or Commercial experience
And 2 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leading teams, projects, or programs.

Job Responsibility

Lead and evolve the category strategy for Data Analytics and AI Platforms, enabling Amgen to leverage data-driven insights across R&D, Commercial, Operations and G&A functions
Partner with Digital, Data Science, and IT leaders to standardize platforms such as data lakes, analytics, and AI/ML environments
Evaluate emerging suppliers in data, AI, and predictive analytics to incorporate innovation responsibly
Design contracts balancing access to innovation with compliance, governance, and cost efficiency
Develop multi-year sourcing roadmaps to ensure data and AI platforms meet enterprise growth and compliance needs
Provide strategic oversight as the global lead for Software category and sourcing, ensuring alignment between category strategies and Amgen’s evolving business needs
Act as a trusted advisor to ensure that procurement initiatives are aligned with broader organizational objectives
Guide and facilitate collaboration across cross-functional teams and regional stakeholders
Ensure that all Software procurement activities are managed in compliance with regulatory, contractual, and operational risk requirements
Partner with Legal, Compliance, Data Privacy, and Cybersecurity teams to maintain oversight of risk mitigation strategies

Director of Procurement Systems & Strategic Initiatives

The Director of Procurement Systems & Strategic Initiatives will be responsible ...

Location

United States of America , Parsippany

Salary:

180000.00 - 220000.00 USD / Year

avis budget group

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred
10+ years of progressive procurement finance experience, particularly in creating procurement savings framework and leading systems initiatives
Proven success in creating and implementing P2P or S2P systems along with accompanying people, process and technology needs in a highly fragmented spend organization
Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across functions and levels
Very Strong analytical and communication abilities with a track record of delivering business-aligned procurement outcomes

Job Responsibility

Architect, align, and lead the implementation of the Global Source to Pay for Avis Budget globally, including the creation and implementation of an agile technology roadmap and global procurement policy
Create, align, and oversee the rollout of the Global Procurement Policy to ensure Avis Budget Group extracts maximum value for its billions of third-party expenses and meets regulatory, safety, ESG, and other key standards
Create, align, and lead the technology roadmap for Global Procurement (key priority will be Procure to Pay as well as a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system)
Lead the governance for all Global Procurement value delivery – savings, cost avoidance, working capital
Support the Global Chief Procurement Officer in the creation of the Strategic Plan as well as the Annual Operating Plan
Support the Global Chief Procurement Officer in the creation of a total capability program for Global Procurement, including learning plan for all associates
Manage a team of direct reports (2-3 FTEs), including data analysts and market intelligence analysts

What we offer

Paid time off
401K retirement plan with company matched contributions
Access to Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance
Eligible to elect other voluntary benefits including: Group Legal, Identity Theft, Insurance, FSA, additional life insurance coverages
Contribute up to $260 as a tax free benefit for public transportation or parking expenses
Employee discounts, including discounted prices on purchase of Avis / Budget cars
Access to an Employee Assistance Program for services including counseling, financial and legal consultation, referrals for care service, and more

Fulltime

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