Location: New York,NY, USA
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**Global Lead Buyer**
New York, NY / Operations Operational Excellence / Full-time Contentsquare is a global SaaS technology company that empowers brands to build better digital experiences for all. We have been recognized by Gartner as one of the four mostinnovative ecommerce companies in the world, and have featured in Wired Magazine as one of Europes hottest startups.
Contentsquare has 10 main offices across the world ( New York, London, Paris, Munich, San Francisco, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, and Singapore) with 750+ clientsglobally including Fortune 100 companies like HSBC, Sainsburys, Spotify, Asos and Microsoft. Weve been experiencing tremendous growth as our team has grown from ~300 to 1000+ employees globally, and raised a **$500M** Series E funding in May 2021.
As our growth accelerates further we are looking to hire 1,500 positions globally in the next 3 years. We are looking for talented people like you to join us and help us continue to innovate and improve online experiences for all. We want the most ambitious, unique and enthusiastic people to join us and help us in this mission. Come join the **#CSquad family!**
**About the Opportunity:**
As our first **Marketing, Communication and Professional Services Lead Buyer,** your challenge will be to build and manage those Categories, globally.
You are the Procurements primary business partner for Marketing and Communications-related projects and initiatives: Advertising/Media spend, Public Relations, external events, sponsorship, market research, goodies ... You also lead procurement needs for other professional services : Translation, contractors, consulting fees (Marketing, Legal, Finance, Audit..), insurance
If you have experience in MARCOM and Professional Services procurement, willing to work in a fast paced international environment, having an intrapreneurial collaborative spirit and being ready to embrace challenges, wed love to meet you!
**What Youll Do:**
The Category Lead Buyer is a global and strategic procurement function, responsible for defining and executing the assigned category best practices, sourcing strategy, cost optimization and vendor panel consolidation, in collaboration with the internal stakeholders.
She/he is responsible for a growing procurement spend (> $20M) on a global scope. She/he combines creative thinking and factual analysis to develop appropriate strategies in close collaboration with the her/his main internal clients from the Marketing Team and other support functions.
Reporting, to the VP Global Procurement, Your main responsibilities will be to: - Build our tender framework and processes (market sourcing, RFx package, T&Cs analysis and negotiation, contract review with Legal and Security...) and lead Procurement projects in line with the approved budget - Raise awareness of Procurement best practices and act as a key business partner and enabler - Establish strong relationship with internal stakeholders, and work closely with them to monitor existing contracts expiration, to coordinate new projects and to define sourcing strategies while leveraging preferred suppliers - Execute procurement tasks, lead tenders/RFPs/RFQs to support on time project launches, delivering value and achieving cost targets through negotiations - Develop and maintain Procurement action plan, dashboards and performance metrics - Contribute to the roll-out of Procure-to-Pay processes and tools to drive operational efficiency and added value services across business, Security, Legal and Finance teams - Manage strategic vendors relationship to measure supplier performance and to strengthen and maximize business partnerships
What Youll Need to Succeed: - Bachelors Degree in business, Procurement & Supply Chain - 3 years minimum experience in a Global Procurement organization, with experience in leading MARCOM and general professional services commodities as a must-have, driving categories strategies, performing vendor and contract management, negotiating and running tenders - Experienced professional who can drive category strategies, build strong relationships and trust with key stakeholders while bringing changes within the organization - Knowledgeable about the supply market and supplier capabilities, geographically - Demonstrated ability as a Project Manager who can prioritize workload and manage multiple projects within cost and schedule - Strong analytical and organizational skills - Collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy - Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written - Out of the box thinking and curiosity are must have - Capacity to leverage external networking to bring best practices - Fluent in french is a +
**What Makes You Stand Out from the Crowd:**
**Beyond hard skills, we are looking for a professional with the capacity to create from scratch, to be fully hands-on, to be force of proposition and with an open and collaborative mindset, with the ultimate objective of making Procurement a trusted advisor to all CS teams** ? Our mission is focused on empowering everyone to create better experiences for all in the digital world. ? We invest in our employees through career development & opportunities, social events, philanthropic activities, and competitive benefits. ? You get to collaborate with and learn from smart and creative people around the globe. ? We are in this together #TeamSpirit. **To keep our employees happy and motivated, we are always assessing the benefits/perks we offer to ensure we are competitive. Here are some wed like to highlight:** - Virtual onboarding, Hackathon, and our annual kickoff trip on a global basis! You have the opportunity to interact with our global colleagues. - Generous paid time-off policy (every location is different) - Immediate eligibility for birthing and non-birthing parental leave - Wellbeing allowance - Home Office Allowance - We offer many benefits in various countries -- ask your recruiter for more information! - Fun office culture with a big opportunity to make an impact on our growing global team, culture, including a Culture Crew for every country to organize regular outings such as game nights, movie nights, and happy hours
**#Uniqueness** is embedded in our DNA as one of our core values, and we welcome everyone to apply to our positions.
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