Procurement Manager - Marketing & Sales
The Clorox Company
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Your role at Clorox:
The Marketing & Sales Procurement Manager will be responsible for creating and driving Marketing and Sales Procurement related activity across Clorox’s Care & Connection and Health & Hygiene Groups, with $200MM+ combined spend responsibility in Creative, Influencers, PR, Pack & Brand Design, among other categories.Mexico City is the preferred location for this role. This position will travel 10-20%.
In this role, you will:
Working closely with the Marketing & Sales Procurement Associate Director, as well as the rest of Procurement Category Managers, you will be designing and implementing new sourcing strategies and capabilities, performing contract audits and spend analysis, leveraging data and analytics to assess ROI of marketing budget, conducting competitive bidding and RFP processes, negotiations of commercial agreements, implementing vendor and stakeholder management, delivering continuous savings as well as performance and process improvement to deliver value and growth. You will work to ensure transparency and governance of procurement processes and corporate policies, sharing findings and enabling new best practices.
We are looking for an experienced Marketing and Sales Procurement leader who can communicate the value of Procurement to internal stakeholders across functions. In this role, you will routinely interact with C-level supplier executives and advise senior stakeholders internally on new procurement strategies that create lasting return on investment. The successful candidate will work directly with our leadership in Marketing, Sales, Legal, and other areas to implement new approaches, bringing a track record of successful deployment of category management in the Marketing & Sales space. We are looking for a hands-on, data-driven talent with a focus on speed and agility.
What we look for:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, or a related field required.
- 6+ years of Procurement experience, ideally in Indirect Procurement functions.
- 3+ years of experience in developing category strategies and strong working knowledge of the marketing agency environment sourcing one or more of the following: Creative, Insights, Media, etc.
- Background experience in FMCG Companies is highly valued.
- Experience practicing best-in-class procurement processes (strategic sourcing management, benchmarking, should-cost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.)
- Work experience in an international environment and matrix organizations.
- Results oriented individual with solid proven track record in delivering value (cost and cash).
- Strong negotiation, analytical, and influencing skills. Great at building cross-functional relationships with ability to interface effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Ability to creatively solve business problems pragmatically and at speed, working with a high level of independence.
- Planning and organization skills—Ability to establish work plans, multi-task and prioritize simultaneous projects.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate complex business situations clearly. High degree of fluency in written and spoken English is required.
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Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:
- Competitive compensation
- Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
- Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being
- Flexible work environment, depending on your role
- Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
- Half-day Fridays, depending on your location
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