Strategic Sourcing Manager, Marketing

$166,000 - $236,000/Yr

Meta - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

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About the position

Meta is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager for Marketing, responsible for leading a team of Sourcing Managers to develop and execute category strategies for Production services across all Marketing teams. The role requires strong business acumen, problem-solving skills, and the ability to influence complex decisions while collaborating with various internal teams and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing category optimization initiatives to maximize Marketing ROI by managing comprehensive end-to-end value derived from supplier investments.
• Lead and develop a team of experienced sourcing category managers to build and execute sourcing strategies and workflows.
• Identify large-scale operational and financial problems/opportunities, then develop bold solutions that are scalable and support marketing and finance objectives.
• Generate and leverage data driven and/or external industry insights to deliver meaningful insights and surface solutions to drive efficiency.
• Lead functional and cross functional initiatives to develop strategic solutions that improve production operations and re-engineer processes to mitigate risk, be more efficient, and increase ROI.
• Partner with Marketing and internal Creative agency to build effective strategic relationships and workflows with external suppliers/agencies to drive results and influence business decisions aligned with business objectives.
• Influence key decisions in cross functional settings regularly.
• Proactively bring together decision makers and consultants with other experts on decisions / changes.
• Effectively lead and steer complex or sensitive cross functional forums.
• Foster team mindset to develop cross collaboration for long-term success.

Requirements

• 10+ years Sourcing knowledge across Marketing services with emphasis on Production (including production industry guidelines and union regulations).
• Experience partnering with Marketing and Production in driving planning and leading negotiations both with large global agencies and production companies as well as smaller boutique firms, then managing those relationships from a Sourcing perspective.
• Proven experience navigating a complex matrixed organization and in managing, developing, and leading a team of experienced direct reports to keep the team engaged, learning, and motivated.
• Experience managing transformational projects that require high-level change management and influencing with management.
• Effective partnership and relationship building skills to understand stakeholders' motivations and priorities in order to develop productive working relationships.
• In-depth understanding of marketing operations, including systems and tools, and the agency landscape.
• Create a safe regulatory environment by ensuring our contracts and suppliers we work with are in compliance with Meta's data and privacy policies.
• Bachelors' degree in Business, Advertising, Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Finance or Management.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience as a Producer and/or Production Consultant with understanding of the full production process across all media [live action video, digital websites and applications, print/OOH, animation and photography through localization, delivery and archiving.
• Experience working in a fast paced environment, thriving amidst ambiguity while ensuring excellence.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $166,000 - $236,000 per year
• Bonus opportunities
• Equity options
• Comprehensive benefits package