Partner with Regional (and Global) Marketing teams to develop sourcing strategy and execution plans for multiple sub-categories, including Media buying, Creative & Video Production, Social and PR communication, Events, Market Research. - This role will focus heavily on the market research category, supporting business divisions on complex negotiation strategies with market leading suppliers such as Nielsen, Kantar and the like. - Collaborate with global and regional procurement teams to drive improvements and innovations for projects such as supplier management, sourcing process optimization, and purchasing efficiency. - Manage P 2 P procurement process management including purchase request consolidation, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and PO management. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve work efficiency, build accountability and provide timely resolution of issues. - Lead and manage key internal and external procurement partnerships. Requirements: Minimum Qualifications: - 5 years of marketing-related procurement experience is mandatory, through which you demonstrated the ability to: develop sourcing strategies, lead commercial tactics such as negotiation and competitive bidding, manage supplier agency relationships, influence leadership/peers to drive business value. - Strong knowledge of the market research category is critical, particularly experience in working across large scale negotiations with leading suppliers. - Knowledge and experience in managing a variety of marketing agencies, and understanding the dynamics of how agency models operate. - Detailed oriented, self-motivated, ability to navigate complex situations, having a can-do attitude with a propensity toward acting with a sense of urgency & responsibility. Preferred Qualifications: - Problem-solving and independent thinking with a solution-orientated mind. - Data-driven with strong quantitative analysis skills. - Would also consider individuals coming from marketing agencies, who want to build a career in Procurement.