Senior Manager, Sourcing
Senior Manager, Sourcing
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$ 129600 - 162000
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Job Description
The Global Sourcing team supports seven key categories of goods and services across Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Categories include Technology Professional Services Corporate Services/Facilities Travel Marketing Production and Distribution. Sourcing Sr. Managers are assigned a primary category but will work cross-functionally in an agile sourcing model as trusted advisors supporting enterprise-wide projects that drive value cost savings process improvement and supplier excellence.
The ideal candidate will have experience in each aspect of the end-to-end source-to-contract process starting from opportunity identification spend baselining RFx contract negotiation and renewals financial review and supplier management. Candidate must have an agile mindset and have demonstrate competency and character that is fair inclusive consistent transparent and accountable. The Global Procurement department embraces a learning culture built on trust collaboration technology and process improvements to drive innovation and resilience in our business.
Core Responsibilities
Sourcing: Develop and lead sourcing strategies in the Professional Services category for the procurement of goods and services.
Business Intelligence: Proactively monitor and understand the market and identify opportunities resulting from new product offerings and/or market shifts. Maintain operational knowledge of market rates for categories owned and conduct regular benchmarking. Leverage industry associations peers and stakeholders to identify and implement category best practices.
Spend Analytics: Perform spend analysis to identify trends and opportunities to drive value. Contribute to continuous data enrichment to ensure spend data is accurate and provides useful business intelligence.
eRFx: Develop and manage RFx (Requests for Proposals Quotes and Information) using bid management platform. Support business in bid evaluation processes including collecting requirements managing bidder communications and analyzing bid responses within the system. Support supplier selection by making data-driven recommendations.
Negotiations: Develop strategy and lead negotiation process. Negotiate enterprise-wide agreements that minimize financial and business risk exposure and provide optimal value. Draft contract business terms related to scope of work (SOW) service level agreements (SLA) and other business terms. Support review and negotiation of all other terms with support from corporate legal infosec risk and other SPE departments as needed.
Savings Valuation: Quantify the baseline value of goods and services being sourced the value of negotiations and the final change in the total cost of ownership.
Trusted Advisor: Manage relationships with internal SPE stakeholders and coordinate sourcing strategies opportunities and requirements with other Sony entities. Proactively meet with internal stakeholders and develop trusted relationships. Develop and present the business case and cost/benefit analysis to stakeholders.
Supplier Management: Manage external supplier relationships and monitor agreement expirations for renewal. Develop and manage supply base in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Evaluate and measure supplier performance. Serve as a resource to resolve issues and problems. Lead cyclical and ad-hoc supplier business reviews.
Agile: Continuously look for ways to improve the sourcing process and leverage new ways to drive faster cycle-time reduce touchpoints and increase the speed at which SPE does business. Collaborate with business partners suppliers and stakeholders to drive an agile process.
Job Requirements
Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of corporate procurement/purchasing/sourcing or similar experience.
Candidate must have experience in negotiating both domestic and international agreements.
Track record of delivering significant and measurable value in a large complex and fast-moving organization.
Experience in Media and Entertainment or Technology-based industries preferred.
Experience with Ariba and SAP preferred.
Candidate must have strong category management knowledge including but not limited to opportunity identification spend analytics sourcing strategy project management RFx processes contract negotiation supplier benchmarking contract compliance and procure-to-pay processes.
Subject matter expertise in Professional Services including contingent labor consulting financial services training and development outsourced services and benefits.
Effective communicator and influencer comfortable presenting in front of senior leadership audiences.
The candidate must be a self-starter who can work independently and proactively identify potential areas for sourcing.
The candidate must demonstrate aspects of the following core competencies:
Trusted Partner
Effective Communicator
Strategic Thinker
Innovative Problem Solver
Change Agent
Learner and Developer
Have an affinity for movies television entertainment media and content creation.
Education:
Undergraduate Degree in Supply Chain Engineering Computer Science Finance or Business
CPM/CPSM or other similar certifications preferred.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability veteran status age sexual orientation gender identity or other protected characteristics.
SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.
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Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
