Global Senior Marketing Procurement Manager

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world including Buffalo Trace Pappy Van Winkle Eagle Rare Blantons Traveller and Sazerac Rye. Additionally Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits including Fireball Svedka Wheatley BuzzBallz Southern Comfort Seagrams V.O. Myerss Goldschläger Parrot Bay 99 Brand and Platinum Vodka.

Were proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky four times and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of worlds most award-winning distillery through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether youre a recent graduate or an experienced professional Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting entrepreneurial industry.

The Global Senior Marketing Procurement Manager is a highly visible strategic role responsible for shaping and leading global marketing procurement efforts. This position partners closely with Brand Marketing and National Accounts teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality marketing services and materials at optimal cost while driving innovation efficiency and best-in-class procurement practices across the organization.

This role offers the opportunity to influence global marketing spend build strong supplier partnerships lead a talented procurement team and play a key role in how brands execute and scale marketing initiatives worldwide.

What Youll Do

• Lead and support cross-functional initiatives focused on improving marketing procurement processes driving innovation and delivering measurable business results.
• Develop and execute strategic sourcing initiatives that balance service quality cost efficiency and innovation.
• Establish and track procurement KPIs to ensure strong performance transparency and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the sourcing and procurement of marketing services and related categories ensuring best-in-class service at competitive costs.
• Act as a trusted partner to internal stakeholders providing strategic guidance and support aligned to business objectives.
• Own execution of global procurement strategies including budget tracking cost savings logistics coordination vendor management and adoption of procurement tools.
• Lead POS creation printing fulfillment and trafficking ensuring high quality standards while leveraging scale to maximize efficiency and value.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with integrators and POS suppliers; serve as a key liaison between suppliers and internal teams.
• Lead the Marketing Procurement team in partnership with Brand teams to manage creative execution timelines and costs.
• Attend vendor press reviews and approve press runs as needed.
• Stay current on industry trends and innovations in marketing categories such as POS; visit suppliers and attend trade events to identify new opportunities.
• Serve as the primary owner of company-wide marketing procurement processes including advertising and POS budgets and vendor management.
• Partner with Brand teams and National Accounts to identify agency optimization opportunities and drive efficiencies.
• Review and approve contracts materials and workloads identifying synergies across marketing procurement activities.
• Set clear priorities KPIs and role expectations for the Marketing Procurement team.
• Coach mentor and develop team members while ensuring the structure capabilities and resource allocation support business needs.
• Partner with management and leverage the PDS system to support individual development and performance goals.
• Oversee rebate and coupon programs by brand and state ensuring timely execution effective clearinghouse processes and alignment with brand strategy.
• Manage logo and asset storage systems and related processes across platforms such as SharePoint Dri-View and Intranet Image Libraries.
• Ensure media libraries containing POS advertising and vendor information remain accurate and up to date.
• Collaborate with Brand Managers to ensure consistent brand representation across Dri-View Vivid and other systems.
• Communicate brand goals and priorities to Marketing Procurement and Logistics teams.
• Manage updates and enhancements to POS-related websites.
• Actively develop your own career plan while building and leading a high-performing Marketing Procurement team.
• Coach direct reports on career growth and conduct regular CDS meetings to support development and engagement.

What You Bring

• Bachelors degree
• Minimum of 10 years of relavent
• Strong analytical communication presentation and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in procurement systems and Microsoft Office (Excel Word PowerPoint)
• Proven ability to negotiate influence and drive results using data and analytics
• Highly motivated proactive and adaptable in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams
• Comfort communicating with stakeholders at all levels of the organization

• Experienced with POS required

Preferred

• Masters degree in a related field
• Procurement or supply chain certification (CSCP CPSM or similar)

Work Environment & Travel

• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Hybrid from Louisville KY or Carrollton TX

Placement within the salary range is calculated based upon years of directly relatable experience for the position.

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A career at Sazerac offers you the opportunity to reach your full potential as part of a creative decisive high-performance team. Sazerac values the needs and wants of our team members and offers inclusive benefits to attract and retain the best talent. Our culture is built upon the values of hard work diligence and personal responsibility.

Sazerac Team Members enjoy:

• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive Benefits from Day One including medical dental vision disability and life insurance.
• Family Coverage:Options to cover family members including domestic partners.
• 401(k) Plan:Immediate access to a matching 401(k) plan.
• Flexible Time Away:Enjoy paid time off (PTO) holidays and parental leave.
• Mental Health and Wellness:Access to mental health care and wellness incentive programs.
• Educational Support:Benefit from tuition reimbursement and our scholarship program for dependents of Sazerac team members.
• Fun Extras:Enjoy branded apparel fun events and a team member bottle purchase program.
• Training and Development:Opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits salary range and programs may vary by role or location. For roles within our commercial team - the Salary range refers to base salary only and does not include car allowance annual bonus fuel or cell phone ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package. Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin veteran status age gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation genetic information physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.