Sr. Sourcing Specialist - Marketing
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10105068 Location Burbank, California, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Nov. 06, 2024Job Summary:
About the Role & Team
At Disney, we‘re storytellers, we make the impossible, possible. We do this through unmatched creativity and use of innovative technology to bring stories to life through our movies, licensed products, interactive games, theme parks and resorts, television networks & streaming services. Now is your chance to join our dedicated team that delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world. Come join this dynamics team!
The Marketing Sourcing Team collaborates with Media & Marketing professionals across the Walt Disney Company, to enhance the value of our marketing investments, by creatively crafting deals that deliver value across the enterprise, and improving the way we do business with our partners. The Marketing Category includes, Advertising, Creative Services, Digital, Events, Social Media, CRM, Market Research, Marketing Technology, and other marketing services.
What You Will Do
In this role you will focus primarily on Creative Services with marketing partners to make thoughtful sourcing decisions in selecting agencies, technologies & other service providers, to increase the value of our campaign investments, and to mitigate risks through smart contract negotiations. This includes running RFP’s, negotiating enterprise & segment level deals, managing supplier relationships, recommending best-in-class suppliers & innovations, facilitating process improvements and bringing partners across the segments together for collaboration and maximizing opportunities.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Day-to-day management of global, crossline business deals with major agency partners and marketing departments across the enterprise
- Review and redline statement of work contracts to ensure they meet our objectives and effectively mitigate risk, while upholding the creative integrity of the brand
- Build and maintain proactive, responsive relationships with stakeholders and partners by understanding their needs and promptly addressing concerns
- Identify RFP opportunities with supporting rationale, assist in RFP launch and evaluation process
- Identify opportunities for process improvements to enhance efficiency
Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills are critical as this position will be interfacing with Global & Local Sourcing/Marketing/Finance/Business Unit clients on a regular basis.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 3+ Years of strategic sourcing and/or relevant work experience
- Individual Contributor that is effective at managing tasks and projects independently
- Builds strong working relationships across lines of business and leadership levels
- Builds strong working relationships across lines of business and executive leadership levels
- Strategic thinker & creative problem solver
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Advanced negotiation skills
- Proven project management skills and experience
- Ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects at any given time
- Ability to persevere with ambiguity
- Ability to analyze complex situations and develop coherent insights and strategies to maximize value.
- Complex financial modeling experience
- Completes scorecard analytics for sourcing initiatives
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Power Point and Word)
- Demonstrate exemplary integrity and ethics in all instances
- High-energy, self-motivated with a desire to excel in a collaborative environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in Creative, PR, Marcoms, or other marketing fields.
- Experience working with Agencies, a plus
- Experience in negotiations of professional and/or technical services
- Marketing background is a plus.
- Marketing Sourcing background is a plus.
- Advanced AirTable skills
- Experience with Coupa and Sourcing Project Mgmt. Systems
- Ability to plan and execute against both short- and long-term goals.
- CPMP or CPSM
Education
Required Education:
- Bachelors Degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
Preferred Education:
- Masters Degree/MBA
Additional Information
This position is a legal entity of The Walt Disney Company, an equal opportunity employer.
The hiring range for this position in California is $103,400 to $126,200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):
At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.