Description
We are seeking a versatile Sourcing & Analytics Manager to join our procurement team. This unique role is designed for a professional who thrives in both the tactical world of sourcing and the strategic world of business intelligence. Initially, your time will be split between executing services-related sourcing projects and developing the analytical frameworks necessary to drive data-led decision-making across the department. You will serve as the "translator" between data resources and procurement leadership, ensuring our sourcing strategies are backed by robust, actionable insights. Responsibilities : - End-to-End Sourcing: Lead the process of finding, sourcing, and maintaining key external relationships through expert negotiation and craft expertise. - Bid Management: Craft and conduct comprehensive bid and evaluation processes including RFI, RFQ, and RFP. - Contracting: Structure and negotiate vendor agreements, ensuring high levels of quality, service, and cost alignment. - Advisory: Act as an embedded partner to provide best practices for vendor strategy and serve as an escalation point for commercial relationships. - Holistic Strategy: Communicate across business units and pillars to find commonality among product teams and develop scalable contractual agreements. - Insight Generation: Utilize data and analytics techniques to develop dashboards and reports that aid in executive decision-making, including but not limited to the development and maintenance of a vendor database feeding category analysis and project targeting. - Adoption & Training: Engage sourcing staff to increase the application of analytics to new procurement opportunities - Metrics & Success Criteria: Use data guides and metrics to adapt efforts and ensure the satisfaction of internal partners. Required Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree in related field of study or equivalent experience - 6-8+ years experience in category sourcing, ideally within a non-mandated sourcing environment - Experience working with procurement users to leverage quantitative analysis and financial/price modeling in decision-making - Experience with rollout and training in support of procurement applications or vendor databases - Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex data in compelling ways to non-technical business partners - Deep procurement domain expertise with the credibility to lead and mentor others - Proven ability to foster trust and collaboration with internal customers and external vendors - Ability to work independently with limited direction or supervision Desired Qualifications: - Curiosity to explore and implement AI solutions to analytics and visualization needs - Experience with services-based contracts in support of creative game development is a plus - Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI, etc… - Experience with collaboration and documentation tools like Notion, Confluence, Airtable, etc.. - Experience working in a fast-paced, operationally complex environment For this role, you'll find success