Senior Sourcing Specialist, Marketing - Full-time / Part-time

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 work on Market Research with marketing partners to make thoughtful sourcing decisions in selecting agencies, technologies & other service providers, to increase the value of our Market Research 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. We serve as the connective tissue across the segments, creating broader opportunities than what is possible at the segment level.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 3+ Years of strategic sourcing and/or relevant work experience
• Individual Contributor requiring little guidance to manage advanced projects and negotiations.
• Lead cross-lines of business sourcing projects with intricate needs
• Complex financial modeling experience
• Completes scorecard analytics for sourcing initiatives
• 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 lead cross-functional teams & coach/develop talent.
• Ability to persevere with ambiguity
• Ability to analyze complex situations, and develop coherent insights and strategies to maximize value.
• Ability to plan and execute against both short- and long-term goals.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Experience with SAP or other ERP
• Strong PC skills (Excel, Access, Power Point and Word)
• Demonstrate exemplary integrity and ethics in all instances
• Deliverable-focused, strong work ethic
• 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 in negotiations of professional and/or technical services
• Experience with Market Research Measurement Vendors
• Market Research or Advertising Sales is a plus
• Marketing background is a plus.
• Marketing Sourcing background is a plus.
• Experience with Coupa and Sourcing Project Mgmt. Systems
• CPMP or CPSM

Education

Required Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field

Preferred Education:

• Masters Degree/MBA

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The hiring range for this position in [location] is $104,300.00 to $130,300.00 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.