I am currently partnering with the executive leadership team of a highly successful, NYSE-listed digital global powerhouse to identify a high-calibre Senior Procurement Lead – Marketing.
This rapidly expanding multinational enterprise manages high-volume consumer platforms worldwide.
This is a business-critical hire for an ambitious commercial specialist who wants true ownership over a high-value global corporate marketing portfolio.
Key Areas of Strategic Focus
Category Leadership: Designing and executing the end-to-end global Category Strategy for complex marketing, media, creative, digital, production, martech, research, and agency portfolios.
Commercial Negotiation: Structuring, managing, and executing complex global contracts and service agreements with agencies, media partners, production houses, and specialist marketing vendors to mitigate multi-jurisdictional risk.
Stakeholder Integration: Collaborating with senior leadership, marketing, legal, finance, and cross-functional operations across international borders.
Value & Optimisation: Monitoring partner performance metrics (KPIs) to drive continuous supplier performance, marketing efficiency, and scalable commercial value.
Profile Requirements
Experience: Years of robust corporate sourcing and commercial management experience, specifically handling high-value media, agency, martech, production, digital, and wider marketing vendor contracts.
Technical Mindset: Deep proficiency with data analytics (Excel / BI tools) to back up commercial choices with hard metrics and assess supplier and campaign performance.
Core Competencies: Unrivalled commercial negotiation skills, exceptional attention to detail, and a naturally collaborative, cross-functional working style.
Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Marketing, or a related discipline. Professional credentials (such as CIPS, CPSM, or a PMP certification) are highly advantageous.
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