Strategic Sourcing Manager, Creative/Production

Company Description

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

Job Description

Block is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Manager to support our marketing teams, and more specifically the creative/production category. In this role, you will lead sourcing management, contract management, negotiation support and drive adoption of the efficient use of the source-to-pay process through system optimization and proactive partner outreach. You will use your procurement, marketing and advertising sourcing expertise and data analysis skills to support global teams through the source-to-pay process, driving RFP’s, and supporting contract negotiations to optimize our spend. You will report to the Procurement Sourcing Lead. 

You will:

• Establish partnerships with key stakeholders aimed at identifying, understanding and fulfilling sourcing requirements.
• Conduct, facilitate, and drive marketing and advertising vendor and agency reviews, RFP’s, and contract negotiations.
• Review incoming and ongoing vendor engagement and contract requests. 
• Support business stakeholders around the globe through the source-to-pay processes, procedures and policies.  
• Collaborate cross functionally with Legal, InfoSec, Privacy, Finance, IT, Compliance and more to help ensure new and existing vendors adhere to relevant requirements in these areas.
• Collaborate to conduct RFx, lead and/or actively support contract negotiation with suppliers and agencies; develop negotiation approaches, fallback positions and acceptable terms and conditions through contract completion and identify important benchmarks to measure contractual arrangements.
• Support and influence negotiations with a focus on cost-reductions, spend-optimization, risk mitigation, and process compliance.
• Ensure alignment with appropriate procurement, sourcing, and/or category strategy and corporate policies through continuous dialogue with category, procurement, and business stakeholder leads. 
• Support business partners around the globe including the United States, Canada, Europe/UK, and Australia.

Qualifications

You have:

• A minimum 3 years of strategic sourcing experience specific to marketing/creative/production in procurement and a minimum 5 years of overall strategic sourcing experience.
• Experience with source-to-contract and procure-to-pay practices.
• Strong relationship management and communication skills.
• Capable of prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience using procurement and sourcing tools such as SCOUT, COUPA, Oracle, etc.

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $125,600 - USD $153,600
Zone B: USD $116,800 - USD $142,800
Zone C: USD $110,500 - USD $135,100
Zone D: USD $100,500 - USD $122,900

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees) 
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits 
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