Strategic Sourcing Manager

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including, America’s #1 Sportsbook FanDuel Sportsbook, its leading iGaming platform FanDuel Casino, the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing and its daily fantasy sports product.

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states and Puerto Rico with approximately 17 million customers and 31 retail locations.

The company is based in New York with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Jersey City, as well as in Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Romania and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE ROSTER

At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

FanDuel is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager, Professional Services / Generalist to join their S2P Organization. Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Strategic Sourcing, this individual will manage, oversee and execute sourcing, negotiation, and contracting activities across indirect and direct categories including but not limited to professional services, human resources, shared services and general business areas providing management, oversight and execution of associated activities in collaboration with Market Leaders, Partners, Stakeholders and Negotiation & Contracting Teams.

Occasional travel is required. If you’re an experienced sourcing, negotiation and contracting professional who has a successful record of operating in a complex, global environment and thrives on value generation, collaboration, transparency, and visibility, this is the opportunity for you.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Engage, foster relationships, and collaborate with stakeholders across S2P and business areas domestically and internationally.
• Provide guidance and ensure leveraging of existing relationships globally, mitigate supply chain risks, generate value, and ensure compliance with policies, processes and procedures end to end.
• Implement and execute strategic sourcing, negotiation, contracting methodology and category management principles for associated focus areas including, but not limited to strategic planning, business alignment and execution.
• Manage and lead sourcing, negotiating, and contracting activities in support of Customer Operations / Payments Internal Business Partners and General business areas as assigned.
• Assess opportunities, develop requirements, lead RFx events, identify, engage, and select suppliers, and contract for goods and services globally.
• Consistently conduct market research leveraging both internal and external SMEs, information, professional networks, and market intelligence sources to understand market, demand, and supplier trends, mitigate risks, and potential value generation (Hard Savings, Avoidances, Payment Terms etc.) opportunities.
• Develop strategic sourcing and category plans with estimated costs and potential savings based on identified opportunities, expected demand, and contract renewal pipeline.
• Manage complex negotiations, draft, and execute contracts in close collaboration with Stakeholders, Legal, Cyber Security, Supplier Management, and other relevant business partners to ensure inclusion of aligned requirements, scope, SLAs, commercial provisions, and risk mitigation.
• Drive business partner understanding and adherence to our poli