Procurement Manager (f/m/d) Marketing

1&1 IONOS SE; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Flexible hours

Modern office

Employee discounts

Training and development

Job summary

1&1 IONOS SE seeks a dedicated Procurement Specialist focused on Marketing to handle day-to-day procurement activities within the team and to support expansion of Coupa across catalogs and punchout connections.

You will review contracts, negotiate rights, and accompany pitches and RFPs, collaborating with the Media Team to optimize remuneration models and licenses while ensuring efficient processes and strong stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement with a focus on marketing or media buying.
• Confident negotiation skills in English and German; additional languages are a plus.
• Experience with framework agreements, licenses, SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Review offers and negotiate production and creative contracts, buyouts, and usage rights (actors, voice-over, music, AI assets).
• Accompany pitches and RFPs for creation, production, and tools – from longlist to contract signature.
• Manage media agency pitches and contracts jointly with the Media Team: remuneration models, kickbacks, makegoods, audit rights, and exit clauses.
• Procure tools and licenses for Marketing: MarTech, research, and SaaS.
• Provide cover support for other procurement areas within the team when workload requires it.
• Collaborate with other buyers on expanding Coupa – building catalogs and punchout connections.
• Maintain clean processes: contract filing, vendor evaluation, and savings reporting.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation skills

English & German

P2P systems

Contractual confidence

Coupa know-how

Media/marketing knowledge

AI in procurement

Structured working

Education

Business administration degree or equivalent

Tools

Coupa

Job description

Tasks

We are seeking a dedicated Procurement Specialist with a focus on Marketing to join our purchasing team. You will be responsible for the day-to-day business in this category, provide cover for other procurement areas when needed, and work together with the team to expand Coupa.

Tasks

• Review offers and negotiate production and creative contracts, buyouts, and usage rights (actors, voice-over, music, AI assets).
• Accompany pitches and RFPs for creation, production, and tools – from the longlist to contract signature.
• Manage media agency pitches and contracts jointly with the Media Team: remuneration models, kickbacks, makegoods, audit rights, and exit clauses.
• Procure tools and licenses for Marketing: MarTech, research, and SaaS.
• Provide cover support for other procurement areas within the team when workload requires it.
• Collaborate with other buyers on expanding Coupa – particularly building up catalogs and punchout connections.
• Maintain clean processes: contract filing, vendor evaluation, and savings reporting.

Qualifications

• Procurement experience, ideally with a focus on marketing or media buying.
• Ideally a degree in business administration or a comparable vocational qualification.
• Confident negotiation skills in English and German. Additional languages of our markets (ES, FR, IT, PL, NL) are an advantage.
• Contractual confidence with framework agreements, usage and licensing rights, and SLAs.
• Experience with P2P systems such as Coupa, ideally including catalog setup and punchout connections.
• Advantageous: Basic understanding of the media landscape (CPM, GRP, kickbacks, agency remuneration models).
• AI is second nature to you – you enjoy and naturally integrate it into your daily work, including legal aspects around AI content such as labeling requirements or AI actors as buyout alternatives.
• Drive to shape and enjoy building up structures – you actively contribute to expanding Central Procurement rather than just managing existing processes.
• Structured and reliable way of working.
• Negotiation skills and a confident, reliable presence toward internal and external stakeholders.
• Fast comprehension and enthusiasm for working in a technology-driven environment.
• A strong sense for balancing costs and KPIs with creativity and brand impact.

Benefits

• Hybrid working model.
• Flexible working hours through trust-based working hours.
• At some locations a subsidized canteen and various free drinks.
• Modern office space with very good transport connections.
• Various employee discounts for activities and products.
• Employee events such as summer and winter parties, as well as workshops.
• Numerous training and development opportunities.
• Various health offers, such as sports and health courses.