Strategic Sourcing Specialist – Marketing

Verizon; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards package

Flexible working arrangements

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist – Marketing to lead tailored sourcing strategies across a dynamic marketing portfolio, including Print, Merchandising, and MarTech. You will leverage agency cost models to maximize value, speed to market, and customer experience.

You will drive end-to-end sourcing, negotiate contracts (SOWs, MSAs), and manage key vendor relationships while collaborating with the Legal and Contract Management teams to ensure favorable terms and sustainable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and relevant working experience.
• Willingness to continuously learn new tools, solutions, and emerging technologies.
• To be considered for this role, applicants must already hold a valid right to work in Ireland.
• Experience in Strategic Sourcing, and even better if it is in Marketing.

Responsibilities

• Drive the end-to-end sourcing process for marketing spend and benchmarking.
• Execute competitive RFXs, negotiate high-impact contracts, and manage vendor performance.
• Create forward-thinking sourcing strategies to deliver value, speed, and quality.
• Shape high-value marketing partnerships and align with Legal and Contract Management.
• Lead cross-functional teams to achieve win-win supplier relationships.

Skills

Marketing domain knowledge

Agency sourcing

Marketing contracting

Cost optimization

Cross-functional leadership

Vendor relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ariba

SAP

Google Suite

Microsoft Suite

Job description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

As the Strategic Sourcing Specialist – Marketing, you will lead the development and execution of tailored sourcing strategies across a dynamic multi-billing-dollar Marketing portfolio, spanning Print, Retail/Store Execution, Merchandise, Research, and Digital. You will leverage enterprise-wide relationships and specialized agency cost models to maximize commercial value, optimize speed-to-market, and elevate customer experience.

What You Will Be Doing

In this role, you will drive the end-to-end sourcing process—from analyzing complex marketing spend and benchmarking industry rate cards, to executing competitive RFXs, negotiating high-impact contracts (SOWs, MSAs, and DPO90 working capital terms), and managing key vendor performance. By creating forward-thinking sourcing strategies that deliver top-tier creative, technical, and production services at the right price, speed, and quality, you will directly safeguard campaign execution while mitigating commercial risk.

Working in the Marketing category (including Creative, Comms, MarTech, Print) and combining Verizon’s scale with your deep marketing category expertise, you will shape high-value marketing partnerships and play a critical role in amplifying a world-class Sourcing organization.

What We’re Looking For…

• Marketing Category Domain Knowledge: Understanding of the landscape and cost drivers across key sub-categories, including Creative, Communications, Marketing Technology (MarTech), and Print.
• Agency & Supplier Sourcing: Experience evaluating, selecting, and managing relationships with external ad agencies, vendors, and specialized marketing service providers.
• Commercial Contracting for Marketing: Ability to independently draft and negotiate Statements of Work (SOWs), Master Services Agreements, and amendments tailored to marketing deliverables and agency relationships.
• Marketing Spend & Value Optimization: Ability to ensure high quality and optimal purchasing power through utilization of industry cost models, bid analysis, and total cost of ownership evaluations.
• Developing, managing and leading the cross-functional teams (CFT): Leading negotiations on the contract terms with the suppliers and executing the contract in liaison with the Legal and Contract Management Team that bring in the best possible cost service guarantee and develop “win-win” strategies that achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers.
• Executing supplier relationship management activities in Marketing, with oversight regarding supplier relationship management.

You are self-driven, great at networking and an absolute team player. You are adaptable and thrive in a changing and dynamic environment and can work with diverse individuals collaboratively. You will also be an excellent relationship builder with good interpersonal skills.

You’ll Need To Have

• Bachelor’s degree and relevant working experience.
• Willingness to continuously learn new tools, solutions, and emerging technologies.
• To be considered for this role, applicants must already hold a valid right to work in Ireland. We are currently unable to support employment permit sponsorship.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Master's degree.
• Experience in Strategic Sourcing, and even better if it is in Marketing (ad agency or in-house, or sourcing marketing).
• Certifications in CPSM/CPM/CIPS/CSCP.
• Ability to draft the Statement of works/Master agreements/Amendments independently.
• Experience in Ariba, SAP, Google Suite & Microsoft Suite applications.
• Exceptional negotiation and influencing skills.
• A collaborative approach to problem solving and excellent communication skills.

Why Verizon?

Verizon is committed to maintaining a Total Rewards package which is competitive, valued by our employees, and differentiates us as an Employer of Choice.

• We are a ‘pay for performance’ company and your contribution is rewarded through competitive salaries and performance-based incentives. We create an opportunity for us all to share in the success of Verizon and the value we help to create through this broad-based discretionary equity award program.
• Your benefits are market competitive and delivered by some of the best providers.
• You are provided with a full spectrum of health and wellbeing resources, including a first in-class Employee Assistance Program, to empower you to make positive health decisions.
• We offer generous paid time off benefits to help you manage your work life balance and opportunities for flexible working arrangements*
• Verizon provides training and development for all levels, to help you enhance your skills and develop your career, from funding towards education assistance, award-winning training, online development tools and access to industry research.
• You will be able to take part in volunteering opportunities as part of our environmental, community and sustainability commitment.

Benefit packages are tailored to the specific country where a position is based.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.