Global Media & Marketing Procurement Leader

Unilever Brasil Ltda.; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 101,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever Brasil Ltda. is seeking a Media & Marketing Procurement Director to define the global procurement strategy for marketing, media, creative services and related agencies.

You will lead a 16-FTE team and manage an approximately €750+ million spend, shaping governance, portfolio priorities and performance expectations across global and regional teams. The role partners with Marketing, Brand leadership, Finance, Legal and strategic supplier partners to drive growth, responsible sourcing,

Qualifications

• Extensive senior procurement leadership experience across Marketing, Media, Creative, Agency or related indirect portfolios in large, complex multinational organisations.
• Demonstrated success defining global and multi-regional portfolio strategies, operating models and value agendas that support business growth and marketing effectiveness, with experience operating at comparable spend and organisational scale.
• Deep commercial expertise in strategic sourcing, negotiation, contracting, agency economics, remuneration models, benchmarking and media measurement.
• Proven success leading global agency reviews and RFPs and governing strategic partnerships with major agencies, platforms and media partners to deliver measurable value beyond savings.
• Strong financial and business acumen, executive stakeholder engagement, influencing capability and proven leadership of global, virtual and cross-cultural teams.
• Enterprise leadership mindset, with the ability to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and rapid market change, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and develop high-performing procurement talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and empower a 16-FTE Global Media & Marketing Procurement organisation comprising this role, seven Managers-all reporting directly to this role-and eight Assistant Managers, with responsibility for approximately €750+ million in global spend.
• Define the global Marketing and Media procurement strategy, including portfolio priorities, commercial frameworks, governance and performance expectations for global and regional execution.
• Shape a future-fit operating model that combines global scale with Business Group, Business Unit, brand and market responsiveness while reducing fragmentation and pooling expertise.
• Set measurable portfolio outcomes across financial delivery, marketing effectiveness, return on marketing investment, innovation, risk and responsible sourcing, holding portfolio leaders accountable for delivery.
• Build strategic partnerships with agencies, media owners, platforms and marketing-service providers through joint roadmaps, transparent remuneration models, commercial benchmarks and outcome-based incentives.
• Lead multi-year value programmes and major global agency reviews, tenders and RFPs in close collaboration with Marketing, Media, Finance, Legal, Business Groups and Business Units.
• Set global contracting, supplier-governance, media-measurement and data standards that strengthen transparency, brand safety and decision quality across traditional media, digital platforms, retail media, ad-tech and mar-tech.

Job description

Unilever Brasil Ltda. is seeking a Media & Marketing Procurement Director to define the global procurement strategy for marketing, media, creative services and related agencies.

You will lead a 16-FTE team and manage an approximately €750+ million spend, shaping governance, portfolio priorities and performance expectations across global and regional teams. The role partners with Marketing, Brand leadership, Finance, Legal and strategic supplier partners to drive growth, responsible sourcing,