Dick Clark Productions: Procurement Manager

Socket.dev; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Onsite 4 days a week

Job summary

Dick Clark Productions is seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to support procurement operations and strategic sourcing across spend categories. This generalist role covers day-to-day procure-to-pay in Coupa and develops sourcing strategies to optimize cost and spend management.

The role involves significant software/technology and event-related spend, reporting to the Vice President of Procurement and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Typical wage range is $80k-$95k plus bonus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic sourcing and procurement across categories.
• Experience sourcing enterprise software/SaaS and technology.
• Experience leading end-to-end sourcing activities including RFx.
• Strong pricing negotiations and cost optimization.
• Analytical, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience sourcing meetings, events, and production services.
• Hands-on Coupa Procure-to-Pay experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across software/SaaS, technology, meetings and events.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand needs and develop sourcing strategies.
• Lead RFx processes, supplier evaluations, pricing analysis, negotiations, and vendor selection.
• Review, redline, and negotiate supplier contracts, renewals, amendments, and commercial terms.
• Oversee Coupa P2P purchasing processes, troubleshooting, and user support.
• Analyze procurement spend and identify cost savings and process improvements.
• Support procurement projects and initiatives as business needs evolve.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

RFx processes

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Contract review

Coupa P2P

Cost optimization

Analytics

Tools

Coupa

Job description

Dick Clark Productions is seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to support procurement operations as well as strategic sourcing across a broad range of spend categories. This is a generalist sourcing and procurement role responsible for the day to day procure-to-pay functions in the Coupa software and responsible for sourcing strategies to optimize cost and overall spend management.

While the role will have significant involvement in software and technology as well as event-related spend for PMC's media brands, the Procurement Manager will support additional categories and procurement initiatives based on evolving business needs.

The Procurement Manager will report to the Vice President of Procurement and work closely with stakeholders across PMC as well as cross-functional corporate teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives across a variety of spend categories, including software/SaaS, technology, meetings and events, and other spend categories as needed
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs, develop sourcing strategies, and identify cost-saving opportunities
• Lead RFx processes, supplier evaluations, pricing analysis, negotiations, and vendor selection
• Review, redline, and negotiate supplier contracts, renewals, amendments, and commercial terms
• Oversee procurement operations functions by supporting Coupa and purchasing processes, troubleshooting issues, and providing internal user support
• Analyze procurement spend and activity to identify cost savings and process improvements
• Support special procurement projects and initiatives as business needs evolve

Qualifications

• At least 5+ years of strategic sourcing and procurement experience across a variety of spend categories required
• Experience sourcing enterprise software/SaaS and technology, including pricing and contract negotiations required
• Experience leading end-to-end sourcing activities, including RFx, required
• Strong experience conducting pricing negotiations and cost optimization initiatives required
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills required
• Ability to review, redline, and negotiate supplier agreements, renewals, amendments, and commercial terms required
• Experience sourcing meetings, events, and production-related categories such as venues, catering, A/V, and production services
• Hands on experience with Coupa Procure-to-Pay including purchasing processes, workflows, troubleshooting, and user support required
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

As PMC values in-person collaboration and team cohesion, employees work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day remotely with a focus on maintaining a vibrant and inclusive culture.

Typical wage range: $80k - $95k + bonus. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. If you have more or less experience than specified on this job posting, please apply and list your salary expectations.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors).

It’s all About You…

PMC's comprehensive benefits package is thoughtfully designed to support every aspect of your life, empowering you to thrive both personally and professionally. We offer PMC-Paid Healthcare with no employee paycheck