Director, Sourcing Operations

BoomPop; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

BoomPop is looking for a Director of Sourcing Operations to lead their sourcing team and ensure clients find the perfect venue for events. This role is critical for bridging sales and event planning, requiring strong negotiation skills and extensive experience in event management. With a focus on innovation and client satisfaction, you'll drive the sourcing process to optimize efficiency and effectiveness. Join a dynamic company that values collaboration, creativity, and excellence in service, while enjoying the flexibility to work remotely.

Benefits

Competitive salary + equity

Company sponsored 401(k)

Generous PTO

Paid parental leave

Flexibility to work from anywhere

Team offsites events every quarter

World-class medical, vision, and dental plans

$50/month phone stipend

Qualifications

• 7+ years in end-to-end event management, focusing on sourcing.
• 3-5 years in hospitality management preferred.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead Sourcing Managers in hotel sourcing process from kickoff to contracts.
• Ensure accurate pricing and proposals from hotels.
• Establish processes for sourcing across multiple product lines.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Attention to Detail

Adaptability

Education

7+ years in event management

3-5 years in hotels/hospitality

Job description

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Who We Are

About BoomPop, Inc.

Who We Are

At BoomPop, we believe in the magic of bringing people together. Since 2020, we've been transforming the way people gather, making it easier, more engaging, and truly unforgettable. We combine a top-notch event planning team with cutting-edge AI technology to make planning events as easy as shopping online.

We’ve had the pleasure of organizing exceptional events for over 6,000 clients, including Google, Nike, and Accenture, bringing together more than 300,000 attendees. And we're just getting started.

We have raised over $20M from top-tier investors including Atomic, ACME Capital, and Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod).

Why Join Us?

The world of work is changing, and BoomPop is leading the charge. With remote work on the rise, companies like Airbnb, Salesforce, and Shopify are embracing a new mantra: “Offsites are the new office.”

The group travel and events industry is booming, and we're at the heart of it. Businesses are shifting their budgets from traditional office spaces to in-person experiences. Group travel, which was already a massive part of the $900 billion corporate travel industry, is growing even faster now.

Join us and be part of a world-class team that's redefining the future of travel and events. You'll find endless opportunities for growth, the chance to work with top-tier clients, and the thrill of making a real impact on the world.

About The Role

As our first in-house Sourcing Leader at BoomPop, your mission is to stand up version 2.0 of our sourcing team. You (and ultimately your team) will play the critical role of helping our clients land the perfect venue/location/hotel for their event. This means you’ll anticipate, support, and analyze the sourcing needs of our clients and event planners with exceptional customer service, unwavering adaptability to changing needs, and a strong focus on reducing time-to-source and sourcing accuracy. You will also play a crucial role in helping to inform product development decisions and contributing to the overall growth and success of the company. This role sits at a critical nexus point between sales and our event agency.

Outcomes

Within 30 days: you will have stood up the fundamental processes for all three product lines: 1) self-serve, 2) agency-lite, and 3) full event agency. You’ll have edited the SOPs, implemented process changes, and communicated it clear to the entire team. You’ll have also established what tools and help from the product you need to make the function successful.

Within 60 days: you’ll have posted JDs and be interviewing anyone remaining to fill out the rest of your team. You’ll have a great working relationship with the event team, and we’ll begin seeing measurable improvements in 1) time successfully source for clients, 2) decreasing the amount of time the event team is spending on sourcing vs. event execution, and 3) ensuring the expected event budget for clients is being met or exceeded to great client satisfaction.

Within 90 days: you are off to the races. You’ve hired the final members of your team to get this phase up and running, you have the tools and process you need, and we’re starting to move to the next way of improvements in expediting the time to source and client satisfaction around it. You’ll have also set a clear vendor onboarding strategy with our head of supplier relationships and be a constant feedback loop for improving our list of recommended vendors across the platform and company.

What You'll Do

• Lead a team of Sourcing Managers who own the hotel sourcing process from client kickoff, to RFPs, through signed contracts, including negotiating contract terms and clauses
• Lead an offshore Sourcing Operations team who own receiving proposals back from hotels and ensuring pricing ins accurate in the BoomPop product
• Partner with event planners on sourcing needs for clients
• Be a leader in the hospitality space, with a focus on hotel and venues, to help us ensure all hotel contracts contain necessary clauses and are setting BoomPop and clients up for success
• Work with supply partners to ensure RFP accuracy to reduce sourcing errors, and reduce the overall time it takes us to complete the sourcing product platform-wide as a first issue priority
• Regularly review the sourcing funnel and analyze needs, opportunities, and potential blockers
• Demonstrate exceptional client obsession by consistently meeting or exceeding client expectations
• Adapt to changing client requests with a positive attitude and a focus on finding solutions
• Own process improvement and documentation for best practices to ensure the team is set up for success
• Establish an ongoing feedback loop with the partnerships team on hotel performance
  
  

Competencies

• Efficiency. Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort.
• Follow-through on commitments. Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost.
• Attention to detail. Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• Persistence. Demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done.
• Calm under pressure. Maintains stable performance when under heavy pressure or stress.
• Communication. Speaks and writes clearly and articulately without being overly verbose or talkative. Maintains this standard in all forms of written communication, including e-mail.
• Teamwork. Reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship.
  
  

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in end-to-end event management with a focus on sourcing, vendor management/coordination, planning, execution, and budget management
• 3-5 years of experience in hotels/hospitality required
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills
• Strong adaptability, flexibility, and problem-solving skills
• Strong sense of urgency and the ability to rigorously prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent project management skills and experience managing a high volume of tasks
• Strong executive presence and ability to present information to a variety of senior leaders
• Proven ability to be creative and innovative in planning in-person events
  
  

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary + equity, with tons of room for career growth
• Company sponsored 401(k)
• Generous PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Flexibility to work from anywhere
• Amazing team offsites + events every quarter
• World-class medical, vision, and dental plans with 100% employee contributions covered + 80% dependent contributions covered
• $50/month phone stipend
  
  

Occasional Travel: Connecting is in our DNA, please note that we anticipate roughly 3-4 nights of travel per quarter for this role.

Total Compensation Package; Including Benefits and Stock:

• Base: $150,000 - $185,000 a year; Depending on Experience and Qualifications
• Medical, vision, dental, life: $10,000 - $16,000 a year; Depending on Individual or Family Plan
• Equity: Our vision is to take BoomPop to the moon; Total Estimated Value for this Role is $50,000+
  
  

Please note that this is a fully-remote opportunity.

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you’re excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply.

BoomPop is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. BoomPop considers all qualified applicants in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For California-based applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, BoomPop will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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