Senior Procurement Lead — Experiential Marketing

Red Bull GmbH; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Bull North America, Inc. is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead category strategy, supplier management, and cross-functional collaboration across Culture Marketing, On-Premise Marketing, and Media.

You will drive cost savings, source new suppliers, manage contracts, and ensure on-time, within-budget delivery while partnering with Legal and Finance to mitigate risk. The role requires 5+ years in negotiation and supplier management, experience in experiential marketing and events, and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 5+ years of negotiation and supplier relationship management experience.
• Experience in experiential marketing, live events, music, dance, and festivals.
• Understanding of agency pricing models and production markups.
• Ability to evaluate large-scale experiential marketing and event production proposals.
• Strong knowledge of event production cost drivers.
• Experience with the operational side of event production and agency delivery models.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with negotiations, RFX, supply chain, sourcing, contracts, and supplier management.
• Strong analytical and research skills to evaluate procurement data.
• Knowledge of root cause analysis tools and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Support the Procurement strategy to reduce costs and drive efficiencies through optimization of sourcing processes, designs, materials, and services.
• Drive cost savings initiatives and assist in identification and execution of strategies.
• Execute high-level supplier strategies to leverage and optimize relationships.
• Source new suppliers and manage existing supplier base.
• Conduct root cause analysis for supplier performance issues, drive corrective actions, and issue resolution.
• Provide reports to monitor spend, identify trends and opportunities, and aid in supplier performance activities.
• Responsible for managing all areas of supplier performance (setting expectations, issue resolution, development, continuous improvement, KPI measurement, etc.).
• Manage the complete contract lifecycle from negotiation through execution.
• Manage assigned categories and projects to ensure execution on time and within the budget.
• Align with Red Bull HQ as required or where opportunities exist.
• Engage key departments of spend and drive opportunities for value.
• Provide first line of communication with assigned suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Work closely with Legal and Finance teams to reduce procurement risks.

Skills

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Written and verbal communication

Time management

Problem solving

Relationship building

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business / Supply Chain or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Business Intelligence

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Red Bull North America, Inc. is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead category strategy, supplier management, and cross-functional collaboration across Culture Marketing, On-Premise Marketing, and Media.

You will drive cost savings, source new suppliers, manage contracts, and ensure on-time, within-budget delivery while partnering with Legal and Finance to mitigate risk. The role requires 5+ years in negotiation and supplier management, experience in experiential marketing and events, and strong