Strategic Media & Marketing Procurement Lead (NA)

Unilever Brasil Ltda.; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever Brasil Ltda. in Hoboken, NJ seeks a North America Media & Marketing Procurement Manager to own end-to-end sourcing for roughly €250+ million in spend, translating brand and consumer needs into integrated procurement plans.

You will develop multi-year regional strategies, negotiate with agencies and media owners, and partner with Finance, Legal and Marketing to enable growth, protect value and ensure responsible sourcing.

Qualifications

• University degree in Procurement, Business, Marketing, Finance or a related discipline, with 5+ years of procurement experience in Media, Marketing, Creative, Agency or related indirect categories.
• Strong strategic-sourcing, negotiation and contracting capability across agencies, media partners, platforms and marketing-services suppliers.
• Strong understanding of media and marketing supply markets, agency economics, value chains and FMCG business models.
• Proven supplier-relationship, performance and risk-management experience, including value, effectiveness, service, innovation, responsible sourcing and compliance.
• Demonstrated success leading regional media and marketing procurement strategies and programs across multiple markets, with experience operating at comparable spend and organizational scale.
• Strong financial, business, stakeholder engagement, communication, storytelling and influencing capability, with fluent written and spoken English.
• Enterprise leadership mindset, with the ability to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and media-market change, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and develop the Assistant Manager while contributing to broader procurement capability development.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and empower the North America Media & Marketing Procurement team of two FTEs, including this Manager role, with one Assistant Manager reporting directly, responsible for approximately €250+ million managed spend.
• Own end-to-end Media and Marketing procurement for North America, translating business, brand, consumer and channel priorities into integrated portfolio, sourcing and supplier plans.
• Develop and execute multi-year regional strategies aligned with global direction across media, creative, agencies and related marketing services.
• Lead complex sourcing, negotiation and contracting with agencies, media owners, platforms and marketing-service providers, establishing transparent commercial models, governance and risk controls.
• Build strategic supplier partnerships and joint growth roadmaps, managing performance across effectiveness, value, innovation, service, diversity, responsible sourcing and compliance.
• Partner with Marketing, Media, Brand teams, Finance, Legal, Business Groups and markets to shape operating models and commercial approaches that enable growth and protect value.
• Lead regional transformation priorities, including digital and retail media, technology-enabled sourcing, analytics, automation, agency-model evolution and simplified ways of working.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

Contracting

Stakeholder engagement

Fluent English

Leadership

Prioritization

Education

University degree in Procurement/Business/Marketing/Finance

Job description

Unilever Brasil Ltda. in Hoboken, NJ seeks a North America Media & Marketing Procurement Manager to own end-to-end sourcing for roughly €250+ million in spend, translating brand and consumer needs into integrated procurement plans.

You will develop multi-year regional strategies, negotiate with agencies and media owners, and partner with Finance, Legal and Marketing to enable growth, protect value and ensure responsible sourcing.