Delivery Lead Manager

We are one of the world's leading providers of sourcing and procurement services. You'll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with clients to help them get to the next level. Do you want to work in an environment where we partner with forward-thinking business leaders of the world's most dynamic companies to transform procurement and drive sustainable changes?

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

You will be working as part of the Procurement management team, which uses a systematic approach to buying all the goods and services needed for a company to stay sustainable. They are involved in the identification of need, finding and qualifying the suppliers, requesting proposals, negotiating with suppliers, contracting, delivery and analysing results. Understand when and how to use a request for proposal (price and non-price factors) and RFQ (price only) and how to develop, execute and analyse the results. Collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative information to assess, screen and select suppliers.

Responsibilities:

• Identify cost/productivity improvement opportunities in spending across a wide array of leading companies and industries.
• Lead sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution, leveraging an Agile approach to drive efficiency in execution.
• Provide industry and supplier research, market intelligence and financial analyses to clients.
• Support development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with Marketing Practice advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organisation.
• Pursue and develop senior-level stakeholder relationships at priority accounts; support account stakeholder relationship plans.
• Lead Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their procurement function.
• Able to lead and mentor the sourcing team on industry best practices with a special emphasis on market trends and insights, commercial structure assessment, negotiation strategies and contracting ( act as Subject Matter Advisor).
• Engage with prospective clients during business development pursuits through support of contract assessments, client due diligence calls, and presenting the practice delivery approach and case studies.
• Oversees portfolios of accounts as a coach/mentor and is held accountable for accounts' performance.
• The resource should be able to manage the full end-to-end sourcing process, including managing and inputting into complex sourcing projects/negotiations with both legal, finance, and business stakeholder teams to ensure all commercials and key contractual/technical requirements are included in the contract.
• The resource should be able to take guidance from legal/technical/business teams and be able to meaningfully apply the information independently to ensure commercials and contracts are negotiated to meet all client deliverables and requirements.
• The resource must demonstrate strong experience in managing both global client stakeholders and global suppliers.
• Expectation that the majority of the resource's experience would meet these requirements.
• The resource will be competent and experienced in people management including, but not limited to, mentoring, support, capacity planning, client engagement and end-to-end delivery.

Requirements:

• Possesses a strong understanding of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies and their applications within Marketing procurement. Ideally demonstrates practical experience in leveraging AI-driven tools, assets, and platforms (e. g., market intelligence, supplier engagement, or spend analytics) to enhance efficiency, creativity, and decision-making in day-to-day work.
• Strong critical thinker and self-starter who can take initiative with high-level direction and deliver client work with minimal supervision.
• Passion for continuous self-learning within the Marketing Services category.
• Proven analytical skills in terms of numeric (e. g., spreadsheets) and text-based (e. g., reading terms and conditions) analysis, converting information into tangible recommendations to clients.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 12+ years of relevant experience in consulting, sourcing/procurement/supply chain management function.
• Minimum of 8+ years of strategic sourcing, category management, and/or professional industry experience related to the following sub-category areas (preferably with North American and European markets): Agency, Brand promotion, Experiential, Market Research, Media Buying, Production, Sales and Resources, Sponsorship/Licensing, Creative Services, Retail Marketing.
• Any Graduation.