In this role, you will have the opportunity to manage key marketing procurement categories, including creative and production (ATL). This is a fantastic opportunity for individuals with solid marketing procurement experience to be part of a world-class brand and a team that is driving innovation in the global procurement space.

You will focus on broader marketing procurement categories to drive marketing efficiency, especially in ATL categories. Your goal will be to maximize the effectiveness of our ATL creative agencies both at the Head Office and across offices worldwide. You will lead efforts to reduce non-working spend to the most effective and efficient level, while boosting the quality, speed, and creativity of Advertising Production. Bringing external insights into the strategy, you will help shape best-in-class procurement approaches for this company.

Can you lead as a specialist and expert in ATL? And are you asap available in Amsterdam? We are looking for you!

Responsibilities Global Marketing Procurement Specialist (expert in ATL)

In this role, you’ll manage the ATL Creative and Production categories, with a focus on achieving efficiency and driving innovation. You will be responsible for managing relationships with strategic ATL agencies, production, and technology partners, leading negotiations, and conducting pitches. You will develop competitive supplier landscapes, ensure contract excellence, and oversee performance evaluations to secure optimum results. Key metrics will include global contracted spend, stakeholder feedback, cost savings, ROI improvements across marketing services, and supplier relationship management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead as a specialist and expert in ATL, providing professional support within Procurement, OpCo, Region, and Head Office;
• Broaden your expertise in Marketing Procurement beyond ATL Creative and production categories;
• Drive competitive supplier landscapes, tendering processes, and supplier selection, ensuring the most effective outcomes for all category deals;
• Manage and develop relationships with suppliers, oversee performance evaluations, and ensure the successful delivery of results;
• Ensure alignment of marketing procurement strategies with the global and regional teams to maximize ATL category effectiveness.

Key Success Metrics:
Key performance metrics for this role will include the percentage of globally contracted spend managed by procurement, stakeholder feedback and satisfaction, cost savings and spend efficiencies, improved ROI across marketing services, supplier relationship management (SRM), and the number of innovations proposed and successfully adopted by the business.

Requirements Global Marketing Procurement Specialist (expert in ATL)

• Education: University degree;
• Experience: 8+ years in a similar commerce/procurement role, consulting position in an FMCG environment, or creative agencies;
• Expertise: Marketing, agencies, and strategic sourcing;
• Functional skills: Strategic sourcing, stakeholder management, negotiation, analytical & strategic insight, and category & supplier management;
• Languages: Fluent in English.

The offer Global Marketing Procurement Specialist (expert in ATL)

For this exciting role in Amsterdam we are offering a monthly salary of around €7500,- gross per month based on 40 hours.

How we'll proceed. Within four working days we will let you know if you qualify for the position. We will schedule an introductory interview, either digitally or in-person. During this interview we will inform you as fully as possible about the vacancy, the company and the following steps in the procedure. After consulting with you, we will introduce you to our client and then continue to guide you through the application process. The Independent Recruiters Group has a large team of specialized recruiters. Each recruiter has a strong focus on their own area of expertise. This makes them the ideal sparring partner for both the candidate and the client.