Selected candidate will be part of the Procurement team reporting into Director – Procurement and will manage complete sourcing and contracting life cycle for Marketing category by engaging with Internal Marketing operations, Vendors and responsible for vendor selection and negotiations, Contract Compliance, Vendor

performance assessment and reporting.

You Are Responsible For

• In-depth knowledge about Digital Media Industry
• Is well versed with Digital Buying (CPI, CPM, YouTube, etc.)
• Experience of dealing with Influencers / TV / Movie Celebs for brand endorsement / brand promotions led requirements (Direct negotiations with Influencers, Celebrities, etc.)
• Production led negotiations for Digital content (short and long videos, photoshoots, etc.)
• Digital Agencies for Website developments
• Mainline Communication Agency for drafting all the ATL and BTL activities for the Organization
• Public Relation (PR) agency for handling the Corporate affairs
• Print Partners for printing of all the Promotional / Informational collaterals such as: Calendars, Brochures, Manuals and Magazines etc.
• Dealing with Consultants / Consultant agencies
• Research Agencies for marketing
• Online and Offline marketing vendor exposure and commercial finalization
• Establish category specific objectives and formulate sourcing strategies- specific to Marketing
• Quick Turnaround Time for finalization of Procurement activities
• Provide pro-active support in new source identification, assessment and evaluation as per strategic sourcing process (RFP/RFQ) followed by PO documentation and compliance.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Finance / Legal) to address commercial and technical challenges to ensure timely implementation of Contracts/Agreements related to the assigned category.
• Collaborate with the Analytics team on Periodic reporting to project and Procurement leadership on status, issues, and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Marketing teams and Procurement leadership on developing vendor performance metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for service partners
• Coordinate periodic vendor reviews and publish vendor performance metrics. Act as a pivotal point of escalation for managing Vendor performance: Identify Service partner’s issues and Coordinate resolution process (Commercial and Qualitative)