Media & Marketing Procurement Manager North America

Unilever • Hoboken, NJ

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About The Position

The Media & Marketing Procurement Manager for North America owns end-to-end Media and Marketing procurement, managing more than €250 million in spend. The role translates business, brand, consumer and channel priorities into integrated portfolio, sourcing and supplier plans, and develops and executes multi-year regional strategies aligned with global direction across media, creative, agencies and related marketing services.

The position leads a North America Media & Marketing Procurement team of two FTEs, including the Manager and one directly reporting Assistant Manager. In partnership with Marketing, Media, Brand teams, Finance, Legal, Business Groups, markets and strategic suppliers, the role enables growth, marketing effectiveness, value protection, responsible sourcing, social sustainability, digital enablement and regional transformation.

The role leads complex sourcing, negotiations and contracting, builds strategic supplier partnerships and performance plans, and drives transformation priorities such as digital and retail media, technology-enabled sourcing, analytics, automation, agency-model evolution and simpler ways of working. Applicants are considered fairly, and Unilever is committed to inclusion, employee development and reasonable recruitment adjustments.

Requirements

• University degree in Procurement, Business, Marketing, Finance or a related discipline.
• At least 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.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Enterprise leadership mindset: able to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and media-market change, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships, develop the Assistant Manager and contribute to broader procurement capability development.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to digital media, retail media, marketing technology or technology-enabled sourcing.
• Experience supporting cross-functional sourcing, operating-model, digital-enablement or change programs.
• Experience using benchmarks, data or external intelligence to improve marketing effectiveness, supplier performance or portfolio decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and empower the North America Media & Marketing Procurement team of two FTEs, including one directly reporting Assistant Manager, with approximately €250+ million in 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager