Media Sustainability (Key Focus Area)

• Champion media sustainability within Procurement
• Identify opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of media investments
• Collaborate with Marketing and partners to influence more sustainable practices
• Track progress, bring external benchmarks, and support reporting and capability building

Scope of Work (SOW) & Commercial Transparency

• Support the development and deployment of a standardised Scope of Work framework
• Build and maintain a central repository of agency scopes, pricing, and resource models
• Enable cross-market benchmarking and commercial business intelligence
• Increase visibility into agency deliverables, resourcing, and cost structures

Data, Analytics & Insights

• Analyse media spend and supplier data to identify optimisation opportunities
• Build benchmarks, dashboards, and insight packs to support fact-based decision-making
• Provide commercial and analytical input to senior stakeholders and governance forums

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner closely with Marketing, Digital, Finance, and agency teams
• Act as a trusted, pragmatic commercial partner
• Influence without authority in a matrixed, global environment

What Success Looks Like

• Global media procurement strategies are developed, aligned, and implemented with clear business impact and measurable value creation
• Strong, insight-led supplier performance and relationship management
• Implementation of SOW, benchmarking, and transparency capabilities
• Effective and disciplined management of innovation and non-working media funds
• Clear progress on media sustainability priorities
• High confidence from senior stakeholders, with strong cross-functional collaboration and effective influence across a global matrix organisation

Strategy Development & Global Implementation

• Build clear, insight-led category strategies that connect market dynamics, supplier capabilities, business priorities, value creation opportunities, and implementation risks
• Convert strategy into practical global deployment roadmaps, including sequencing, stakeholder engagement, governance, capability building, and change management
• Influence senior stakeholders across Procurement, Marketing, Finance, Digital, regions, and business units to drive alignment, adoption, and measurable delivery
• Anticipate organisational barriers and implementation risks, and develop pragmatic mitigation plans that enable strategies to land effectively in a global matrix environment

Qualifications & Experience

• Approximately 10 years’ experience in procurement, marketing procurement, media sourcing, consulting, or related commercial roles, with meaningful exposure to media, marketing, or digital ecosystems
• Experience working with media agencies, media platforms, or the ad-tech ecosystem desirable
• Proven experience developing category strategies, leading complex sourcing processes, and negotiating commercial agreements with strategic suppliers
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into actionable insights
• Experience in supplier management and performance tracking
• Strong track record operating in complex, fast-paced, cross-functional global matrix environments, with the ability to translate strategy into implementation

What We’re Looking For

• A strategic thinker who can bring structure to complexity and turn ambiguity into clear choices, plans, and execution
• A commercially minded individual who challenges constructively
• A self-starter with strong ownership and delivery mindset
• A collaborative influencer who builds trust across functions
• Curiosity and interest in media innovation, sustainability, and evolving marketing models

Qualifications & Skills:

• Minimum Level of Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree
• Preferred Level of Education: Master’s Degree
• Area of Specialisation: Procurement, Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing
• Around 10 years of relevant Procurement experience, preferably with significant Marketing and/or Media Procurement experience in a global organisation
• Excellent knowledge of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
• Strong strategic capability, with proven ability to define category direction, build business cases, secure alignment, and translate strategy into executable global plans
• Demonstrated expertise in category strategy development, strategy implementation, stakeholder management, supplier relationship management, and change delivery across global and regional teams
• In-depth understanding of external environment and supplier relationship models
• Strong knowledge of finance (cost benchmark, financial audit with key suppliers) and legal matters (contracting)
• Clear understanding of business value, business priorities, and potential implementation risks
• Significant experience working in a matrixed global/regional business environment, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive adoption without direct authority
• Strong networking skills and a proven ability to build productive and collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders and business partners
• Demonstrated leadership in driving change, building alignment, and implementing strategies through others across functions, regions, and business units
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks across multiple projects using project management skills
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communications, and influencing skills
• Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines
• Experience with risk management
• Motivation for professional development and willingness to coach, mentor and train others

Job Posting End Date

2026-09-04

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