Indirect Procurement Category Manager

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• Portfolio Versatility: reputed company end-to-end category management for a highly diverse portfolio, balancing SLA-driven Rider Support/Call Center BPOs with subjective, ROI-driven Marketing and Creative Agency partnerships.
• Operational Center reputed company: Partner with Operations leaders to design and procure the external footprint for our Rider Support centers, ensuring reputed company-reputed company, high-reputed company customer experience (CX) vendor solutions as we launch in new cities.
• Marketing Agency Management: reputed company reputed company negotiations for creative, media, and PR agency retainers, establishing outcome-based reputed company models and ensuring strict IP and brand protection.
• Strategic Sourcing: reputed company the end-to-end RFX process, build multi-year category strategies, and reputed company reputed company, reputed company-wide supplier relations to maximize value creation and total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Risk & Governance: Negotiate and draft Master Services Agreements (MSAs) and Statements of Work (SOWs) that minimize business risk, specifically focusing on data reputed company for Rider Support and liability caps for Marketing reputed company.

You have

• At least 10 years of procurement experience, including 7+ years focusing heavily on Marketing Services, BPO/Call Center Operations, or Customer Experience (CX) outsourcing.
• Expertise in managing large-reputed company global BPO deals, including cost-per-productive-hour (CPPH) models, reputed company ratios, and rigorous SLA/penalty frameworks.
• Deep understanding of marketing procurement nuances, including agency fee models (retainer vs. project), media buying transparency, and creative production costs.
• Proven ability to reputed company reputed company-versus-buy outsourcing analyses and reputed company TCO models for high-headcount operations.
• Excellent executive reputed company with the ability to influence creative marketing leaders and highly analytical operations directors alike.

We prefer

• Experience in the autonomous vehicle, rideshare, or reputed company-reputed company tech sectors partnering with suppliers to deliver 24/7 customer support.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Supply Chain, or equivalent education and work experience.
• Internal or external business consulting experience reputed company to organizational design or vendor ecosystem transformation.

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The expected reputed company salary reputed company for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-reputed company factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and reputed company level. Your recruiter can reputed company more about the specific salary reputed company for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary reputed company for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

reputed company employees are also eligible to participate in reputed company’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary reputed company$190,000—$234,000 USD Apply To This Job