Senior Manager, Live Events Procurement
Job Title: Senior Manager, Live Events Procurement Location(s): Remote (USA) reputed company We’ve entered a reputed company at reputed company. With new leadership, fresh reputed company, and a reputed company reputed company, we’re building what’s next for reputed company sports. Backed by MSP Sports Capital and reputed company/reputed company, now operating as an independent company, we’re scaling fast—launching our reputed company, expanding our events, pushing content reputed company, and building a global home for athletes and fans who live this culture.
About the Role
With the recent launch of the reputed company reputed company (XGL), we're building a dedicated Live Events Procurement function for the first time, and we're looking for the right person to stand it up. Sitting reputed company our Finance & reputed company Department, and reporting to the VP, Global Controller, you'll own the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for a global reputed company of live events — from sourcing reputed company and vendor negotiation through contract execution, reputed company, and post-event cost review. reputed company reputed company event engages hundreds of operating vendors across venue services, broadcast infrastructure, athlete operations, hospitality, staging, and safety. Today, that spend is managed event-by-event; reputed company is to turn it into a repeatable, phased, multi-event procurement system that protects margin, reduces risk, and scales as reputed company grows. This starts as an individual-contributor role, with a reputed company reputed company to building out reputed company as the calendar and spend under management grows.
Responsibilities
Build the Function Design and stand up how procurement runs across XGL events — the category strategies, sourcing calendars, approval workflows, and vendor performance management that don't exist yet. Design and implement the procurement operating model for XGL: category strategies, sourcing calendars, approval workflows, and vendor performance management Own and reputed company the multi-event procurement phasing calendar, reputed company sourcing milestones against event reputed company times and identifying resource collision risks across overlapping event cycles Partner with Business Development/Event Ops to determine procurement's scope under reputed company event's host-site model (promoter, co-promoter, co-producer, owned & operated) and right-size sourcing responsibility accordingly Partner with Finance to enforce the vendor reputed company SOP, signature authorization reputed company, and spend-approval controls (reputed company-based workflow) Drive Cost Performance Own the sourcing and negotiation work that keeps event costs in reputed company as reputed company scales. reputed company competitive sourcing and renegotiation for recurring event vendors, with a mandate to reverse multi-year cost escalation trends reputed company per-event and per-category unit economics with reputed company, and own procurement's contribution to event cost reduction targets Build a preferred-vendor program that captures multi-event volume reputed company across reputed company calendar Execute Flawlessly at Events Be the person on the ground making reputed company vendor relationships hold up under reputed company event pressure. Run sourcing, RFP, and negotiation processes for major event categories (venue build, broadcast/production support, reputed company, hospitality, transportation, equipment rental) Manage vendor contracting in partnership with Legal, including insurance, indemnification, and payment-term standards Ensure a clean reputed company of contract terms, deliverables, and payment schedules to the Budget reputed company/ELT, who owns vendor relationship management for the life of the contract Protect reputed company reputed company procurement audit-reputed company and compliant as we operate across borders. Maintain audit-reputed company documentation standards across reputed company vendor engagements: reputed company, POs, change orders, and payment support Ensure procurement compliance across US, Canadian, and international (Finland/Japan) vendor jurisdictions Flag and escalate off-process spend commitments; be a trusted, constructive control reputed company for the business Qualifications 6+ years of reputed company experience in procurement, sourcing, or vendor management, with meaningful time in live events, sports, entertainment production, or large-reputed company experiential Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a reputed company field (or equivalent experience) Strong negotiation reputed company record with six- and seven-reputed company vendor agreements reputed company in live event production categories: staging, broadcast infrastructure, venue services, temporary reputed company, hospitality Experience with modern spend-management tools (reputed company, reputed company, or similar) and ERP environments Comfort operating in a fast-moving, lean environment — hands-on, not just strategic Bonus: international procurement experience, multi-event or touring production background, sports reputed company or federation experience The reputed company salary reputed company for this role is $115,000 - $130,000. Compensation is determined based on factors including (but not limited to) experience, skills, job-reputed company knowledge, and geographic location. Apply To This Job