Director, Procurement

Job Description:

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

● Curiosity:
We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.

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Collaboration:

Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.

● Commitment:
We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of an independent.

To achieve our vision, we are searching for a Director of Procurement who is fueled by a passion for overall team success. Our ideal candidate has a creative, problem‑solving mindset, disciplined focus on scalable processes. This role will work collaboratively with all business partners across Warner Music Group.

• Participate in the design of our new ERP system with regards to purchasing process flows, purchase orders, etc., bring best practice recommendations
• Negotiate the best pricing deal for supply contracts, while ensuring the products and supplies are high quality
• Build, communicate, and implement project plans and timelines. Identify the required support, dependencies, and barriers, as well as track and report on progress/issues
• Deliver financial and operational value by leading negotiations with vendors on the scope of work, commercial terms, revenue‑sharing, and other legal and contractual terms as needed.
• Review and analyze all vendors/suppliers and price options, develop plans for future purchasing of goods and services on behalf of the Group
  
  M and agencies
• Develop a strategy for building out a Procurement Team, adding a manager(s), analyst(s), etc. to complete duties as needed
• Liaise with WPP Procurement and represent Group
  
  M in WPP’s procurement / cost savings initiative
• Build and maintain vendor relationships to maximize value and to build a best‑in‑class supply chain across multiple marketing spend categories
• Develop a vendor database and mechanisms to track vendor performance, using data to drive improvements
• Estimate and establish cost parameters and budgets for purchases
• Create and maintain good relationships with non‑media vendors/suppliers
• Prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion in all purchasing decisions, and track diverse spend and suppliers
• Maintain and update a list of suppliers and their qualifications, delivery times and potential future development
• Maintain records of purchases, pricing and other important data and make professional decisions in a fast‑paced environment

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, or related field; preferred solid knowledge and understanding of procurement processes, policy and systems
• Bachelor's degree in economics, business, supply chain management, or a related field required; MBA preferred
• 7+ years of relevant strategic sourcing experience, to include at minimum 5 years in an indirect procurement function, at an international organization
• 7+ years of experience practicing best‑in‑class procurement processes (strategic sourcing management, benchmarking, should‑cost models, RFX, reverse…