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Chicago, Il, Us

New York City, Us

New York City, Us

Strategic liaison between creative agencies/indirect suppliers and internal business teams, including Commercial Marketing, Brand Management, Finance, Legal, IT and Supply Chain in the Americas. Dedicated resource representing commercial interests in contract development. Primary support for scope negotiation and development, driving optimal performance and ROI from agency partners. • Promote and participate in continuous improvement initiatives, establishing and evolving best practices in the realm of agency management and internal process development. • Oversee agency evaluation and onboarding, including the facilitation of Request for Information, Request for Proposal, project scoping and performance analysis activities • Optimize spend in the areas of Advertising, Design, Innovation, Experiential, and other Marketing Services in support of internal stakeholders across Beam's portfolio of brands

New York City, Us

- Provide ongoing support to internal procurement and marketing teams to enable optimized performance and return on investment from external agencies and their work- Collaborate in the development and implementation of a host of best practices, repeatable processes, templates, and tools for such things as RFI (request for information), RFP (request for proposal), contracting, SOWs (statements of work) and evaluation of agency partners- Support and actively participate in efficient and effective RFPs on behalf of and in support of marketing teams. Support and participate in the negotiation and contracting process for agencies, in close consultation with all relevant internal stakeholders- Develop and implement various reporting and analytics for the benefits of internal marketing teams and other internal stakeholders. Includes performing ongoing tracking and analysis of: established performance metrics, rates, hours (FTE’s), pass-through costs, etc.

Munich, De

- Support and implement commodity strategies within the Industry Sector as defined by the regional category management organization- Represent the business unit's demands/requirements to the category management organization so they may be considered during strategy development - Analyze and coordinate efforts to develop and implement strategic initiatives / programs to drive savings, supply base optimization, cash flow improvement and eAuctions- Negotiate prices, terms and quality requirements with domestic and international suppliers for high-value, technically complex products and services. This would include Marketing Communications, Event Management, Travel, Fleet and Industrial Supplies- Primary interface between SCM IM organization and internal stakeholders - Interface with potential suppliers by clearly and professionally communicating Requests for Quotations - Up front involvement (team member) in all large projects. Actively participates on domestic and global teams to lead sourcing initiatives with other North American Siemens Operating Companies for required products and services- Participation in cross functional, regional buyer, and commodity manager meetings - Provide customer service to key customers and end-users by reporting target achievement results on a periodic basis, as well as, interfacing with key support groups to resolve issues - Manage supplier performance through service level agreements and KPIs - Participate on business reviews with key suppliers with a focus on collecting TCO opportunities and increasing supplier performance

Munich, De

- Procured materials via SAP for manufacture of HVAC and fire suppression equipment, including printed circuit boards, cables, and other components - Partnered with the Traffic team to negotiate domestic freight schedules as well as imports from Asia and Europe - Established and maintained the tactical buyer relationship with all vendor contacts- Managed vendor production scheduling through reschedule/buy reports, MRP messages and PIC communication- Facilitated resolution of invoicing issues between Siemens Shared Services and vendors- Implemented and maintained lead time reduction and consignment programs to support lean manufacturing- Scheduled customer orders for trade goods and manage order data based on vendor-supplied dates- Developed and directed the Supplier Delivery Performance Improvement Program for problem suppliers

Munich, De