Indirect Sourcing, Category Execution Leader

**Job Description :**

**Job Title: Manager, Indirect Sourcing**

**Job Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka**

**Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week in office)**

**Indirect Sourcing, Category Execution Leader**

**Position summary:*In the News Corp Global Sourcing Organization, our aim is to unlock value for News Corp to reinvest in what matters most. We do this by bringing speed, efficiency, and security to buying at News Corp and with all business units within. We partner deeply across News Corp s business units to deliver solutions fit for purpose.

As a centralized organization operating in a high complexity environment, we bring one voice to stakeholders, suppliers and vendors to ensure the best outcomes.

Our organization fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement while providing opportunities for ongoing career growth and development. As a Category Execution, you will partner closely with key stakeholders to execute sourcing strategies related to your category in your remit.

You are responsible for the implementation of sourcing strategies for assigned categories to leverage the supply base, ensure continuity of supply, maximize cost savings/value realization, and support the achievement of the business strategies in a proactive manner by truly partnering with the business stakeholders as well as the vendors.

You own the execution of RFI s and RFP s, documenting bid events through correspondence to suppliers; executing the selection of suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional teams, conducting supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier management.

You will report directly to the Global Sourcing Execution Leader.

**Job Title:*Indirect Sourcing, Category Execution Leader

**Department:*Indirect Category Execution

**Job Family:*Category Execution

**Grade:*Sr. Manager/ Manager

**Contract Type:*Full Time

**Location:*Bangalore, India

**Reports To:*Bangalore Regional Execution Leader

**Direct Reports:*Less than 10 **Matrix Reports:**

**Budget Holder: Yes / No -*[TBD]

**Operational Scope : Global / Regional -*Global

**Spend Oversight:*[TBD]

**Accountabilities**

Category Execution Leader

+ Execute the category strategy for assigned category, collaborating with key stakeholders, team members, and leaders affected by the respective category

+ Have an in depth knowledge of sourcing for Marketing Category like Ad Agencies, Promotional items and other marketing related activities.

+ Initiate sourcing projects following structured management methods and principles to execute complex, long-term category management and strategic sourcing initiatives

+ Provide input to the Category Performance framework and provide metrics related to category performance and continuously track & monitor

+ Execute clear, structured negotiations following the Global Sourcing and Procurement Category Management and Strategic Sourcing methodologies

+ Populate the category cards detailing overall category strategies, preferred suppliers, and business unit requirements for execution; execute to ensure category health is tracking per strategy/goals/plan

+ Support the strategies & targets set by the Category Head & Category Leader

+ Identify areas of opportunity to reduce waste and establish reduction targets; Identify and execute implementation of continuous improvement/cost

+ Conduct Root Cause Analysis and Implement Corrective Actions

Sourcing Advisory

+ Establishing strong relationships with internal business partners; building a robust understanding of strategic business direction, requirements and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.

+ Execute sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives.

+ Execute the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.

+ Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies; maintain procurement ethics in accordance with News Corp s global policies & methodologies

+ Work with senior cross-functional internal customers as well as the Business Sourcing Partner to define detailed business requirements with designated business units, prioritizing business requirements and taking them through approval process; Participates in standardized relationship management processes globally for designated business area(s)

+ Execute change management within designated business units to increase utilization of best practices sourcing and procurement solutions

+ Assists the Business Sourcing Partner in business unit capacity and demand planning forecasting customer business unit demand

Vendor Management (Evaluation, Negotiation, Selection, Qualification)

+ Support the evaluation, negotiation, selection and qualification of vendors

+ Perform negotiation of contracts with selected suppliers leveraging tools/technology or supplier contract template including but not limited to Software as a Service, comprehensive Master Services Agreements, Master License and Service Agreement, Statement of Work, Amendments, etc. and negotiation of global preferred supplier agreements, following the legal guidelines.

+ Execute SOWs of complex and strategic nature through creation to approval

+ Manage escalations to the legal department appropriately, as needed

+ Be a contracting subject matter expert (SME) providing coaching and advisory services to other sourcing managers in the team under given category

+ Partner with the contract management team regularly

People Management

+ Mentors, develops, motivates and coaches teams to work collaboratively and effectively; ensures that employees are engaged

+ Develops a strong, unique employee value proposition and organization culture that attracts, retains, develops, incentives and motivates employees

+ Demonstrate exemplary integrity and ethics in all instances, ensuring compliance with respective policies and effective practices

**Critical Experiences | Competencies | Abilities**

+ Bachelor of Arts or Sciences Degree or equivalent experience required, MBA preferred

+ Minimum 8 years of global sourcing experience

+ Minimum 2-3 years demonstrated track record of people management leadership experience is required

+ Minimum 2-3 years of sourcing transformation experience (e.g., significant prior experience in all elements of sourcing and category management)

+ Certification in Procurement such as CPSM or CSCP, preferred

+ Embraces fact based decision making; naturally seeks to leverage and/or integrate market data, spend analytics, and cost modeling

+ Proven written and oral communicator, with strategic, analytical, and interpersonal skills to act as an effective change agent, unlocking barriers to value for priority spend categories

+ Expert negotiator with proven experience in setting negotiation strategies and conducting negotiations.

+ Strong project management skills, including adhering to stakeholder timelines, and meeting management skills

+ Extensive knowledge of the basic types of commercial agreement structures and the function and purpose of key legal terms.

+ Knowledge & experience of handling Indirect Sourcing categories such as Facilities, Professional Services, Travel & Marketing spend.

+ Experience working in a large, global, highly matrixed organization, and works easily in multi-business unit project settings; able to facilitate teamwork across corporate & geographical boundaries.

+ Contract drafting experience as well as excellent understanding of contractual terms, both commercially and legally.

**About News Corp**

News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including news and information services, book publishing, digital real estate services, cable network programming in Australia, and pay-tv distribution in Australia.

Headquartered in New York, News Corp s activities are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

**Equal Opportunity Employer**

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets

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News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including: news and information services, book publishing, digital real estate services, cable network programming in Australia, and pay-tv distribution in Australia.

Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.