Sr. Sourcing Specialist - Marketing
Posted 2025-04-30About the Role & Team
At Disney, weÂre storytellers, we make the impossible, possible. We do this through unmatched creativity and use of innovative technology to bring stories to life through our movies, licensed products, interactive games, theme parks and resorts, television networks & streaming services. Now is your chance to join our dedicated team that delivers unparalleled creative... content to audiences around the world. Come join this dynamics team!
The Marketing Sourcing Team collaborates with Media & Marketing professionals across the Walt Disney Company, to enhance the value of our marketing investments, by creatively crafting deals that deliver value across the enterprise, and improving the way we do business with our partners. The Marketing Category includes, Advertising, Creative Services, Digital, Events, Social Media, CRM, Market Research, Marketing Technology, and other marketing services.
What You Will Do
In this role you will focus primarily on Creative Services with marketing partners to make thoughtful sourcing decisions in selecting agencies, technologies & other service providers, to increase the value of our campaign investments, and to mitigate risks through smart contract negotiations. This includes running RFPÂs, negotiating enterprise & segment level deals, managing supplier relationships, recommending best-in-class suppliers & innovations, facilitating process improvements and bringing partners across the segments together for collaboration and maximizing opportunities.
Key responsibilities will include:
 Day-to-day management of global, crossline business deals with major agency partners and marketing departments across the enterprise
 Review and redline statement of work contracts to ensure they meet our objectives and effectively mitigate risk, while upholding the creative integrity of the brand
 Build and maintain proactive, responsive relationships with stakeholders and partners by understanding their needs and promptly addressing concerns
 Identify RFP opportunities with supporting rationale, assist in RFP launch and evaluation process
 Identify opportunities for process improvements to enhance efficiency
Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills are critical as this position will be interfacing with Global & Local Sourcing/Marketing/Finance/Business Unit clients on a regular basis.
Required Qualifications & Skills
 3+ Years of strategic sourcing and/or relevant work experience
 Individual Contributor that is effective at managing tasks and projects independently
 Builds strong working relationships across lines of business and leadership levels
 Builds strong working relationships across lines of business and executive leadership levels
 Strategic thinker & creative problem solver
 Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
 Advanced negotiation skills
 Proven project management skills and experience
 Ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects at any given time
 Ability to persevere with ambiguity
 Ability to analyze complex situations and develop coherent insights and strategies to maximize value.
 Complex financial modeling experience
 Completes scorecard analytics for sourcing initiatives
 Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Power Point and Word)
 Demonstrate exemplary integrity and ethics in all instances
 High-energy, self-motivated with a desire to excel in a collaborative environment.
Preferred Qualifications
 Experience working in Creative, PR, Marcoms, or other marketing fields.
 Experience working with Agencies, a plus
 Experience in negotiations of professional and/or technical services
 Marketing background is a plus.
 Marketing Sourcing background is a plus.
 Advanced AirTable skills
 Experience with Coupa and Sourcing Project Mgmt. Systems
 Ability to plan and execute against both short- and long-term goals.
 CPMP or CPSM
Education
Required Education:
 Bachelors Degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
Preferred Education:
 Masters Degree/MBA
Additional Information
This position is a legal entity of The Walt Disney Company, an equal opportunity employer.
The hiring range for this position in California is $103,400 to $126,200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidateÂs geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered
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