The Director, Commercial Sourcing & Procurement will be a strategic leader of the Acadia Sourcing & Procurement team, leading the development of SG&A sourcing strategies for key vendors in North America. This role will be based in San Diego, CA or Princeton, NJ. The Director will develop both immediate and long-term sourcing strategies/plans for the SG&A vendors with the focus on Commercial, IT, and professionals services areas.
Requirements
- Develop both immediate and long-term sourcing strategies/plans for the SG&A vendors with the focus on Commercial, IT, and professionals services areas.
- Proactively work with business stakeholders including Sr. executives to identify sourcing needs and ensure sourcing strategies align with business goals and enable efficiency & innovation
- Assess, benchmark & negotiate existing key SG&A vendor contracts and conduct gap analysis.
- Collaborate with Finance FP&A team on vendor cost budgeting, forecasting, and saving validation
- Assess industry trends, evolving technology such as AI in procurement to ensure continuous automation of current sourcing process
- Establish SG&A vendor governance program including vendor optimization, risk assessment and operational performance evaluation process
- 12+ years of extensive sourcing experience with deep knowledge of vendors for advertising agency, media, data analytics, meeting and events
- Strong negotiation and vendor benchmarking experience across a range of IT contract types, including SaaS, consulting, and managed services agreements
- Proficient procurement system knowledge of S2P(Coupa), CLM (Agiloft) and upcoming AI sourcing tools
- Familiarity with sourcing saving report methodology and associated tools such as Smartsheet
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Discretionary bonus
- Equity awards
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Employer-paid life, disability, business travel and EAP coverage
- 401(k) Plan with a fully vested company match 1:1 up to 5%
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 2-year purchase price lock-in
- 15+ vacation days
- 13 -15 paid holidays, including office closure between December 24th and January 1st
- 10 days of paid sick time
- Paid parental leave benefit
- Tuition assistance
