Senior Buyer

MAU is hiring a Senior Buyer at our client in Mahwah, NJ. As a Senior Buyer, you will play a part of the Americas Procurement Marketing team, where you will lead cross-functional sourcing projects within the media and agency fee area, covering all aspects from project preparation, execution, analysis, trend and market evaluations, negotiation, supplier selection, and contract management.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree; OR
• Equivalent experience
• 3 – 5+ years of relevant experience from procurement and the media and marketing landscape
• Deep knowledge and extensive experience in the dynamic media and marketing landscape from a procurement perspective
• Proven track record of consistently driving successful media spend, optimizing media investments, and cultivating strong relationships with agencies and stakeholders, playing a pivotal role to contributing to an organization’s overall growth and transformation success
• Experience with supplier management and contractual topics

General Requirements:

• Proficient understanding of media buying processes, negotiations, and a solid grasp of the media providers prevalent in the market
• Professional negotiation skills
• Continuously aware of the latest trends, technologies, and shifts in the media landscape
• Well-informed perspective
• Proficiency in analyzing data
• Exceptional skills in setting strategic direction
• Leadership capabilities
• Attention to detail in spend management, optimizing costs, delivering comprehensive financial analysis and forecasting for media investments
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other departments within the company, and in a complex environment

Essential Functions:

• Establish the media strategy and play a central role in developing, evaluating, improving, and implementing the ways of purchasing media in the future
• Responsible for setting supplier strategies and actively cultivating and maintaining strong commercial relationships with suppliers
• Collaborate proactively with key business stakeholders to gain a deep understanding around required products and services, the market, and innovations within each area
• Identify opportunities to leverage existing business value, encompassing aspects like cost-efficiency, quality enhancement, and sustainability
• Conduct comprehensive market analysis, prioritize tasks, and develop optimal negotiation tactics
• Challenge the status quo, whether it’s established routes or decisions, and engage with stakeholders, suppliers, and colleagues to foster a better mutual understanding and work collaboratively toward innovative and effective solutions
• Perform other tasks as required

MAU Workforce Solutions is an innovative global company with extensive experience providing solutions for success in staffing, recruiting, technology and outsourcing to our clients, employees, and applicants. Headquartered in Augusta, GA since 1973, MAU is a family and minority-owned company offering better processes and better people to create efficiencies and greater profits for our clients. Our relationships with world-class companies, our training programs and our culture of family allow MAU to offer better results, better jobs, and better lives to those who work with us.

All Applicants must submit to background check and drug screening

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position

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