Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for a Procurement - Sourcing Consultant,for a W2 contract opportunity!
Job Description:
Seeking a Lead Sourcing Consultant to join the Corporate Services Strategic Sourcing Team as part of the Chief Administrative Office (CAO), with primary support for Marketing and Public Affairs technology sourcing initiatives. This role serves as the strategic sourcing subject matter expert for the enterprise marketing technology (MarTech) and advertising technology (AdTech) ecosystem, including AI-enabled marketing platforms, customer data infrastructure, and digital media supply chains.
Lead Sourcing Strategy & MarTech Category Management
Lead end-to-end sourcing lifecycle activities for complex, high-risk, and strategic Marketing and Public Affairs supplier engagements, including marketing technology (MarTech), advertising technology (AdTech), digital media, creative services, communications, research, events, sponsorships, and related technology-enabled services.
Develop and execute category strategies across the MarTech stack enterprise marketing clouds, customer data platforms (CDPs), customer engagement and journey orchestration, marketing analytics and attribution, content and digital asset management, personalization, and generative AI marketing tools that optimize costs, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and support enterprise business objectives.
Lead MarTech stack assessment and rationalization initiatives, identifying overlapping capabilities, underutilized licenses, and consolidation opportunities across the marketing technology portfolio.
Review expiring Marketing and Public Affairs agreements, identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, service improvements, cost reduction, and value creation, and support timely renewals or competitive sourcing events.
Contract Negotiation & Commercial Management
Lead all aspects of supplier negotiations, including development of MarTech category and negotiation strategies, vendor communications, proposal evaluations, and award recommendations.
Negotiate modern SaaS and consumption-based commercial models, including monthly-active-user (MAU), message-volume, credit-based, and usage-based pricing structures, true-up mechanics, renewal caps, service credits, and professional services terms.
Negotiate AI-specific contract provisions, including AI and generative AI usage rights, restrictions on use of company and customer data for model training, model transparency and explainability obligations, and responsible AI commitments.
Negotiate commercial, operational, legal, governance, and risk-related terms including data processing agreements, data residency, subprocessor management, security requirements, and exit and data portability provisions while balancing stakeholder objectives, speed to market, and enterprise risk tolerance.
Draft, review, and manage contract language to address evolving business, technology, regulatory, and market requirements.
In this contingent resource assignment, you may:
Consult on or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within Sourcing and contribute to large-scale planning related to Sourcing deliverables.
Review and analyze moderately complex Sourcing challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
Contribute to the resolution of moderately complex issues and consult with others to meet Sourcing deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
Collaborate with Client personnel in Sourcing
Required Qualifications: 4+ years of Sourcing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education
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