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Who We Are...
When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next...
From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
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Your New Role...
Reporting to the Snr Director Sports / Streaming & Interactive, the Sourcing Associate for Sports will support category strategy development and associated initiatives for the company. You'll use your experience in procurement to proactively partner with stakeholders to develop category strategies and lead sourcing projects, enable specification definition and demand management, as well as manage supplier performance and innovation activities. Sports / Streaming & Interactive is a growing area of the business so it's an exciting time to join the team!
Your Role Accountabilities...
- Obtains relevant information for developing new commodity strategies, considering the entire supply chain, information and economic considerations.
- Compiles and synthesizes both business requirements and external market conditions to develop optimal commodity strategy with full understanding of potential shortfalls and risk mitigation plans.
- Develops and compiles required Request for Information (RFI), Request for Quotation (RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFP) to facilitate development of sourcing strategy.
- Conducts comprehensive supplier analysis (strategic direction, financial health/risk due diligence, market position/power, capabilities & capacity, resiliency).
- Monitors supplier relationship programs that cut across multiple business divisions to ensure service levels are being met.
- Identifies opportunities where project management expertise needs to be implemented and works to ensure that those involved in key projects are managing them optimally.
- Demonstrates consistent success in meeting or exceeding goals, timelines, and expectations for multiple projects that may be occurring simultaneously.
- Can apply various types of financial analyses to address Strategic Sourcing challenges.
- Conceives and develops complex analytical & pricing models to address Strategic Sourcing challenges, including spend baseline development, bid evaluation and savings calculations. Can develop detailed analyses of financial statements and business unit cost structures.
- Leverages Sourcing Tools & Process team and spend management tool during opportunity assessment to conduct market research and determine baseline spend and associated cost.
Qualifications & Experience...
- Experience in the Media & Entertainment industry is required
- Professional accreditation in sourcing / procurement preferred
- Proficiency in developing complex RFPs and conducting complex bid analysis
- Application of Strategic Sourcing best practices
- Relationship Building: gaining trust, service orientation, customer focus
- Planning & Organization: strong project leader, emphasis on execution, multi-tasking & managing multiple priorities
- Communication: clear, concise communicator with attention to detail, ability to translate complex messages into commonly understood terms
- Influencing others: without authority, persuasion, ability to see multiple perspectives
How We Get Things Done...
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.
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