Director, Global Procurement and Sourcing
Summary
GumGum is seeking a Director of Global Procurement and Sourcing to develop and manage our global strategic sourcing initiatives. You will be responsible for developing strategic objectives, policies, and procedures for the procurement of goods and services in support of global business activities, with oversight of all purchasing functions organization-wide.
In this role, you will help achieve the most favorable quality, service, cost and technology for GumGum, and develop and direct the implementation of initiatives related to purchasing systems enhancements, benchmarking, and the development of supplier relationships. As a true business partner, you will deliver effective cost savings without slowing down our rapid cycles of innovation and growth.
Responsibilities
- Hands on leader/operator to develop processes, policies and execution around procurement and sourcing for GumGum
- Become the key negotiator and strategic buyer for the business
- Partner with the various business operating leaders to help procure and source products and services to grow our business
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, our legal team and partners/suppliers
- Direct the identification, selection and pre-qualification of the best suppliers in the industry for each relevant category
- Direct the development and communication of procurement and sourcing systems (Tipalti), SOPs, policies and procedures
- Deliver on cost reduction commitments through the identification, development and execution of strategic sourcing initiatives
- Develop and maintain strong KPI’s and analytics to enable data driven decisions, monitor performance and saving targets
- Share commodity knowledge on industry trends, benchmarking and deliver improvements on industry best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, purchasing or related field; advanced degree preferred
- 10 years of business procurement, sourcing or business development experience, ideally with a background in category management, setting procurement strategies and driving company-wide cost savings
- Knowledge and understanding of US and international procurement complexity
- Excellent communication, presentation skills, attention to detail
- Strategic thinker with ability to lead on company-wide initiatives and engage as a business partner beyond the called upon responsibilities
- Self-starter with excellent business/financial acumen, proficient in leading and setting direction for cross-functional teams, including demonstrated ability to motivate, influence and drive change across all levels of the organization and geographical boundaries
- CPM certification highly preferred
Benefits & Perks
- Strong medical, dental and vision plans
- Healthcare and dependent care FSA
- 401k plus match
- Pet wellness discount
- Commuter perks
- Generous paid parental leave
- Stock incentive program
- Unlimited paid time off and sick leave
- Fitness reimbursement
- Continuous learning and professional development
- Company-wide hackathons
- Stocked kitchen with plenty of snacks
- Dog-friendly office
- Just blocks from the beach
Career & Personal Development Focus
- Ongoing learning and development for education opportunities such as webinars, books, classes, relevant conferences and events
- Opportunities to pursue business related side projects and yearly Hackathon
- Highly encouraged to contribute to open source software, including our own open source software
- Environment of learning from peers, including meetups, presentations and blog posts
- Opportunity to work with cutting edge technology
- Life Skills sessions - geared towards the whole life/health/person
- Leadership Bites Dinner Series - connecting current and future GumGum leaders over great food and meaningful conversation
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We invite you to learn more about GumGum!
Our Team...
GumGum is an AI company with expertise in computer vision built on the imagination of its people. Each day, our talented team of thinkers and doers comes together to solve hard problems on behalf of the world’s most successful businesses. Through a combination of computer science, creativity and hustle, we’ve produced a series of major technology breakthroughs across a variety of industries - from advertising to sports.
Our Tech...
GumGum is constantly evolving to be at the forefront of computer vision and machine learning advancements. With nearly 10 years experience, we use our proprietary image recognition technology to deliver highly engaging, contextually relevant ad experiences across premium publishers all over the world.
Our Products & Services...
Our Advertising business serves contextual marketing messages in line with content users are actively engaged with.
Our Sports business helps marketers and rights holders understand the full media value of their sponsorship investments across broadcast and social media. And we deliver on brand safety by leveraging our AI to detect unsafe text and imagery, allowing us to deliver ads in brand safe, contextually relevant environments.
Our Hackathons...
What’s a Hackathon? We’re glad you asked. Our employees split into teams and spend 48 hours ‘hacking’ together before presenting their ideas to our executive team. It’s a chance for anyone within our company to showcase the visions they want to bring to fruition.
Our Culture...
GumGum recently earned LA’s Best Places to Work Award, and it’s no surprise why. With company-sponsored social hours, annual holiday celebrations and o-site gatherings, GumGummers enjoy a fun, creative and collaborative workplace. We provide ourselves on our strong track record of giving employees the autonomy and support they need to succeed.
Oh, and doggies...
We love our dogs so much, we even have an Instagram dedicated to them! Follow us: @dogsofgumgum
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