Sourcing Manager

About BoomPop, Inc.

Who We Are

At BoomPop, we believe in the importance of bringing people together. Since 2020, we've been transforming the way people gather, making it easier, more engaging, and truly unforgettable. We combine a top-notch event planning team with cutting-edge AI technology to make planning events as easy as shopping online.

We’ve organized critical events for over 6,000 clients, including Google, Nike, and Accenture, bringing together more than 400,000 attendees. And we're just getting started.

We have raised over $40M from top-tier investors, including Atomic, ACME Capital, Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod), and Wing.

Why Join Us?

The world of work is changing, and BoomPop is leading the charge. With remote work on the rise, companies like Airbnb, Salesforce, and Shopify are embracing a new mantra: “Offsites are the new office.”

The group travel and events industry is booming, and we're at the heart of it. Businesses are shifting their budgets from traditional office spaces to in-person experiences. Group travel, which was already a massive part of the $900 billion corporate travel industry, is growing even faster now.

Join us and be part of a world-class team that's redefining the future of travel and events. You'll find endless opportunities for growth, the chance to work with top-tier clients, and the thrill of making a real impact on the world.

Mission: Essence of the Job

As one of our Sourcing Managers at BoomPop, your mission is to stand up version 2.0 of our sourcing team. You will play a critical role in helping our clients land the perfect venue/location/hotel for their event. This means you’ll anticipate, support, and analyze the sourcing needs of our clients and event planners with exceptional customer service, unwavering adaptability to changing needs, and a strong focus on reducing time-to-source and sourcing accuracy. You will also play a crucial role in helping to inform product development decisions and contributing to the overall growth and success of the company. This role sits at a critical nexus point between sales and our event agency.

Top 3 Priorities

1. Ability to Negotiate competitive hotel deals that include tailored add-ons and concessions aligned with the client’s preferences and overall event vision.
2. Understand holistic client needs, maintain clear communication, and identify venues and vendors that fit the event brief -- aided by a comprehensive background knowledge of Hotels across all brands/star levels in the region of expertise (or even good to generalize all US for now).
3. Provide cross-functional sourcing support across the Event team, rigorously prioritizing the highest impact areas among other competing priorities.

Within 30 days:

You will have familiarized yourself with full cycle sourcing by learning the BoomPop product and SOPs. You'll also begin establishing relationships with the events and offshore sourcing team. You will be fully onboarded and sourcing for active events.

Within 60 days:

You will provide product and partnerhub feedback and help with projects to streamline sourcing. You’ll also have a full understanding of 1) self-serve, 2) agency-lite, and 3) full event agency. 

Within 90 days:

You will become a trusted and reliable sourcer for the events team and build strong relationships with hotel partners. You’ll also begin to own projects that will contribute to elevating the sourcing process. 

Competencies

• Efficiency. Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort.
• Follow-through on commitments. Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost.
• Attention to detail. Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• Persistence. Demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done.
• Calm under pressure. Maintains stable performance when under heavy pressure or stress.
• Communication. Speaks and writes clearly and articulately without being overly verbose or talkative. Maintains this standard in all forms of written communication, including e-mail.
• Teamwork. Reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship.

What you'll do

• Own the hotel sourcing process from client kickoff, to RFPs, through signed contracts, including negotiating contract terms and clauses
• Partner with event planners on sourcing needs for clients 
• Work with supply partners to ensure RFP accuracy to reduce sourcing errors, and reduce the overall time it takes us to complete the sourcing product platform-wide as a first issue priority
• Regularly review the sourcing funnel and analyze needs, opportunities, and potential blockers
• Demonstrate exceptional client obsession by consistently meeting or exceeding client expectations
• Adapt to changing client requests with a positive attitude and a focus on finding solutions
• Own process improvement and documentation for best practices to ensure the team is set up for success
• Establish an ongoing feedback loop with the partnerships team on hotel performance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in end-to-end event management with a focus on sourcing, vendor management/coordination, planning, execution, and budget management 
• 3-5 years of experience in hotels/hospitality required
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills
• Strong adaptability, flexibility, and problem-solving skills 
• Strong sense of urgency and the ability to rigorously prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent project management skills and experience managing a high volume of tasks
• Strong executive presence and ability to present information to a variety of senior leaders
• Proven ability to be creative and innovative in planning in-person events

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary + equity, with tons of room for career growth
• Company sponsored 401(k)
• Generous PTO
• Paid parental leave 
• Flexibility to work from anywhere
• Amazing annual team-wide and department offsites
• World-class medical, vision, and dental plans with 100% employee contributions covered + 80% dependent contributions covered
• $50/month phone stipend

Occasional Travel: Connecting is in our DNA, please note that we anticipate roughly 6-8 nights of travel per year for this role.

Total Compensation Package; Including Benefits and Stock:

• Base: $88,000 - $105,000 a year; Depending on Experience and Qualifications
• Bonus: $10,000 annually, based on Business and Personal Milestones
• Medical, vision, dental, life: $10,000 - $16,000 a year; Depending on Individual or Family Plan
• Equity: Our vision is to take BoomPop to the moon 🚀

Please note that this is a fully-remote opportunity. 

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you’re excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply.

BoomPop is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. BoomPop considers all qualified applicants in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For California-based applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, BoomPop will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.