Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.
Why Join Us?
To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.
We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We're building a more open world. Join us.
Sourcing Manager - Marketing Procurement
Introduction to team
Our Corporate Functions are made up of teams that support Expedia Group, including Employee Communications, Finance, Legal, People Team, Inclusion and Diversity, and Global Social Impact and Sustainability.
Expedia has an opportunity for a Sourcing Manager to join our Global Marketing Procurement team. By building positive relationships with the marketing teams, you will be responsible for building a category plan, working with leadership to define priorities, manage supplier performance and ensure sourcing practices are adhered to. You have experience and knowledge in Media, Creative, Production, Market Research, PR & Social to name a few categories you will support. You have expert strategy and negotiation skills that will be used to support your Marketing Business Partners.
Using your procurement experience, and leveraging your category knowledge, you will work directly with the marketing teams at all levels at Expedia. In this role, you will be expected to develop & deliver an effective procurement strategy and conduct activities such as RFP's, effective negotiations of commercials & agreements, and ongoing vendor management to deliver continuous savings, performance & process improvement for the Marketing and Brands teams. You will collaborate closely with Legal, Finance and the Marketers to ensure contracts are drafted appropriately. Come join Expedia and help power global travel for everyone, everywhere!
In this role, you will:
Act as a trusted adviser, and subject matter expert, leading marketing sourcing and procurement projects. These projects often involve working across multiple products and brands, as well as multiple geographies, to develop one Expedia solution wherever possible
Lead and own a full range of projects from transactional to complex, spanning all types of marketing services across Expedia Brands with a focus on production and creative services
For individual procurement projects, build, communicate, and implement work plans and timelines. Identify the required supporting efforts, dependencies, or barriers, as well as track and report on progress/issues
Deliver sustainable value by leading negotiations with vendors on the scope of work, commercials & contract, which will involve working with legal, finance, tax and other internal departments
Be a strategic partner to Marketing teams throughout the sourcing process
Build and maintain vendor relationships to maximize value and to deliver a best-in-class supply chain across multiple marketing spend categories
Support the continuous development and evolution of a marketing vendor database, using vendors data to drive efficiencies and effective vendor management
Act as the point of contact for critical issues to both our marketing teams and other areas such as legal, finance, tax, audit
Partner with marketing teams to build, moderate to complex service requirements and scope, assist with identifying vendors, manage the entire RFx process, provide vendor evaluation framework and recommendations on vendor selection
Draft and redline commercial components of master purchasing and service contracts, statements of work, and software as a service and licensing agreements
Experience and qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field; or equivalent related professional experience
Have a comprehensive understanding of the marketing procurement categories
Essential knowledge of core procurement fundamentals with a marketing focus
Great teammate and able to work independently while prioritizing their own time and work
Strong communication skills; written, verbal and interpersonal
Ideally, you are experienced in working in a global business with multiple brands
Experience of redlining contracts and general familiarity with key contract terms is essential
A leader in establishing and maintaining business partner relationships, including influencing skills are essential and rising to the challenge when looking after demanding business partners
Capable of working with abstract concepts and presenting simply and clearly to others
The total cash range for this position in Austin is $110,500.00 to $155,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.
The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $110,500.00 to $155,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.
#LI-MK1
The total cash range for this position in West Hollywood is $110,500.00 to $155,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.
Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual's knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.
Accommodation requests
If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request .
We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you're confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs .
Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.