A well-known Financial Services Company is seeking a Lead Sourcing Consultant in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) to support Marketing and Public Affairs technology sourcing initiatives.
This role will join the Corporate Services Strategic Sourcing Team within the Chief Administrative Office and serve as a strategic sourcing subject matter expert for the enterprise marketing technology (MarTech) and advertising technology (AdTech) ecosystem.
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Work Schedule: Hybrid - 3 days onsite and 2 days remote; Wednesday onsite is required
Required Skills & Experience
4+ years of sourcing experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work or consulting experience, training, military experience, or education
Experience with strategic and technical sourcing
Experience with MarTech, AdTech, AI-enabled platforms, or data infrastructure
Experience with category management and end-to-end supplier negotiations
Ability to understand technical requirements and advise engineering and business teams
What You Will Be Doing
Lead end-to-end sourcing activities for complex and strategic Marketing and Public Affairs supplier engagements.
Support sourcing across MarTech, AdTech, digital media, creative services, communications, research, events, sponsorships, and technology-enabled services.
Develop and execute category strategies that optimize costs, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and support business objectives.
Assess the MarTech technology stack and identify overlapping capabilities, underutilized licenses, and consolidation opportunities.
Review expiring agreements and identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, cost reduction, service improvements, and value creation.
Lead the supplier negotiation process from RFP through SOW and contract award.
Manage vendor communications, proposal evaluations, negotiation strategies, and award recommendations.
Negotiate SaaS, usage-based, AI, data privacy, security, legal, governance, and risk-related contract terms.
Draft, review, and manage contract language based on evolving business, technology, regulatory, and market requirements.
Serve as a sourcing and technology advisor to help engineering and business teams identify and address their technology needs.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Charlotte, NC
Skills
Adtechunmatched
Advertisingunmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Bid Analysisunmatched
Business Strategyunmatched
Business Supportunmatched
Candidate Sourcingunmatched
Category Developmentunmatched
Category Managementunmatched
Consultingunmatched
Contract Managementunmatched
Contract Reviewunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Creative Servicesunmatched
Digital Mediaunmatched
Ecosystemsunmatched
Enterprise Marketingunmatched
Financial Servicesunmatched
Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
Legalunmatched
Marketingunmatched
Marketing Strategyunmatched
Negotiation Skillsunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Privacy Controlsunmatched
Public Affairsunmatched
Regulationsunmatched
Request for Proposals (RFP)unmatched
Riskunmatched
Risk Managementunmatched
Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
Sourcing Strategyunmatched
Statement of Work (SOW)unmatched
Technical Strategyunmatched
Technology Analysisunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched
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