Marketing Buyer

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Description

Are you ready to put your years of experience to strategically partner with supplier and build relationships?
At Procter & Gamble, as a experienced buyer, you are a lifeline to the world of suppliers and agencies, translating the needs of our business in a way that enables, encourages, and invites our supply base to partner with us in providing products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world's consumers.

Your goal at the end of the day is to link the most appropriate supplier capabilities with needs to deliver the best shareholder return. Procter & Gamble's Purchases discipline is part of the Product Supply function and has significant responsibility for developing and executing the sourcing strategies for the Company's multi-billion dollar goods and services purchases needed to produce best-in-class consumer products.

Scope of the job:

• Develop and implement Sourcing Strategy and Execution (via Competitive Bidding or Negotiation) for the following services: Point of Sales Material(POSM) & Packaging design, Celebrities, Influencers, Public Relations Agencies, advertising Agencies and Entertainment (Branded Entertainment and Sponsorships).

• Develop relationships with internal partners of any given brand to design sourcing interventions that meet their needs.

• Extend payment terms with external vendors to meet P&G cash flow targets.

• Ensure all spend under management is negotiated ensuring 100% compliance with internal processes.

• Develop strategic relationships with external partners needed, this includes negotiation of commercial conditions and agreements, bidding of services, ensure onboarding of supplier.

• Lead the performance of third parties/vendors via KPI tracking and implementation of performance driven compensation.

• Deep market analysis/industry analysis of the Creative industry. Become a guide on this space and be able to perform should cost analysis. Bring new suppliers to P&G that meet needs of Brands.

• Interact with payments team to develop strategies to increase pre-sourced solutions.

Thinking and Problem Solving: Solid analytical thought process: sorting through elements in a situation, gathering relevant data, reaching sound conclusions, using both data and intuition.

About Us:

P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bonux®, Braun®, Blend-a-Med®, Fairy®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Naturella®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Vizir®, Vicks® The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries and more than 100 thousand employees worldwide. Please visit www.pg.com for the latest news and information on P&G and its brands. We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We value diversity and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

What we offer you:

• Dynamic and respectful work environment – We live our Purpose, Values, and Principles daily. We value every individual and encourage initiatives promoting agility and work/life balance.
• Work in international teams with regional or global responsibilities.
• Friendly and supportive atmosphere at work.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Wellness programs
• Competitive salary and benefits program (private life & medical insurance for employees and dependents, PG stock, saving plans).
Qualifications

Skills required for this role:

1. Minimum 5 years of experience in agencies providing marketing services, in marketing function or sourcing.

2. Profile: people working on Purchases in the Creative Area or resources with experience working in Agencies (creative, media) willing to work in Purchases.

3. Leadership. Evidence of the ability to lead projects and influence peers. Must be very proactive and self-motivated. Capacity to recognize opportunities and take the maximum advantage.

4. Priority Setting / Capacity - effectively prioritize and manage activities. Able to clearly setting priorities while meeting business needs.

5. Collaboration: Evidence of the ability to deal effectively with people across organizations, including bosses and peers. Work effectively across countries. Ability to collaborate in and out of own organization.

6. Bachelor’s degree completed in related area, post degree or mater degree is a plus.

7. Language: advanced English level, advanced Spanish, Portuguese is a plus.

Job locations:
Panamá, Panama Job Type: Full-time Req No: PUR00001211