BSE Global (“BSE”) is a multifaceted sports and entertainment business that brings people together to experience music, sports, and culture through our teams and venue. Through these experiences and in our workplace, we strive to elevate our business, grow our fan base, and cultivate a community anchored in belonging and inclusion in every aspect, on and off the court.

SUMMARY

We are seeking a Director, Strategic Sourcing responsible for negotiating and managing relationships with all vendors and suppliers across the BSE Global network. You will work closely with all departments as a strategic partner to develop and improve supplier relationships.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Align with business objectives across all departments to develop and implement organization-wide procurement and sourcing strategies, ensuring the organization achieves visible results and improves upon financial value from supplier relationships.
• Select and develop key supplier relationships through contract negotiation, implementation and management of supplier performance.
• Find opportunities for cost reduction and vendor consolidation in departmental spend.
• Provide in-depth analysis around spend, supplier assessment, financials and market data to improve the supply chain and reduce costs.
• Partners with Legal team and department leads on contractual negotiations by developing and implementing purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Work with the Finance and Sponsorship Sales teams to evaluate new client deals.
• Apply industry expertise and standards in the design and implementation of vendor management policies, procedures, and practices.
• Track key sourcing and procurement market intelligence for assigned commodities/spend categories.
• Resolve vendor or contractor grievances and claims against suppliers.
• Represent the organization in liaising negotiation of commercial contracts and formulating policies with suppliers.
• Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them to resolve product availability and terms of sales.
• Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.
• Maintain records of goods ordered and received.
• Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products or substitute materials.
• Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability.
• Review, evaluate, and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids.
• Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
• Prepare reports regarding market conditions and merchandise costs.
• Prepare bid awards requiring management approval.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (preferably in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Business Administration)
• 6-10 years of relevant work experience
• Advanced Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software skill
• Procurement software experience required

WHO YOU ARE

• Autonomous self-starter highly motivated to grow procurement’s value for the business.
• Strategic problem solver who will establish long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Able to build and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with vendors, clients, suppliers and internal departments and maintaining them over time.
• Effective collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Phenomenal conflict management and negotiation skills; handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances efficiently and effectively.
• Strong organization, planning, and prioritization skills; developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish goals while keeping in mind the demands and needs of the various internal partners.
• Ensure that events and processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Ability to analyze data to craft strategic decisions.
• Flexible and reliable standout colleague, always acting in the best interest of their department and the company as a whole.
• Demonstrates a strong ability to manage one’s own time and prioritize tasks when given clearly defined goals and objectives.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

May be required to travel on rare occasions (<5% travel); trips may require air travel and/or overnight stay for one or more nights.

SALARY RANGE

$125,000 - $140,000

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Works primarily in an office environment.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local laws.