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Our goal in Corporate Supply Chain Management is to be the best in what we do - delivering innovative, end-to-end solutions that reflect the knowledge and expertise of a world class supply chain. At Cox, we focus on delivering on our commitments and being accountable for our results, while providing an excellent work environment with work/life balance. We are looking for a proven leader to join our team who has the skills, abilities and attitude to help us be the best sourcing organization in our industry. The Strategic Sourcing Sr. Manager, Marketing and Sales is a management position that reports to the Senior Manager of Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Marketing and Sales. The right candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced competitive and changing environment, while effectively collaborating and communicating in alignment with the Cox culture. Purpose (Overall Accountability) The Strategic Sourcing Sr. Manager, Marketing, will lead and manage sourcing activities primarily for Marketing as well as support other internal customers and business units as needed. The Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager will ensure the acquisition of high-quality goods and services at fair market price points of negotiation and managing of contracts and scope of works for selected suppliers. The Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager will also ensure increased efficiency in the procurement process and identify opportunities for operational improvements. The Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing Sr. Manager will provide comprehensive strategies that ensure the ''best value'' result is achieved within the Marketing category. This includes identifying, evaluating, and selecting vendors to meet internal business needs, managing sourcing processes and completing necessary documentation (including RFQs, RFIs, and RFPs), and conducting vendor capability and suitability assessments. This role will assist in negotiating product/service pricing and contractual terms and conditions. Will assist in establishing standardized and comprehensive contract management packages that comply with the Contract Department processes and procedures requirements and that also minimize any potential financial or contractual risks. The Senior Sourcing Manager will also be responsible for the evaluation of vendor performance and compliance when considering contract renewals. In addition, this position is expected to have a deep understanding of our internal customers businesses and their objectives to develop strategies that meet their current and future procurement needs as well as develop broad vendor, product, and industry knowledge to provide expertise to internal clients. This individual will oversee all source-to-contract activity related to the Marketing and Sales categories across Cox Automotive, Cox Communications, and Cox Enterprises, including overseeing a Category Management and Sourcing team responsible for leading the creation and execution of category and sourcing strategies. The individual in this role is responsible for the development of strategic relationships with internal business stakeholders to support adoption of standard Supply Chain processes and policies across the entire enterprise, helps build project pipeline, and manages category performance. As part of this role, this individual will be responsible for driving win-win supplier relationships and helping to drive compliance across the categories. Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions: * Engage with internal customers to understand their business context, define sourcing needs and build the portfolio of sourcing projects to be delivered by order of priority. * Strive for value creation and total cost of ownership sourcing approaches across Cox Communications Marketing and to ensure the team consolidate supply bases and leverage enterprise-wide volumes to realize savings. * Develop a Marketing procurement strategy by lever