Senior Analyst, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Job Description

Senior Analyst, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Please note that this role is based in the United Kingdom. In order to enable us to meet statutory and regulatory obligations of the United Kingdom immigration system you must have the appropriate immigration permission needed to work and reside in the United Kingdom.
Overview

Strategic Sourcing and Procurement is responsible for managing external spend with third party suppliers, who provide goods and services to SPE's various businesses. Businesses supported are the Motion Picture Group which includes film labels Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, and Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and TV distribution business which manages the sales, distribution and marketing of physical DVD product in retail as well as distribution on streaming platforms and Sony Pictures Television which, (particularly in Europe), operates a range of pay and free TV aggregated services in its Networks division, ranging from linear and VOD (video on demand) services to third party platforms through to direct to consumer SVOD (subscription video on demand) and AVOD (advertising video on demand) services. The procurement team therefore has the unique advantage of working with stakeholders from across all the businesses, enabling a holistic view of SPE.

The Strategic Sourcing and Procurement department delivers substantial value through proactive and strategic supplier management and has been gradually expanding its influence in most areas of supplier spend from Post-production to IT, to Marketing and Professional services. A key aim of the department is to embed a procurement mindset across the various businesses, by deploying structured and consistent procurement tools and techniques, embedding supplier relationship management programmes, enabling transactional efficiency and supporting source to pay solutions. The team also partners closely with the business Finance leads as well as other support departments such as Legal.

SPE's Strategic Sourcing and Procurement London based team (which is part of a larger global Procurement department based in LA) primarily supports Europe, (key countries are UK, Germany, France and Spain) but also provides an important link and role in terms of global category management for all key categories (Marketing, IT, Post Production, Professional Services, Facilities). The remit of the Senior Analyst role will form part of a growing and expanding European focus, supporting various categories, but particularly Marketing, which contributes a large percentage of SPE in market, locally managed spend.

Areas of Responsibility: Key Elements of the Role

We are looking for self-motivated, analytical, and proactive individual to form part of a growing and high-performing procurement team, who will support the new vision of the Strategic Sourcing and Procurement organization.

The Strategic Sourcing Senior Analyst will support the Vice President Category Sourcing Europe, and at times other Category Managers by gathering and analyzing data to identify opportunities for cost savings, support strategic sourcing opportunities, and drive greater cost savings and process improvements across Sony Pictures Entertainment's (SPE's) business units.

The Senior Analyst will also work with the Vice President in the strategic sourcing and contracting of various services of indirect spend with a particular focus on Marketing services.

The ideal candidate will have sourcing experience in indirect spend categories and is an independent self-starter with strong analytical and communication skills who is excited to define and expand his/her role and expertise.

The role could involve European travel (France, Germany, Spain, UK) and infrequent head office travel (Los Angeles)

Define & Analyse Data
• Understand and manipulate spend from SPE's various third-party spend and cost management systems.
• Analyse Spend.
• Gather market research/data and conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis to develop sourcing strategies and provide recommendations.
• Recommend opportunities for data improvement and cleansing.
• Analyse spend to identify opportunities for cost savings.
• Profile suppliers and segment spend.
• Perform total cost/supply analysis to identify opportunities to achieve optimal value.
• Review internal processes and policies and provide recommendations for improvement.

Relationship Management

Internal Relationships
• Support existing relationships with Business Leads and Finance (stakeholders) across all SPE businesses: (Motion Picture Group, Home Entertainment and TV distribution) in Europe (France, Germany, Spain and UK).
• Engage with cross-functional teams for relevant categories or projects
• Support and develop existing internal stakeholder relationships (particularly Marketing) throughout SPE's various business units

External Relationships
• Manage some external supplier relationships and supplier agreements.
• Support supplier relationship management programmes with select suppliers with guidance.
• Monitor performance of suppliers and serve as a resource to resolve issues and problems.
• Communicate and report to management the status of any critical external relationships that could affect planning and decision-making

Strategy Support
• Support global category management strategies
• Carry out analysis on relevant areas of spend
• Analyse industry trends and conditions that affect internal stakeholders and external suppliers and/or pricing and overall category/sub-category strategies.
• Understand and assist in the development and execution of supplier and performance management programs with suppliers
• Provide recommendations in the form of clear, fact-based, executive-level presentations with sourcing strategy recommendations

Market and Category Knowledge
• Perform research on new spend areas or suppliers to inform future strategy
• Keep abreast of developments in key categories, by reading relevant trade press/articles, attending forums or industry seminars.

Support Strategic Sourcing Initiatives/Procurement tools
• Participate on cross-functional sourcing projects
• Analyse spend and opportunities for specific sourcing events and work with category managers to develop and execute a sourcing plan.
• Assist, as needed, with commodity and supplier negotiations.
• Evaluate supplier fit based on pre-determined selection criteria
• Ensure compliance with Sourcing and Procurement policies and best practices
• Support the use of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement's 7 step procurement methodology used for all projects
• Support the development/drafting and management of (RFP (Request for Proposals, RFIs (Request for Information), RFQs (Request for Quotation) and Information including the collection of requirements, management of supplier communications, and review of bid responses.
• Support the collection and synthesis of requirements from various country stakeholders, including scopes of work and specifications. An acute attention to detail and taking the time to draft or check requirements carefully for inclusion in RFPs/RFQs is important.
• Carefully perform robust analysis on supplier proposals, translating analysis into stakeholder-friendly presentations. Ensure analysis is appropriate and adapted to the business/stakeholder in question.
• As a large proportion of

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