Senior Manager, Sports, Streaming & Interactive

Job Description

The Job

The Senior Manager, Sports, Streaming and Interactive will work as part of an International team to support key stakeholders across the different named categories.

The Daily
• Effectively works with functional and business groups as a trusted advisor to identify sourcing opportunities, and develop/ implement sourcing strategies across WBD to deliver against business objectives.
• Support the development of category strategy recommendations in a concise and persuasive fashion and lead implementation of the sourcing strategy
• Conduct comprehensive supplier analysis and develop and implement supplier relationship programs that cut across multiple WBD business divisions
• Compile and synthesize both business requirements and external market conditions to develop optimal category strategy with full understanding of potential shortfalls and risk mitigation plans.
• Develop detailed analyses of financial statements and industry cost drivers.
• Analyzes market/category trends and historical spending patterns to identify opportunities for supplier consolidation and (re)negotiations.
• Lead and develop negotiation strategies, contract analyses, sourcing communications and meetings.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and legal counsel to lead global negotiations and contract coordination acting as a liaison between the contracting entities, legal groups, and other parties as necessary.

The Must Haves
• Extensive experience in strategy, operations and sourcing in a sophisticated sourcing environment
• Experience in working with executives in formulating and executing on business strategy
• Experience in working in a large, global, decentralized and matrixed organization.
• Strong supplier management/performance measurement monitoring experience.
• Must be knowledgeable of, and experienced in, application of Strategic Sourcing best practices.
• Ability to deliver professional and effective communications, verbally or in writing thorough presentations that are persuasive, and result in positive impact on the business.
• Advance analytical skills and demonstrated application of category-specific best practices.
• Able to conceive, comprehend, analyze, translate and apply complex business strategies/practices/requirements into RFXs & analytical/financial models.

The Nice to Haves
• Experience in the Media & Entertainment industry
• Professional accreditation in sourcing / procurement

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwj92n-3-129-23-30-42 in your application.