Category Manager, Advertising Agencies
Company: Driven Brands, Inc.
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: November 17, 2023
Job Description:
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Ago job requisition id JR116595 Company:Driven Brands We invite you
to join us at Driven Brands! Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven
Brands (NASDAQ: DRVN) is the largest automotive services company in
North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial
automotive needs, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle
repair, oil change, maintenance and car wash. With over 4,500
centers in 15 countries, Driven Brands is the parent company of
some of North America's leading automotive service brands including
Take 5 Oil Change, Take 5 Car Wash, Driven Glass, Meineke, Maaco,
CARSTAR, and more.Our network services over 50 million vehicles
annually and generates more than $5 billion in system-wide sales
each year. Our culture inspires high performance and innovation,
enabling our employees to go further, faster in their careers. With
amazing people and great brands, we confidently look forward to
exciting growth ahead, and believe in following the values that
support this vision. JOB DESCRIPTION:The opportunity: your role at
Driven BrandsThe Category Manager, Corporate Services will be a
member of the Driven Advantage team, the procurement shared
services function of Driven Brands. In this role, you will be
responsible for executing strategic projects for the Driven
Advantage team including, but not limited to, developing spend
category strategies, building internal reporting, developing
corporate service processes case for change and building newly
designed processes into the business, negotiating contracts,
monitoring supplier performance levels, and conducting spend
analysis - while partnering with internal stakeholders across
business segments and organizational functions. The role will
manage a breadth of Corporate Services related categories such as:
Finance & Risk Management, Professional Services, Human Resources,
IT Services, Legal, and Marketing/Advertising. What we look
for:
- You are curious and have a drive to continually learn - We are
looking for people that opportunities instead of challenges and
question the "why" behind everything we do
- You have an agile, growth-oriented mindset - What you know
matters. But the right mindset is just as important in determining
success. We're looking for people who are innovative, can work in
an agile way and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.
- You measure success and take accountability - You're a person
that believes in following things through to their conclusion and
takes responsibility for results - positive or negative Your key
responsibilities:
- Growing lasting relationships with internal business partners
from various departments including finance, legal, human resources,
marketing, risk management, and more to understand their unique
requirements and needs
- Developing category strategies and RFP templates in corporate
services related categories
- Determining service needs and researching potential
suppliers
- Acting as a liaison and communicating pricing and performance
needs to vendors and suppliers
- Perform spend analysis to establish a detailed view of the
current spend segmentation
- Conducting and managing supplier bidding events including
RFP's, etc.
- Negotiating favorable procurement contracts with selected
vendors and suppliers while ensuring business continuity - focusing
on pricing and business terms
- Understanding and documenting business processes and
requirements, performing root cause analyses, developing business
cases, and gathering information
- Monitoring and managing project progress and risks, and
ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and
expected outcomes
- Accountable for producing reports to measure results against
strategies and goals as well as manage risk
- Have a strong focus on building a reputation as an
authoritative expert in your area by constantly updating your
understanding of current business and industry trends
- Taking full responsibility for tasks including consistent
self-review of work to identify and improve an approach for
producing high quality deliverables without supervision
- Constantly considering, sharing, and implementing new ways to
improve our processes and collaboration methods
- Represents Company and the Supply Chain Function to both
clients and the vendor community in a fair, ethical, and
professional manner Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Finance,
etc.
- 5+ years of strategic sourcing/procurement experience, 2+ years
of experience managing at least 1 or 2 corporate services
categories
- Advanced analytical skills including mastery of Microsoft Excel
including knowledge of how to create pivot tables, use flash fill,
use mathematical and lookup formulas (VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX
MATCH)
- Ability to assimilate data from disparate sources into a
comprehensive and objective analysis
- Understanding of key corporate services operational KPI's
- Exceptional negotiation skills and ability to manage contracts
through the supplier lifecycle
- Strong research skills including supply market, macroeconomic,
and pricing research
- Vendor management/relationship skills that develop a network in
multiple geographic regions and multiple organizational units
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact
effectively at all levels of the organization
- Sense of urgency and independent initiative toward
accomplishing objectives
- Ability to rapidly assimilate information and solve complex
problems
- Highly skilled with Microsoft Office products, especially PPT
and Word Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years' experience sourcing marketing/advertising
services
- Pricing strategy or sales experience for a professional
services firm or advertising agency
- Master's degree in supply chain, business, finance, or
economics What's in it for you:
- Accelerate your technical capabilities and transformative
leadership skills with on-the-job coaching and performance feedback
procedures from experienced management team
- Broaden your horizons by working across business segments and
organizational functions to collaborate with people of diverse
backgrounds - both professionally and culturally.
- Bring out the best in yourself with continuous investment in
your personal well-being and career development.
- Join a team that likes to have fun
- A competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded
based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to
our business. In addition, our benefits package includes medical
and dental coverage, and 401(k) plans. You'll also be granted time
off for designated Paid Holidays, Personal/Family Care, and other
leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial,
and emotional well-being.#LI-KD1#LI-hybrid#DBCORP
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