Director Procurement – Sphere Venues & Technology
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) is a leader in live entertainment, delivering unforgettable experiences while forging deep connections with diverse and passionate audiences. The Company’s portfolio includes a collection of world-renowned venues – New York’s Madison Square Garden, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and Beacon Theatre; and The Chicago Theatre – that showcase a broad array of sporting events, concerts, family shows, and special events for millions of guests annually. In addition, the Company features the original production, the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, which has been a holiday tradition for 90 years. More information is available at www.msgentertainment.com.
Who are we hiring?
Under the supervision of the VP, IT Procurement, The Director Procurement will provide support along with the development and execution of procurement strategies across the MSG Ventures organization. The Director Procurement is responsible for supporting, partnering and collaborating strategic sourcing strategies for all related IT spend across MSG Ventures. The key objectives of this position are to work with and understand the stakeholder needs, cost drivers of the businesses, remove and/or reduce costs while ensuring required product and service quality and supplier performance metrics are maintained with a high degree of customer satisfaction.
What will you do?
- Plan and execute procurement strategy for all MSG Sphere related projects.
- Prepare RFQ and RFP bidder documentation to distribute to potential project vendors and contractors.
- Manage the bidding process and assist the team in evaluating proposals and negotiating best value, including potential partnership opportunities.
- Review and approve requisitions for goods or services associated with projects managed.
- Collaborate with the business leaders to evaluate Technology investment plans and identify sourcing opportunities and strategies to drive the sourcing pipeline and deliver cost savings.
- Utilize analytical experience to create and evaluate total cost of ownership models, assist clients in delivering measurable cost savings and quality improvement, and contingency supply strategies.
- Establish and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders to ensure engagement in all activities and compliance with company policies and directives.
- Monitor and manage supplier and service provider relationships to ensure established performance standards are met, resolve dispute situations as needed, and monitor client satisfaction with goods and services provided.
- Partner with IT and Finance in the contract administration of all maintenance agreements, etc.
What do you need to succeed?
- BS in Finance, Business, Purchasing or Operations related field; MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of experience across all IT Categories (Technical Entertainment Production Experience a Plus)
- Experience negotiating highly complex technology agreements for hardware, software, services and enterprise solutions. Technical Entertainment Production Experience is required
- Ability to translate goals into procurement opportunities as well as effectively communicating progress.
- Ability to effectively build relationships and hold ongoing dialogues with executive management (of various groups.
- Must have strong technical depth in procurement best practices - particularly in procurement transformation strategies, and process improvements with focus on complete procure-to-pay processes.
- Hands on experience with obtaining bids as well as use of a procurement system (Coupa experience is a Plus)
- Must have excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, and good organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent skills in MS Office Programs
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