Director - Consulting

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Who We Are

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm - consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world's largest organizations.

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GEP succeeds through the ideas and creativity of our team members so we embrace people of all experiences, nationalities, abilities, cultures, races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. What makes you unique and different is celebrated and will help GEP stand out even more. And we are a women-founded and -owned company so our foundation is making GEP a great place to work for women, a place where women can learn, advance and give back.

As a Director in Marketing Procurement Consulting, you will lead high-impact transformation engagements, partnering with senior client stakeholders to unlock value across Marketing spend. This role combines deep Marketing category expertise with consulting leadership to design category strategies, optimize supplier ecosystems, deliver sourcing excellence, and drive measurable business outcomes. You will operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, helping clients transform Marketing procurement across agencies, media, digital marketing, MarTech, events, research, and promotional spend categories.

Key Responsibilities

Client Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to CPOs, CMOs, CFOs and Procurement leaders.
• Own executive-level client relationships across multiple engagements.
• Translate business priorities into Marketing procurement transformation strategies.

Engagement Delivery

• Lead category strategy, strategic sourcing, operating model, and cost optimization engagements.
• Drive measurable outcomes through supplier consolidation, value engineering, risk mitigation, and performance improvement.
• Lead complex sourcing initiatives including RFI, RFP, RFQ, supplier evaluation, negotiations, and contracting.

Strategic Problem Solving

• Conduct opportunity assessments and identify value creation opportunities across Marketing spend.
• Develop category roadmaps for agency services, media, digital marketing, promotional merchandise, market research, and events.
• Integrate procurement objectives with broader business goals including growth, innovation, and efficiency.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor consulting teams across multiple client engagements.
• Build category capability and consulting excellence within the organization.

Business Growth

• Support proposal development, executive presentations, and business development activities.
• Identify opportunities to expand client relationships and consulting engagements.

Transformation & Innovation

• Guide clients in adopting digital procurement, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled sourcing capabilities.
• Drive future-ready procurement practices and supplier innovation programs.

Requirements

Experience

• 12-18 years of procurement consulting, strategic sourcing, or supply chain leadership experience.
• Minimum 8+ years of Marketing category management experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading procurement transformation initiatives across multiple industries.

Leadership Capability

• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder engagements and executive client relationships.
• Experience managing and developing high-performing teams.

Executive Presence

• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in dynamic and evolving client environments.

Functional Expertise

• Deep expertise in Marketing procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier management, category strategy, and procurement transformation.
• Experience across agency services, media, digital marketing, MarTech, market research, events, and promotional spend.

Commercial Mindset

• Ability to identify growth opportunities and contribute to consulting business development.

Education

• Bachelor's degree required.
• MBA, MCIPS, CPSM, CPM or equivalent certification preferred.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Business Development, Business Growth, CMOS, Candidate Sourcing, Category Development, Category Management, Consulting, Contract Negotiation, Cost Control, Cost Modeling, Customer Acquisition, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Ecosystems, Executive Relationships, GEP (Good Engineering Practices), Hard Drives, Head of Finance, Leadership, Management Strategy, Market Research, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Mentoring, Online Marketing, Performance Management, Problem Solving Skills, Procurement Strategy, Proposal Development, Purchasing/Procurement, Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposals (RFP), Risk Management, Sourcing Strategy, Supplier Optimization, Supply Chain, Team Lead/Manager, Value Engineering, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Management, Vendor/Supplier Planning, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Vendor/Supplier Sourcing

GEP

GEP helps global enterprises operate more efficiently and effectively, gain competitive advantage, boost profitability, and maximize business and shareholder value. Fresh thinking, innovative products, unrivaled domain and subject expertise, and smart, passionate people — this is how GEP creates and delivers unified supply chain solutions of unprecedented scale, power and effectiveness.

Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant and Best Provider at the World Procurement Awards and EPIC Procurement Excellence Awards, GEP is frequently honored as an innovator and leader in source-to-pay procurement software by Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Procurement Leaders, Spend Matters, PayStream and Ardent Partners. GEP is also ranked leader in managed procurement services (procurement outsourcing) by Everest Group, NelsonHall, IDC, ISG, HfS and IAOP. In addition, the primary research firm in the management consulting sector, ALM Intelligence, ranks GEP leader in procurement strategy and supply chain consulting. With 18 offices and operations centers in Europe, Asia and the Americas, Clark, New Jersey-based GEP helps enterprises worldwide realize their strategic, operational and financial objectives.

To learn more about our comprehensive range of strategic and managed services, please visit www.gep.com. For more about SMART by GEP, our cloud-native, unified source-to-pay platform, please visit www.smartbygep.com.

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