Senior Sourcing Specialist, Marketing

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group (“FanDuel") is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the United States, FanDuel consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media.

FanDuel has a presence across all 50 states with approximately 17 million customers and 28 retail locations. FanDuel is based in New York with offices in New Jersey, Georgia, California, Oregon, Canada and Scotland.

Its networks FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable television and through its relationships with leading direct-to-consumer over-the-top platforms.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE ROSTER

At FanDuel, we give fans a new and innovative way to interact with their favorite games, sports and teams. We’re dedicated to building a winning team and we pride ourselves on being able to make every moment mean more, especially when it comes to your career. So, what does “winning” look like at FanDuel? It’s recognition for your hard-earned results, a culture that brings out your best work—and a roster full of talented coworkers. Make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From creatives professionals to cutting edge technology innovators, FanDuel offers a wide range of career opportunities, best in class benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. At FanDuel, our principle of “We Are One Team” runs through all our offices across the globe, and you can expect to be a part of an exciting company with many opportunities to grow and be successful.

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

FanDuel is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Senior Specialist, Marketing to join their S2P Organization. Reporting to the Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager, Marketing, this individual will oversee and execute sourcing, negotiating, and contracting activities across indirect and direct categories. In partnership with our Marketing business areas and Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager, the Strategic Sourcing Senior Specialist will leverage their category knowledge to identify opportunities, negotiate and deliver the best value-added deals for our FanDuel Business Partners.

Occasional travel may be required. If you’re an experienced sourcing, negotiation and contracting professional who has a successful record of operating in a complex, global environment and thrives on value generation, collaboration, transparency, and visibility, this is the opportunity for you.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Engage, foster relationships, and collaborate with stakeholders across S2P and business areas domestically and internationally.
• Provide guidance, mitigate risks, generate value, and ensure compliance with policies, processes, and procedures.
• Manage and execute sourcing methodology, initiatives including but not limited to developing sourcing plans, obtaining business alignment, negotiating, and executing contracts and generating value (Hard Savings, Avoidances, Payment Terms as further described below:
  • Proactively engage and collaborate with stakeholders to understand sourcing opportunities, develop requirements, evaluate, and conduct competitive RFx events, select supplier(s), negotiate and contract.
  • Consistently conduct market research and work across multiple departments to understand demand, supplier trends and user requirements and potential opportunities within assigned sourcing area.
  • Meet or exceed Value Generation goals inclusive of Hard Savings, Avoidances, Payment Terms, etc.
  • Draft, negotiate and execute contracts in close collaboration with business partners, Legal, Cyber Security, Supplier Management, and other relevant Stakeholders.
  • Develop sourcing plans with estimated costs and potential savings based on identified opportunities, expected demand, and contract renewal pipeline.
• Drive business partner understanding and adherence to our policies, procedures and processes through collaboration, guidance, training.
• Execute non-category Sourcing initiatives / projects as required and assigned by Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager, Marketing.

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of sourcing, negotiation, procurement, contracting and stakeholder management experience or equivalent combination of relevant experience and education.
• Our ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in the Marketing space and experienced in sourcing, negotiating, and contracting for Marketing areas inclusive of MarTech.
• Strong understanding of the commercial environment, and best practices for sourcing, deploying, and managing external partners.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills and proven Value Generation results.
• Strong listening and communication skills with ability to present ideas in a concise and organized manner.
• Strong attention to detail, project coordination skills, results oriented and well organized.
• “Business Curious” and eager to invest time building effective relationships with internal stakeholders to fully understand our business, build confidence and be a trusted advisor.
• Respectful, collaborative, experienced working in multi-functional and cross-cultural teams is desirable.
• Flexibility to collaborate with team members across time zones when needed.
• Proficiency in S2P tools, such as Oracle, Coupa, SAP/Ariba, etc.
• Strong Microsoft Suite proficiency required.

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give. Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:

• An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
• Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
• Career and professional development resources to help you refine your game plan for owning and driving your career and development
• Be well, save well and live well - with FanDuel Total Rewards your benefits are one highlight reel after another

FanDuel is an equal opportunities employer and we believe, as one of our principal states, “We Are One Team!”  We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or another other characteristic protected by state, local or federal law. We believe FanDuel is strongest and best able to compete if all employees feel valued, respected, and included.  We want our team to include diverse individuals because diversity of thought, diversity of perspectives, and diversity of experiences leads to better performance.  Having a diverse and inclusive workforce is a core value that we believe makes FanDuel stronger and more competitive as One Team!

The applicable salary range for this position is $92,000 - $105,000 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

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