About the Role
As a Sr. Commodity Manager – Marketing & Facilities Sourcing, you will play a critical role in shaping how we partner with agencies, service providers, and facilities vendors across a global network. This is an opportunity to influence strategic sourcing decisions, optimize supplier and vendor performance, and drive meaningful impact across Marketing, Brand, Corporate Real Estate, and Site Operations. You'll collaborate with cross-functional leaders across Marketing, Communications, Legal, Real Estate, EHS, and Facilities Operations—bringing innovation, efficiency, and value to every partnership you manage. If you thrive in a highly matrixed, global environment and are passionate about driving strategic supplier relationships across both creative/brand spend and the physical workplace, this role offers both challenge and growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead Supplier Strategy & Relationships – Serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for assigned marketing agencies, production vendors, and onsite facilities/service providers, managing end-to-end relationships and driving value across the supply chain.
- Develop Commodity Strategies – Create and execute global commodity strategies for marketing services (agency of record, media, creative production, martech) and facilities services (janitorial, security, maintenance, capital projects), aligned with business objectives and informed by cross-functional stakeholders including Marketing, Brand, Real Estate, and Site Operations.
- Drive Continuous Improvement – Partner with agencies and facilities vendors to improve quality, cost, delivery, and service performance while strengthening long-term supplier capabilities.
- Negotiate & Manage Contracts – Lead complex contract development and negotiations across agency retainers, production/media contracts, and facilities service agreements, ensuring compliance with SOWs, SLAs, and terms and conditions.
- Source & Qualify Suppliers – Identify and evaluate new marketing agencies and facilities service providers, conduct assessments, and build a robust supply base to meet evolving brand and site needs.
- Monitor Performance & Accountability – Establish and track supplier performance metrics, develop scorecards, and facilitate Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with agencies and facilities vendors to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
- Partner Across the Business – Collaborate with Marketing, Legal, Real Estate, EHS, and Site Operations to ensure alignment on sourcing strategies, supplier performance, and operational execution across all company locations.
- Support Site & Workplace Planning – Integrate facilities and workplace service requirements into supplier agreements, including onsite staffing coverage, maintenance response times, and space planning support.
- Analyze Market Trends – Stay informed on global market dynamics, including agency rate cards and production cost benchmarks, commercial real estate and facilities labor trends, industry benchmarks, and vendor consolidation opportunities.
- Provide Direct Production Support – Support ad hoc sourcing needs across creative production, sponsorships/events, and onsite workplace services as business priorities evolve.
Requirements
- 7+ years supply chain experience in Indirect Sourcing covering Marketing Services (agencies, media, creative production) and/or Facilities/Real Estate Services at a senior level
- Proven knowledge of agency and vendor management, contract negotiations, and compliance (SOWs, SLAs, licensing/usage rights where applicable)
- Experience working in highly matrixed organization and delivering results
- Demonstrated strong capability to drive change via collaboration across organizational levels, regional and global geographies and business entities
- Solid understanding of current marketing/agency market dynamics and/or facilities and commercial real estate trends, markets, and price benchmarking, with in-depth knowledge of domestic and international suppliers
- Strong leadership and communication skills that enable a strong Supplier Relationship Management process
- Understanding of vendor risk and quality management practices as applied to service providers
- ERP/procurement systems knowledge, preferably SAP; familiarity with marketing procurement or facilities management (CMMS/IWMS) platforms a plus
- MBA
- CPM, CPSM, or IFMA/CFM (Certified Facility Manager) certification
- Experience managing agency-of-record relationships and/or multi-site facilities service contracts
- Strong presentation preparation and delivery skills
Skills
- Supply chain
- Indirect Sourcing
- Marketing Services
- Facilities/Real Estate Services
- Agency management
- Vendor management
- Contract negotiations
- Compliance
- SOWs
- SLAs
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Communication
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Vendor risk management
- Quality management
- ERP systems
- SAP
- Marketing procurement
- Facilities management
- CMMS
- IWMS
- Presentation preparation
- Presentation delivery
Location
- Remote
- Chicago, IL
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Remote
- Medium travel (15%, includes international and multi-site domestic travel)
- Extended or irregular work hours
Experience Level
- Sr.
- 7+ years
Education Level
- MBA
- CPM
- CPSM
- IFMA/CFM (Certified Facility Manager) certification
About the Company
- At Omnicell, we are transforming the future of healthcare through intelligent automation, data, and services.
