A bit about us:

Do you want to join one of the world’s fastest growing sports technology companies?

Genius Sports is at the epicentre of the global network connecting sports, brands and fans through official live data. Our mission is simple. We champion a more sustainable sports data ecosystem that benefits all parties.

We’re looking for enthusiastic and ambitious people to join our talented team.

If you see yourself becoming part of a global family building the future of sports entertainment together, then come and grow with us. 

We put trust in our people to deliver the difference for our clients around the world. It’s why many of the world’s largest leagues & federations such as the NFL, English Premier League, FIBA and NCAA choose to work with Genius Sports.

The Role:

This role has overall responsibility and accountability for Genius’ sourcing capabilities and supply chain. You will negotiate with vendors for the purchase of non-catalog goods and services in order to acquire the most cost-effective deals. You will have overall ownership and supervision of the end-to-end procurement process, our purchasing strategy, policy and associated processes and compliance requirements. The role sits within the Finance Team but involves close interaction with our Group IT teams and buyers across the business. You you manage one direct report

Main Responsibilities

• Implement or uphold best practice purchasing policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve business performance and deliver best value and business savings.
• Review and, where possible, negotiate existing agreements to optimise terms.
• Negotiate and manage contract terms with vendors to ensure value for money, quality standards and delivery terms with technical and operational input from stakeholders.
• Evaluate procurement or supply chain-related challenges faced by the business and take action to mitigate risks and develop opportunities.
• Provide management reports and key performance data and monitor cost savings.
• Manage the execution of the vendor onboarding and offboarding processes. Set risk appetite and vendor due diligence standards with risk owners. You will be supported by a coordinator to facilitate this process, but you will need to have overall oversight and ownership of its efficiency execution and compliance rate.
• Overall ownership of contract administration and management - ensure an adequate system is up-to date for renewal tracking, scheduling contract mid-point health checks, ensuring associated documents are collected and stored.
• Plan new contracts or renewals with buyers across all areas of the business. Lead or assist with negotiation with vendors. Recommend supplier selection. Work with budget owners to plan major procurement opportunities.
• Build relationships with major vendors to negotiate the best commercial outcomes.
• Structure and assist with formal tender processes – by ensuring buyers have what they need to execute this, the right stakeholders are involved, requirements and business justifications are captured and defined, the Procurement Committee is informed, and the responses assessed adequately
• Own and enforce the Procurement Policy. Supervise the development and execution of the procurement plan and have overall ownership of the function. Structure and coordinate the Procurement Committee and host weekly sessions.
• Manage the prioritization and visibility of the vendor onboarding pipeline across the business. Update relevant stakeholders in the procurement process of progress, expected timelines, potential blockers, workflow tracking etc.
• Manage a historic vendor audit and consolidate our supplier base across Genius portfolio companies; through determining buying synergies, prioritizing opportunities for aggregated buying, VBDs, terminating dormant contracts etc.
• Update the ‘Third Party & Supply Chain Risk Register’. Propose and action risk mitigations where required or seek guidance from SMEs on third party risks.
• Ensure professional and consistent vendor management is applied across the business ensuring that buyers have access to the right toolkit to facilitate contract change, termination or performance improvement initiatives. Liaise with Finance and Legal on any contract payment or performance issues.
• Assist Finance with vendors in Workday, with the PO, PR and create supplier processes, entering supplier Information and uploading orders and contracts to Workday
• Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any ESG policies and procedures - work in partnership to execute the annual Anti Modern Slavery & Responsible Sourcing programme, for example
• Set departmental objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports

Required Skills and Experience

• Existing experience in procurement
• Prior experience with global companies is highly valued
• Ability to balance long term strategic procurement direction, with the day-to-day operational challenges and requirements
• Strong communication and analytical skills, and ability to present analysed information
• Adaptable to rapidly changing business dynamics in a fast-paced environment
• Existing experience of contract and vendor management
• Existing experience of vendor risk/due diligence ideally required

This role is also eligible for hybrid working (50% of time in the office and 50% of time at home).

What’s in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities. 

How we work

We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role.