Senior Manager, Procurement – FOOTBALL SPORT CLUB

Our Client is seeking its inaugural dedicated procurement leader to architect, implement, and enforce an end-to-end source-to-pay (S2P) function across Miami Beckham United (MBU). This is a ground-up build opportunity in a high-growth, high-visibility professional sports organization entering a major phase of commercial scale, including a newly opened 25,000-seat stadium within a 131-acre mixed-use development.

The Senior Manager, Procurement reports directly to the CFO and owns all third-party spend governance, vendor management, accounts payable operations, and spend analytics across multiple legal entities.

Procurement Policy and Enforcement

• Author, publish, and enforce the Cost Control Policy Framework (PO requirements, approval authority matrices, vendor onboarding, payment governance)
• Exercise stop-work and stop-payment authority for non-compliant spend; escalate documented exceptions to the CFO
• Serve as primary internal enforcement authority for third-party spend discipline
• Design and deliver training programs for department leaders, budget owners, and approvers
• Establish and maintain the exceptions process including documentation, review cadence, and compliance reporting

Strategic Sourcing and Cost Reduction

• Design and lead all RFI, RFQ, and RFP activity including scope definition, vendor identification, bid evaluation, and award recommendation
• Build and execute a competitive re-bid program for legacy vendors never formally sourced
• Develop category strategies for retail merchandise, matchday operations, outsourced professional services, marketing, and travel
• Identify, quantify, and deliver measurable cost savings through consolidation, competitive bidding, and category rationalization
• Oversee corporate credit card, employee reimbursement, and capex policies
• Partner with Legal on commercial term negotiation for material third-party contracts

Vendor Management and Master Data

• Own vendor master data including onboarding, periodic re-validation, deactivation, and duplicate resolution
• Enforce onboarding standards: W-9, banking verification, COI validation, sanctions screening, 1099 readiness
• Administer contract and renewal calendar; monitor vendor performance against SLAs

Purchase Order Governance

• Design and administer the PO workflow using existing platforms; evaluate technology stack adequacy
• Drive PO compliance toward 90%+ of spend under PO; enforce "no PO, no pay" standard
• Report PO compliance by cost center, category, and dollar band to executive leadership and ownership

Accounts Payable Operations

• Directly supervise the AP function end-to-end: invoice intake, three-way match, payment runs, month-end close
• Administer the rush payment policy; ensure AP subledger integrity reconciled to the general ledger

Spend Analytics and Reporting

• Establish recurring spend analytics: monthly PO compliance, quarterly spend-by-category, annual savings tracking
• Deliver executive-level reporting on procurement KPIs, vendor risk, and cost containment
• Partner with FP&A on annual budget cycle alignment

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as primary Finance interface with department leads, Legal, and executive leadership on all third-party spend matters
• Coordinate with Senior Director Controller and Senior Director Finance on treasury, budget, and reporting
• Support the CFO on ad-hoc initiatives including cross-entity procurement and MFP scope expansion