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Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents. 

Oak View Group (OVG) is redefining live entertainment through innovation, excellence, and strategic partnerships. As part of this journey, the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing & Category Management will lead the development and execution of enterprise-wide sourcing strategies, with a significant focus on Food & Beverage (F&B) as a critical driver of enterprise value, margin performance, and guest experience. This leadership role is accountable for overseeing direct (F&B) and indirect spend categories, building a best-in-class category management organization, and delivering measurable value through cost optimization, revenue enablement, supplier performance, and operational consistency across a highly decentralized venue network. The ideal candidate will bring deep F&B sourcing expertise, strong leadership, and a commercial mindset to transform procurement into a strategic value engine for OVG.

This role pays an annual salary of $200,000-$260,000 and is bonus eligible.

Benefits for Full-Time roles: Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan, 401(k) matching, and Paid Time Off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays).

This position will remain open until July 31, 2026.

• Lead the development and execution of a global strategic sourcing strategy, with a primary focus on Food & Beverage, ensuring alignment with corporate goals, ESG priorities, and operational needs.
• Build and lead a high-performing category management organization spanning Food & Beverage (including protein, broadline distribution, beverage, and concessions) as well as indirect categories such as facilities, professional services, and technology.
• Partner with executive leadership, Culinary, Operations, and Finance teams to align sourcing strategies with menu development, margin targets, guest experience objectives, and overall enterprise value creation.
• Embed supplier diversity, sustainability, and innovation into sourcing strategies and decision-making processes.
• Develop and execute category plans that drive value, mitigate risk, and improve supplier performance across all categories.
• Lead major RFPs, contract negotiations, and supplier selection processes in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and legal teams.
• Conduct comprehensive market and spend analyses to identify cost-saving opportunities and leverage organizational scale.
• Monitor and manage supplier performance across cost, service, quality, and compliance metrics, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with global, national, and local suppliers to ensure long-term value and partnership alignment.
• Drive supplier accountability across cost, quality, service levels, and ESG commitments while leading supplier consolidation and performance optimization efforts.
• Align procurement strategies with sponsorship and partnership initiatives to maximize total value across the organization.
• Ensure all sourcing activities comply with company policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain sourcing and category management policies, playbooks, and contract templates to support consistency and governance.
• Partner with Finance, Risk, and Legal teams to effectively manage contractual risk and ensure compliance.
• Leverage procurement technology platforms (e.g., Coupa) to enhance visibility, automate workflows, and enable data-driven decision-making.
• Build and enhance analytics capabilities to support real-time decision-making across Food & Beverage categories.
• Track, measure, and report sourcing savings, pipeline progress, and category performance to executive leadership.
• Continuously evaluate and improve sourcing tools, scorecards, metrics, and category management processes.
• Drive standardization across the enterprise while maintaining high culinary quality and guest experience standards.
• Apply strong commercial acumen to operate effectively in high-volume, low-margin environments and deliver measurable savings.
• Enforce execution discipline to ensure enterprise-wide compliance, consistency, and operational excellence.
• Lead and manage high-volume, complex supply chains and large-scale spend portfolios, leveraging deep expertise in Food & Beverage sourcing, commodity markets, and distribution models.
• Take on additional responsibilities as needed to support the growth and maturation of the sourcing and category management program.

• 10+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or supply chain leadership.
• Deep experience in Food & Beverage sourcing within hospitality, retail, or multi-site operations.
• Proven track record managing high-volume, complex supply chains and multi-million/billion-dollar spend portfolios.
• Expertise in commodity-based pricing (e.g., beef markets), distributor models, and supply chain economics.
• Advanced negotiation, contract management, and commercial structuring skills, including managing complex, high-value agreements.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience with procurement platforms (e.g., Coupa).
• Familiarity with supplier diversity, ESG initiatives, and procurement-driven innovation.
• Experience working with broadline distributors (e.g., Sysco, US Foods), GPO programs, and rebate structures.
• Strong understanding of menu economics, including yield, waste, and margin drivers in Food & Beverage.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate sustainability, supplier diversity, and innovation into sourcing strategies.

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis ("protected class") including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.

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