About AppDirect 

Become a digital, global citizen and enable the new generation of digital entrepreneurs around the world. AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform to sell any product, through any channel, on any device — as a service. We power millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations. We do this by our values-driven culture—one that enables you to Be Seen, Be Yourself, and Do Your Best Work.

About Firstbase, an AppDirect Subsidiary

Firstbase helps companies equip their teams with everything they need to do great work—from computers and furniture to company swag and perks. We give businesses the ability to instantly support employees with the right physical goods, and give employees the flexibility to choose what works for their unique needs. Firstbase is part of AppDirect, a subscription commerce platform that powers millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations selling any product, through any channel, on any device—as a service.

About You

You are a detail-oriented and proactive operations professional with a strong background in procurement, order management, and vendor coordination. You thrive in fast-paced environments and bring an analytical mindset to every challenge—from troubleshooting order issues to optimizing fulfillment processes. You’ll report to the OSM Lead with a high degree of day-to-day ownership: we trust you to manage your workflows, prioritize what matters, and deliver results independently. You’ll collaborate closely with Firstbase’s Ops, Customer Success, CX, Product, and Sales teams to ensure seamless execution across the order lifecycle. You’re comfortable working with tools like JIRA, Slack, and Retool, and you’re always looking for ways to improve processes and drive efficiency. With 2+ years of experience in operations, procurement, or supply chain management, you understand the importance of meeting service level objectives and you’re energized by proactively flagging risks before they become problems.

What You'll Do and How You'll Have an Impact

• Manage all aspects of daily order processing to vendors, including preparing and sending order information to partners, troubleshooting issues, following up on lead times, updating internal systems, and keeping the Firstbase platform up to date with accurate order and inventory information to ensure on-time delivery for our customers.
• Resolve order exceptions swiftly by collaborating with internal and external teams—whether that means communicating End of Life (EOL) product updates with potential alternatives, or monitoring in-transit issues and taking action to mitigate delivery delays.
• Ensure all orders meet our Service Level Objectives (SLOs) by proactively monitoring metrics, identifying areas of risk, and raising concerns to leadership before they impact delivery performance.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including Ops, Customer Success, CX, Product, and Sales—through daily huddles, war rooms, and ad hoc meetings—coming prepared to report out on order status and contribute to team problem-solving.
• Drive process improvement and documentation by identifying operational inefficiencies, ensuring changes are documented, and surfacing new tool requests or functionality needs for team prioritization.
• Become the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for your function, building deep knowledge of vendor workflows, order systems, and category-specific processes to serve as a go-to resource for the team.

What We're Looking For 

•  2+ years of experience in operations, procurement, supply chain management, or a related field.
•  Hands-on experience placing orders, managing lead times, and coordinating with vendors, OEMs, distributors, or resellers.
•  Proficiency with operational tools such as JIRA, Slack, and Retool (or similar platforms).
•  Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a focus on process efficiency and problem-solving.
•  Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related field (preferred).
•  Clear written and verbal communication skills, needed to align internal stakeholders and external vendor partners across a fully remote, global team.
•  Problem-solving mindset with a proactive approach, essential for juggling multiple priorities, responding to shifting order demands, and resolving recurring issues before they reach customers.

At AppDirect, we believe that innovation thrives in an environment that houses diversity of excellence, experience and thought. We respect each AppDirector as their own fingerprint; unique with no one alike. We foster an environment of inclusion without regard to race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity enabling AppDirectors to embrace their uniqueness to do their best work. As such, we strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities.

At AppDirect we take privacy very seriously. For more information about our use and handling of personal data from job applicants, please read our Candidate Privacy Policy. For more information of our general privacy practices, please see AppDirect Privacy Notice:

https://www.appdirect.com/about/privacy-notice

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About WPP Media 

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com. 

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com 

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values: 

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity. 

• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust. 

• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise. 

Role Summary and Impact 

The Planner is responsible for transforming client briefs into integrated, insight-driven media strategies that deliver measurable business impact. This role leads the end-to-end planning process across traditional and digital channels, ensuring data-backed decision-making, strategic alignment, and budget efficiency. The Planner collaborates closely with buyers, internal stakeholders, and clients, playing a key role in campaign design, vendor negotiations, and performance analysis.

• Analyze client briefs and develop strategic media plans aligned with brand objectives and performance KPIs.
• Conduct in-depth audience segmentation and brand persona analysis using data from Nielsen, Ipsos, Integra metrics, Adintel, Tabscan, Ibope, CDI and proprietary sources.
• Negotiate rates and inventory with media vendors to ensure cost-efficiency and delivery against plan.
• Maintain healthy performance benchmarks and monitor the point of diminishing returns in media investments.
• Identify and recommend innovative media opportunities and non-traditional placements that add strategic value.
• Supervise buyers, ensuring proper campaign execution, on-time implementation, and alignment with approved strategies.
• Elevate media performance and spend report developed by Account Executives tying back to campaign objectives and providing clear, strategic insights to clients.
• Lead media flowchart development and ensure budgets, KPIs, and timelines are accurate and consistently updated.
• Forecast investment and media delivery to avoid budget deviations, and coordinate with finance and systems to ensure monthly contracted spend matches execution.
• Support the Account Director in client-facing meetings, and lead presentations when needed to optimize time and team capacity.
• Join activation or integration events to ensure brand message and media strategy are being properly executed.

Skills and Experience 

If this opportunity looks right for you, we are looking for candidates who have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Advertising, Marketing or Business Administration.
• 2–3 years of experience as a media planner in an agency or media-related environment.
• Ideal certifications: Google Ads, Meta Blueprint, or other digital planning/analytics credentials.
• Proficient in audience and media planning tools such as Nielsen, Ipsos, Adintel, Integrametrics, Intersoft, Tabscan.
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas, charts, filters) and proficiency in PowerPoint
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Clear and assertive communication; ability to work well in teams.
• Intermediate to advanced English proficiency (spoken and written).

Life at WPP Media & Benefits 

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. 

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. 
 
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy) for more information on how we process the information you provide. 

While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.