Procurement Category Manager - Marketing

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

Adobe purchases products and services from thousands of suppliers each year. We aim to accelerate Adobes continued commercial success through outstanding strategic sourcing. You will have the chance to lead sourcing projects while you partner with internal teams and suppliers to optimize spend across Adobes indirect categories.

What Youll Do

• Serve as a liaison between internal business partners and external suppliers to drive impactful sourcing projects related to marketing procurement.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal marketing team members to understand business needs influence decisions and provide sourcing expertise.
• Develop and implement category strategies for marketing procurement including but not limited to media creative agencies digital marketing public relations and market research.
• Identify and implement valuecreating opportunities across spend categories.
• Coordinate contract lifecycle management including compliance tracking renewals and risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead develop issue and coordinate RFx activity and lead commercial negotiations to find the best sourcing solution for Adobe.
• Monitor supplier performance ensuring alignment with contractual agreements service levels and important metrics.
• Collaborate crossfunctionally with finance legal information security risk and other departments to ensure alignment with corporate policies and objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement in sourcing processes improving efficiencies and supporting organizational change initiatives.
• Key contributor to the strategic direction of Sourcing/Procurement initiatives.

What Youll Need

Education & Certifications:

• Minimum of a bachelors degree in Finance Business Economics or similar (preference: MBA or JD).
• Strategic Sourcing/Procurementrelated industry certifications (e.g. CPSM CIPS) are a plus.

Experience & Expertise:

• Preference: 35 years of experience in Strategic Sourcing Procurement or Category Management with a focus on Marketing Procurement.
• Strong understanding of marketing spend categories including media creative agencies digital marketing PR and market research.
• Experience leading RFx processes contract negotiations and supplier relationships.
• Familiarity with fiscal planning cycles and ad hoc financial analysis.

Technical & Analytical Skills:

• Proficiency in procurement tools spend analytics and contract management systems.
• Ability to analyze sophisticated data sets and translate insights into actionable sourcing strategies.
• Soft Skills & Leadership Qualities:
• Exemplify excellent emotional intelligence (EQ) and positively influence various partners improving business dynamics both within Global Procurement and broadly across Adobe; evidence of continuous positive customer feedback.
• Strong negotiation communication and customer management skills with the ability to influence key business decisions.
• Growth mindsetopen to feedback continuously improving and adaptable in a fastpaced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Adaptability & Business Insight:

• Ability to prioritize workload effectively and adjust to business needs across fiscal quarters and planning cycles.
• Understanding of risk management compliance and procurement standard methodologies.

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting) the application window will remain open until at least 12:01 AM Pacific Time in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location no specific application window applies and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $95100 $184000 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on jobrelated knowledge skillsand experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC base commission) and shortterm incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Nonsales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and shortterm incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition certain roles may be eligible for longterm incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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