Associate Category Manager, Marketing Procurement
Associate Category Manager, Marketing Procurement
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09-08-2025
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09-08-2025
Job Description
As the Associate Category Manager with the Marketing Procurement team youll be responsible for category strategy development with a long-term commercial plan. This will include strategic sourcing negotiation contracting supplier and stakeholder relationship management and innovation provision across a subset of Marketing sub-categories including but not limited to Market Research Meetings & Events Communication and Public Relations. Youll reduce total cost of ownership by leveraging world-class negotiation and sourcing strategies using tools and processes and mitigating this role youll consistently work with senior-level stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
This role is hybrid which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What youll do
This role is hybrid which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What youll do
- Develop and maintain a rolling 3-year category strategy for assigned areas of spend by researching and forecasting market and industry dynamics
- Proactively identify supplier relationships opportunities
- Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies for assigned categories of spend
- Present category and sourcing strategies influencing business partners and stakeholders on value proposition
- Manage supplier relationships for effective exchange of information optimizing engagement value for Best Buy
- Help set and report on financial targets metrics forecasting risk assessment and other measures that ensure accurate financial results.
Basic qualifications
- 3 years of experience in procurement marketing sales finance or contracting (legal work)
- Experience mentoring cross-functional team management or influencing without authority
Preferred qualifications
- 2 years of experience in management or influencing without authority
- Expertise in use of procurement Source to Pay tools and practices such as supplier diversity programs TCO calculation etc.
- Demonstrated negotiation analytical planning and execution skills
- Expert MS Office skills emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint and ability to complete complex spend or data analysis and presentation skills
- Strong organization communication presentation and collaboration skills
Whats in it for you
Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Generous employee discount
- Physical and mental well-being support
About us
As part of the Best Buy team youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life in our stores online and in customers homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
As part of the Best Buy team youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life in our stores online and in customers homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
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