Procurement Category Manager - Marketing

Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 
We’re 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 Adobe's 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 Adobe's indirect categories.

• 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 value-creating 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 cross-functionally 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.

Education & Certifications:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or similar (preference: MBA, or JD).
• Strategic Sourcing/Procurement-related industry certifications (e.g., CPSM, CIPS) are a plus.

Experience & Expertise:

• Preference: 3–5 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 mindset—open to feedback, continuously improving, and adaptable in a fast-paced 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.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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