Category Manager - Global Facilities

Adobe•Denver, CO

53d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or similar (preference: MBA, or JD).
Familiarity with fiscal planning cycles and ad hoc financial analysis.
Exemplify excellent emotional intelligence (EQ) and positively influencing various partners, and improving business dynamics both within Global Procurement and broadly across Adobe; evidence of continuous positive customer feedback.
Growth mentality: aware of personal strengths and weaknesses; great at receiving, applying, and giving useful feedback.
Mastery of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Familiarity with BI reporting and spend analysis.
High attention to detail and the exercise of sound judgment and decision-making.
Has exceptional written and verbal communications, time management and interpersonal skills.
Able to synthesize and present complex matters and data analysis in executive presentation views with insightful commentary.
Must be willing to train and educate users in new processes, policies, and procedures or technologies.
Handles own workload and priorities effectively. Flexible working times based on company requirements and should be expected at various times through the business year and quarter.

Nice To Haves

Strategic Sourcing/Procurement-related industry certification(s) a plus.
Preference: 5-9 years’ experience in Strategic Sourcing with an emphasis in facilities.

Responsibilities

Serve as a liaison with internal business partners and external suppliers in the strategies and execution of sophisticated and impactful sourcing projects related to Adobe facilities
Build strong trusted relationships with senior internal partners through understanding their objectives and bridging them with those of Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS)
Proactively seek value-creating opportunities across spend categories
Oversee the process of disseminating and following contract obligations, and instituting a complete strategy to approach renewal.
Demonstrates expertise in facility trends and commercial models, and apt to train others on the same across the organization.
Develop, issue, and coordinate RFx activity and lead commercial negotiations to find the best sourcing solution for Adobe.
Ensure proper risk mitigation through liaising and contributing with Legal. Help internal partners obtain robust Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure reliable performance.
Report progress on a weekly basis, indicating work planning and work in progress. Add agreements, service details and payment forecasts into procurement systems in a complete and timely manner.
Drive continuous improvement and organizational change initiatives.
Key contributor to the strategic direction of Sourcing/Procurement initiatives.