Procurement Category Manager

Position Overview

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The Procurement Category Manager is a strategic procurement role responsible for developing and executing comprehensive category strategies to maximize value and minimize risk across the Sales & Marketing spend portfolio. This position leads end-to-end category management activities while serving as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders and senior leadership. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders as well as vendors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive category strategies aligned with business objectives and procurement best practices.
• Conduct detailed spend analysis and market intelligence research to identify optimization opportunities.
• Monitor market trends, industry benchmarks, and supply chain risks specific to Sales & Marketing software and services.
• Create and maintain category roadmaps with clearly defined initiatives and measurable outcomes.
• Lead complex, high-value strategic sourcing initiatives for Sales & Marketing services and solutions.
• Identify and implement cost savings and value creation opportunities across the category portfolio.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement within assigned categories.
• Develop category-specific KPIs and performance metrics to measure success.
• Build and maintain executive-level supplier relationships to drive strategic partnerships.
• Lead cross-functional teams in sourcing projects and supplier implementations.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to forecast demand and manage category budget.
• Create and present category performance reports to senior leadership.
• Serve as trusted advisor to Sales & Marketing leadership on procurement strategy.
• Lead negotiations for strategic contracts and master agreements to optimize commercial terms.

Requirements

• Strong organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders and vendors
• Experience in procurement or a related field (details not specified)

Company Information

GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations on our product and staying aligned with our values. Learn more about Life at GitLab. Products like Duo Enterprise and Duo Workflow provide customers with the benefit of AI at every stage of the SDLC. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier. All team members are encouraged and expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact across our global organization.