Marketing Category Manager - Procurement

Veeam; United States; Remote; USD 99,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Marketing Category Manager to lead procurement strategies and enhance vendor relationships. This role focuses on maximizing return on investment through effective contract negotiations and category planning. You will collaborate with various departments to ensure optimal spending and process improvements while enjoying unlimited PTO and comprehensive benefits from day one. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about strategic procurement, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Family Planning Support

Professional Training and Education

Veeam Care Days

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of marketing procurement and category management.
• Strong attention to detail and integrity in professional conduct.

Responsibilities

• Establish category goals and manage contracts/renewals.
• Analyze 3rd party spend and develop strategic long-term plans.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Relationship Management

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Marketing Category Manager - Procurement

Date of publication: 28 April 2025

Remote / USA

Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data protection and ransomware recovery, is on a mission to empower every organization to not just bounce back from a data outage or loss but bounce forward.

With Veeam, organizations achieve radical resilience through data security, data recovery, and data freedom for their hybrid cloud.

The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments that gives IT and security leaders peace of mind that their apps
and data are protected and always available.

Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running.

The Marketing Category Manager will be responsible for establishing category goals, negotiating and managing contracts / renewals, developing and monitoring a preferred supplier list, rationalizing spend. This role will also focus on strategic management of 3 rd party spend, ensuring maximum return on investments. This role with work closely with other departments, including marketing, events, IT, legal, and finance.

Responsibilities

Category Planning & Execution

• Build strong partnership with Business Leaders
• Analyze 3 rd party spend and develop roadmap for the assigned categories in continuous collaboration with business stakeholders
• Creating and developing a strategic long-term plan for the development of the category
• Lead vendor contracts negotiations through preparation and focus on business, procurement, and financial risks (i.e. cost, market, industry risks), Supplier Intelligence, and Contract Cost/Price modelling. This involves counterparty financial strength analysis, intelligence/research, pricing analytics, financial modelling, and presentation skills related to highly complex and high dollar contract and/or 3rd party action.
• Negotiate contracts with best-in-class terms and conditions that reflect specific business and geographic needs of Veeam
• Building and driving relationship with key vendors to improve pricing and quality of services
• Plan, draft and execute formal RFPs and other negotiations, ensuring that our business partners obtain the best value on all of its spend
• Provide directions and guidance for Sourcing Manager and Buyers to execute on strategy
• Owns, monitors and tracks preferred supplier relationships, while constantly looking for areas of improvement, cost reduction, and innovation

Process Improvement / Operational Support

• Identify areas for process development and/or improvement
• Participate and contribute in S2P initiatives: solution testing and implementation, training and working procedure design
• Work with customized Reports and spend analysis (may require database clean up) and provide meaningful category insights

Qualifications

• In depth understanding of the marketing procurement spend and category management
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail, demonstrated integrity and professionalism
• Demonstrate procurement market awareness, ability to complete supplier and industry research and provide recommendations based on findings
• Ability to multitask and prioritize diverse tasks
• Excellent project managerial and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability of strategic thinking and leadership experience with an emphasis on relationship management and communication at all levels within an organization
• Ability to facilitate and coordinate multiple deadlines, create cohesive teams, and respond quickly to management requests
• This role reports to the Senior Director, Procurement & Travel
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits that start on day one
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Family planning support benefits, along with 100% paid maternity and parental leave
• Veeam Care Days – additional 24 hours for your volunteering activities
• Professional training and education, including courses and workshops, internal meetups, and unlimited access to our online learning platforms (Percipio, Athena, O’Reilly) and mentoring through our MentorLab program.

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The salary range posted is On Target Earnings (OTE), which is inclusive of base and variable pay. When making an offer of employment, Veeam will take into consideration the candidate’s expectations, experience, education, scope of responsibility for the role, and the current market demands.

United States of America Pay Range

$99,300 — $141,800 USD

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