Procurement - Category Manager II - Marketing

Procurement - Category Manager II - Marketing

Full time 6001 Green Point Drive S, Groveport, OH, US 43125

In this role, you will partner with our brands & corporate functions across the globe, to continuously drive value across non-Merchandise categories. You will establish, analyze, and refine the business's procurement strategy ensuring alignment with business goals. Make certain we do the right thing as an organization by optimizing our purchasing power, building, and maintaining strategic vendor relationships, and contract management.

What You'll Do

• Value Capture - Lead the development and execution of procurement strategies across marketing categories, ensuring alignment with business goals. Accountable for delivering targeted savings across P&L, capital, revenue, and non-P&L spend. Build and maintain a multi-year project pipeline to drive sustained value creation year over year.
• Sourcing Rigor - Champion a culture of competitive bidding across all marketing procurement initiatives by leveraging advanced sourcing strategies and driving a transformative shift in team operations.
• Category Management Drive the creation and implementation of robust, insight-driven category strategies. Build deep category management capabilities that translate into actionable, multi-year sourcing roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Team Development / Coaching Partner with a global network of category managers to serve as a high-performing, strategic advisor to the business. Consistently deliver top-quartile value by aligning procurement initiatives with key business priorities.
• Procurement Technology

Leverage procurement technologies (e.g., spend analytics, Sourcing, eAuctions, CLM) to enhance team efficiency and streamline sourcing processes.

Who You Are

Proven experience in Procurement or a related field, with a strong preference for expertise in Marketing categories.

Specialized expertise in retail fashion and Marketing.

Skilled at uncovering cost-saving opportunities through data-driven insights and rigorous analysis.

Naturally inquisitive and challenge-driven, consistently asking "What if?" and "Why not?" to inspire innovation and continuous improvement.

Proactively benchmark best practices to inform strategy development and enhance sourcing effectiveness.

Benefits at Gap Inc.

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.