Marketing Sourcing Specialist - Lehi, United States - Adobe

Description

JOB LEVEL

P30

EMPLOYEE ROLE

Individual Contributor

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.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with internal business customers and suppliers on the strategy and execution of sourcing projects.
• Actively partner with Adobe teams on strategic supplier performance initiatives to improve financial and operational performance.
• Build trusted relationships with senior internal leaders.
• Jointly or solely lead cross-functional management to plan sourcing strategies and supplier management programs aligned with business objectives.
• Pro-actively seek value/savings and efficiency opportunities across category spend; negotiate and report in appropriate format.
• Demonstrate assigned category expertise and business sense by defining category standards and operating procedures.
• Develop, issue and lead RFx activity to find the best sourcing solutions that meet business and commercial requirements; lead commercial negotiations to ensure Adobe receives the best value and associated cost savings.
• Collaborate with Adobe Legal for negotiations of large/high risk agreements; ensure favorable commercial terms and mitigate risk.
• 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 initiatives.
• Use and maintain procurement tools according to Global Procurement standards and expectations.
• Process contracts according to Adobe Legal Playbook and policies.
• Apply supplier relationship management techniques to ensure the supply base is providing required level of services, including but not limited to supplier business reviews, spend analytics, etc.

What you need to succeed

• Exposure to Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Supply Chain, or Program Management in a sophisticated, global, procurement environment or similar business-related experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills in building trusted partnerships; ability to read a room and influence emotionally, socially, and logically
• Sound understanding of procurement practices and techniques.
• Ability to read and interpret contract specifications within the Procurement process.
• Purchasing systems and order management software knowledge.
• Familiarity with BI reporting and spend analysis.
• Inclination to train and educate users in new processes, policies, and procedures or technologies.
• Self-motivated to achieve results without requiring constant follow-up.
• Ability to reorder priorities on short-notice and adapt to changing requirements.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; MBA or JD preferred.
• Strategic Sourcing/Procurement-related industry certification(s) preferred.
• Familiarity with fiscal planning cycles and ad hoc financial analysis.

When you join Adobe, you can look forward to collaborating with the most genuine people in the industry, working on projects with real purpose, and having immense pride in the products we create and the customers we support. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $68,900 -- $146,200 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

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.

Internal Opportunities

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