Regional Category Manager - Events & Sponsorships

SAP
United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 127,100 - 283,000 annuallyFunction: Product ManagementExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Strategic mindset","Communication","Stakeholder management","Negotiation","Analytical thinking"]

Drive regional category strategy for Events & Sponsorships within SAP’s Global Marketing Procurement team. Own regional category spend and deliver financial targets while harmonizing sourcing, contracting, and supplier management processes across regions. Partner with Marketing and Commercial stakeholders to deliver high-quality, cost-efficient experiences, lead strategic supplier negotiations, and support procurement transformation through governance, metrics, and digital tooling. Expected travel is 0–10%.

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Regional Category Manager - Events & Sponsorships

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Job Summary

Drive regional category strategy for Events & Sponsorships within SAP’s Global Marketing Procurement team. Own regional category spend and deliver financial targets while harmonizing sourcing, contracting, and supplier management processes across regions. Partner with Marketing and Commercial stakeholders to deliver high-quality, cost-efficient experiences, lead strategic supplier negotiations, and support procurement transformation through governance, metrics, and digital tooling. Expected travel is 0–10%.
Location: United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Product Management
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute the regional category strategy for events and sponsorships aligned to business and procurement goals.
  • •Own regional category spend and deliver financial targets, value creation, and risk-mitigation targets.
  • •Harmonize and optimize processes across regions by mapping workflows and implementing standardized, agile, and compliant solutions.
  • •Provide strategic leadership to buyers/sourcing teams and build partnerships with global and regional stakeholders to deliver tailored procurement solutions.
  • •Lead strategic sourcing, supplier management, complex multi-year sponsorship negotiations, and procurement transformation/change management initiatives.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 127,100 - 283,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Minimum 5 years of experience in marketing procurement, ideally focused on events and sponsorships or related marketing categories.
  • •Proven track record defining and executing global/regional category strategies with business stakeholders and suppliers.
  • •Demonstrated success leading cross-regional, cross-functional initiatives and process harmonization or transformation.
  • •Strong expertise in process mapping, documentation, and optimization to simplify complex workflows and improve stakeholder experience.
  • •Strong analytical, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting category strategies and business cases to senior/executive leadership.
Experience:5+ yearsMarketing procurement
Skills:Strategic mindsetCommunicationStakeholder managementNegotiationAnalytical thinking

Company Brief

SAP
Global enterprise software company best known for ERP systems and business applications covering finance, supply chain, procurement, HR, analytics, and customer management for large organizations.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Walldorf, Germany
Founded: 1972
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