Senior Manager, Marketing Category Management - Procurement

American Family Insurance

Senior Manager leading marketing procurement strategies for American Family Insurance. Overseeing significant marketing spend and developing robust category strategies for vendor management.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeMadison • Massachusetts, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $113,000 - $194,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a team of procurement and vendor management professionals responsible for developing and executing full lifecycle procurement strategies.
Lead and coach the marketing procurement team to build and execute robust category strategies, sourcing pipelines, negotiation playbooks, contract management and vendor management best practices.
Develop strong stakeholder relationships at all levels of the organization.
Develop and execute strategies to develop talent, enhance engagement, and lead transformational change.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
Solid communication and influencing skills across varying leadership levels.
Demonstrated experience driving business results.
Demonstrated experience in creating meaningful data analysis and metrics to support business needs.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills related to complex vendor matters.
Extensive knowledge of vendor contracts and commercial/legal terms and conditions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits
401(k) contribution
Pension plan
Annual incentive
9 paid holidays
Paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
Student loan repayment program
Paid-family leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

procurement strategiesvendor managementcategory strategiessourcing pipelinesnegotiation playbookscontract managementdata analysismetrics creationproblem-solvingvendor contracts

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcommunicationinfluencingstakeholder relationship managementengagement enhancementtransformational change leadershipcustomer-driven solutionsbusiness results orientationcomplex problem-solving