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Senior Category Manager, Marketing Procurement (English, Japanese)

Google· Google Procurement Organization (GPO)
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Tokyo, JapanFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior Category Manager responsible for regional marketing procurement strategy and execution in APAC, with a focus on AI-driven transformations, stakeholder management, and alignment of regional actions with global procurement programs.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the strategic regional business partner to the marketing executive team in the region, aligning procurement priorities directly with marketing stakeholder goals, market needs, and regional growth vectors.
  • Advocate an AI-first mentality in transforming procurement practices, introducing structured AI operationalization, clean data taxonomies, and scalable digital workflows.
  • Oversee local alignment and execution of global procurement strategies, translating GPO frameworks and category playbooks into regional actions.
  • Serve as the regional strategy leader and execution overseer, directing high-volume tactical buying, regional sourcing operations, and compliance across APAC country groups.
  • Develop and execute category strategies aligned with organizational objectives for assigned indirect spend categories.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Advertising, Marketing or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in sourcing, category management, or procurement roles, with a focus on managing indirect spend categories.
  • Ability to communicate in English and Japanese fluently for a customer-facing role.

Skills

Required:English and Japanese language proficiencyStrategic procurement
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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