CAPEX Category Manager

About the role

We are partnering with a leading North American industrial manufacturing organization to appoint a CAPEX Category Manager to support a major production facility in the Albany, NY area. This is a highly visible, plant-based procurement role focused on capital projects, equipment sourcing, construction services, and supplier management initiatives that directly impact site performance and long-term operational growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing and procurement activities supporting CAPEX projects, plant investments, equipment purchases, construction projects, and engineering services.
• Manage competitive bid processes including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and commercial negotiations.
• Develop and execute category strategies focused on cost savings, supplier performance, risk mitigation, and supply continuity.
• Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Finance, and Project teams to support capital investment initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, cost reduction, and process improvement across assigned spend categories.
• Negotiate contracts and commercial agreements while ensuring alignment with business objectives and project requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance and drive accountability related to quality, delivery, service, and cost targets.
• Support multiple capital projects simultaneously while managing stakeholder expectations and procurement timelines.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, project procurement, or supply chain within manufacturing, industrial, construction, building materials, chemicals, energy, utilities, or related industries.
• Required experience sourcing capital project spend including capital equipment, construction services, engineering services, infrastructure, or major project spend.
• Demonstrated success managing supplier negotiations, sourcing events, and contract execution.
• Experience supporting manufacturing plants, industrial facilities, or capital project environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related discipline preferred.

Skills

• CAPEX Procurement: Experience sourcing and managing capital equipment, construction, engineering, and project-related spend.
• Strategic Sourcing: Ability to develop sourcing strategies that deliver measurable cost savings and operational value.
• Supplier Management: Proven experience building relationships and driving performance across a diverse supplier base.
• Negotiation: Strong commercial negotiation skills with experience managing complex agreements and competitive bid processes.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to work cross-functionally with plant leadership, engineering, operations, maintenance, and project teams.
• Analytics & Cost Savings: Strong analytical capabilities with a track record of identifying and executing savings opportunities.