Category Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate strategic sourcing events while serving as a subject matter expert for supply chain and procurement teams throughout the sourcing lifecycle
• Develop and execute category management strategies using utilization analysis, benchmarking, cost models, and enterprise spend data
• Establish category goals, KPIs, and performance metrics focused on savings, risk mitigation, supplier performance, and value delivery
• Potentially partner with estimating, proposals, and sourcing teams to align pricing strategies, commercial models, indexing strategies, and risk mitigation approaches
• Analyze spend and utilization data while building dashboards and reporting tools to support forecasting and category performance tracking
• Maintain proficiency with procurement and ERP systems including Oracle, PPMS, and third-party supplier platforms
• Drive process improvements, training initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts across procurement functions

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related field
• Required: 5–7+ years of category management or strategic sourcing experience within EPC, industrial construction, manufacturing, or engineering environments
• Required: Proven experience developing and executing category strategies, spend analysis, cost modeling, and supplier performance initiatives
• Required: Experience supporting large capital projects and sourcing engineered equipment, fabricated materials, OEM products, or bulk materials
• Preferred: Experience supporting multiple industrial market sectors
• Preferred: Experience working with external clients and engineering organizations
• Preferred: Advanced analytical experience including commodity cost modeling, pricing analysis, and ROI evaluation

Skills

• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills with engineering, estimating, operations, and executive leadership teams
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and organizational skills

Benefits

• Assistance with the application process is available upon request.

Pay

• TBD

Schedule

• TBD