Category Manager Indirect Procurement (Professional & Business Services)

About the role

Lead the strategy, performance, and supplier governance of the Professional & Business Services category—primarily in the Americas—while aligning regional execution with global priorities to deliver value and effectively partner with the business across a complex services landscape.

Responsibilities

• Translate global PBS category strategy into Americas execution plans while driving measurable value through savings, cost avoidance, and efficiency improvements.
• Build and manage a robust savings pipeline, leveraging demand management, specification optimization, and full spend visibility.
• Lead strategic supplier and ecosystem management, including segmentation, performance governance, consolidation, and MSP oversight.
• Drive commercial excellence, leading complex sourcing and negotiations while owning contracting frameworks (rate cards, SoWs, outcome-based models).
• Act as a strategic business partner, influencing stakeholders, aligning procurement with business priorities, and driving fact-based decision making.

Requirements

Bachelor's/ master's degree in business, Procurement, Supply Chain Management or equivalent.

5+ years of experience in Indirect Procurement/Category Management (preferably Professional Services), with a strong track record in supplier negotiations, commercial value delivery, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders within a global, matrix organization.

Skills include managing top-tier professional services suppliers, with a strong understanding of SoW-based procurement, external workforce models, and data-driven decision making, while demonstrating ownership, integrity, and the ability to build trusted relationships and challenge stakeholders to drive impactful, transparent outcomes.

Qualifications

Your role requires the ability to perform the following physical, cognitive, and environmental job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

Skills include managing top-tier professional services suppliers, with a strong understanding of SoW-based procurement, external workforce models, and data-driven decision making, while demonstrating ownership, integrity, and the ability to build trusted relationships and challenge stakeholders to drive impactful, transparent outcomes.

Benefits

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.

Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.

Pay

The pay range for this position in Nashville, Tennessee is $116,000 to $155,000.

Schedule

This role is an onsite role. Employees are required to work in the company's facilities at least 3 days per week.

Company

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Philips Transparency Details

For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to posted locations.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment.

The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.

For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to posted locations.

#EOS

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.