Procurement Category Manager

Your Role

The Category Manager - HR Services owns end-to-end responsibility for a global HR procurement category. The role operates as a recognized subject matter expert, leading critical initiatives, managing elevated risk and complexity, and delivering material business impact. This role does not include formal people-management responsibilities but may lead cross-functional teams and initiatives.

What you'll be doing

• Own, evolve, and execute global HR category or HR project strategies
• Lead high-value, high-risk, or complex sourcing and contracting initiatives
• Serve as the global SME and escalation point for critical issues
• Drive significant innovation and performance improvement
• Lead cross-functional workstreams and enterprise initiatives
• Provide backup support for Team Leader responsibilities when required
• Influence senior stakeholders through insight, expertise, and results

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 10–12+ years of progressive procurement experience with significant experience spent supporting HR/Professional Services Procurement
• Demonstrated success managing global or complex categories
• Strong commercial judgment and risk management capability
• Ability to lead without authority in matrixed organizations

Vantive Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision coverage, insurance for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
• Financial and retirement benefits including the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (“Aon PEP”) and Vantive’s 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave
• Additional benefits including commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity

Vantive is an equal opportunity employer. Vantive evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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