Senior Manager, Category Management

Job Description

This role owns the global category strategy for 3rd party controllers, with responsibility for shaping long-term sourcing direction, supplier selection, executive alignment, and commercial outcomes.

The position requires a highly strategic leader who can engage effectively with internal executives and external supplier leadership to define controller strategy, assess technology and supply market options, drive sourcing and qualification decisions, and secure resilient, competitive supply solutions aligned with business, product, and technology roadmaps.

This U.S.-based role serves as a key interface across engineering, business units, operations, finance, quality, and legal to influence critical decisions on controller roadmap, supplier portfolio, sourcing models, and risk mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field; advanced degree such as MBA or Master’s degree is preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in global category management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, or semiconductor supply chain leadership, with substantial experience in highly complex semiconductor categories.
• Deep expertise in semiconductor sourcing, with strong preference for experience in controllers, ASICs, SoCs, or adjacent complex semiconductor components and ecosystems.
• Demonstrated success building and executing long-term category strategies that influence product, technology, and business outcomes.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in highly matrixed global organizations and influence senior cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, with the ability to lead fact-based discussions, frame trade-offs, and recommend strategic supplier decisions to senior leadership.
• Excellent analytical capability in supplier evaluation, cost modeling, scenario planning, risk assessment, and strategic decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex sourcing programs across multiple time horizons, balancing urgent execution needs with long-term strategic objectives.
• Strong track record of negotiating with strategic suppliers and engaging credibly with supplier executives on roadmap alignment, business allocation, investment support, and commercial strategy.

Preferred

• Executive-level communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Strong strategic sourcing, supplier selection, and commercial negotiation capability.
• Ability to translate technology, market, and supply risk insights into sourcing recommendations and executive decisions.
• Strong financial, analytical, and business acumen, including cost modeling and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Excellent stakeholder management across engineering, operations, finance, quality, and executive leadership.
• High proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data-driven business presentations.