Senior Category Manager – Indirect Categories

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🕒 July 18

☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $119.3k - $220.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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XBOX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2001

🎮 Gaming

🔧 Hardware

👥 B2C

Gaming • Hardware • B2C

XBOX is Microsoft’s consumer gaming brand and platform. It designs and sells video game consoles (Xbox Series X and Series S), first- and third-party games and accessories, and operates digital services such as the Microsoft Store for games, Xbox Game Pass subscription and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Xbox also provides PC and mobile gaming access, community and support services, and integrates with Microsoft accounts and other Microsoft products.

📋 Description

• Join a Global Procurement organization supporting a fast-paced entertainment and technology business • Own global category strategies, complex sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, and ongoing supplier management across a diverse portfolio of indirect and technology spend • Drive cost optimization, risk mitigation, and procurement transformation while partnering with senior stakeholders across Marketing, Technology, HR, Finance, Legal, Facilities, and Security • Develop and execute short- and long-term category strategies, partnering with stakeholders to understand business objectives, demand, risk considerations, and future needs • Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing: supplier evaluations, RFx processes, selection, and executive sourcing recommendations • Negotiate commercial, financial, and contractual terms that maximize value while mitigating business, operational, legal, privacy, and security risks • Build financial models and perform quantitative analysis of supplier cost structures, market trends, benchmarking, and total cost of ownership • Drive supplier consolidation, demand management, contract standardization, preferred supplier programs, and governance frameworks • Manage supplier relationships through performance scorecards, business reviews, governance meetings, and escalation management • Deliver executive-ready presentations, business cases, category roadmaps, and sourcing recommendations to senior leadership • Leverage Microsoft Copilot, AI-enabled tools, and analytics to improve procurement productivity, spend visibility, and reporting.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management experience in large, complex organizations • Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale sourcing across Advertising & Marketing, Technology, and Benefits categories • Proven success negotiating complex commercial agreements spanning agency, technology services, software, infrastructure, hardware, and SaaS environments • Track record of delivering measurable savings, cost avoidance, process improvement, and risk mitigation outcomes • Exceptional stakeholder management and the ability to influence at all organizational levels • Strong financial, analytical, and quantitative modeling skills, with advanced Excel proficiency (complex formulas, data modeling, pivot tables, executive reporting, and dashboards) • Proficiency with Microsoft Copilot and AI-enabled tools to synthesize information, analyze supplier and spend data, and streamline procurement workflows • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with high attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Preferred Qualifications MBA or advanced business degree • CPSM, CIPS, ISM, APICS, PMP, or similar certification • Experience with Oracle iProc or similar Source-to-Pay platforms, and ServiceNow or intake/workflow management • Experience supporting entertainment, media, technology, or global consumer-facing businesses • Category experience in Facilities Management, Physical Security/Safety, Outsourced Development (ODF), Localization, or QA • Experience supporting procurement transformation, supplier consolidation, and operating model standardization.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance • 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching • Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave • Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others • If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.