Senior Manager, Technology Category Management

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🔔 Pennsylvania, Texas – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $94.5k - $148.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Cencora

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

Cencora is a company dedicated to improving the health and well-being of both people and animals globally. Built on the legacy of AmerisourceBergen, Cencora offers a wide range of industry-leading solutions that encompass specialty logistics, warehousing, drug research, clinical development support, and more. They provide commercialization and patient access support and offer wholesale and specialty distribution services. Cencora serves a diverse clientele, including pharmaceutical companies, physician practices, pharmacies, and health systems. The company also extends its services to animal health, managing operations and delivering products for animal pharmaceutical care. With a strong global footprint, Cencora aims to reshape healthcare delivery through innovative products and solutions, striving to create healthier futures for all.

📋 Description

• Define and manage category strategies, sourcing plans, pipeline priorities, annual category plans, and long-range strategies for assigned technology spend • Identify productivity opportunities through spend, demand, and market analysis, including consolidation, demand management, renegotiation, rate and license optimization, and process improvement • Lead sourcing events, supplier evaluations, negotiations, award recommendations, and selected enterprise contracts end-to-end • Drive negotiated productivity realization, validate savings with Finance, ensure implementation and adoption, and track benefits to completion • Manage supplier performance, contract compliance, issue resolution, business reviews, SLAs, KPIs, financial and cyber risk, innovation, and sustainability commitments • Lead QBRs with strategic technology suppliers • Coordinate business, IT, Legal, Finance, Security, Sourcing, Corporate Program Managers, and regional stakeholders • Serve as primary contact with business, IT, and vendor leadership; provide status updates, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership • Manage category budgets, savings tracking, resource utilization, and short-term delivery plans • Maintain knowledge of market trends, emerging technologies, and vendor capabilities • Support MA&D and corporate initiatives, including due diligence, synergy identification, Day-1 readiness, vendor rationalization, and post-transaction integration or separation • Lead process improvements, onboarding, cross-training, local standardization, and updates to category policies, procedures, and playbooks • Oversee team performance across onshore and offshore locations; assign work, set goals, coach development, and support talent decisions • Drive scalable AI deployment, operational efficiency, cost-out strategies, and automated workflows in procurement • Support the Director in stakeholder engagement and relationship management

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Information Technology or related field • 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management or procurement, with at least 5 years focused on technology categories • Experience in the assigned category (hardware/telecom/cloud, software or technology services) required • 3+ years of experience leading or coaching team members • Demonstrated success negotiating complex, high-value technology contracts and delivering measurable savings • Strong understanding of technology commercial models, including licensing, subscription, consumption, SOW/T&M/fixed-price, and SLAs • Understanding of related risk, data privacy and security considerations • Advanced analytical skills • Proficiency with spend analytics and sourcing tools, such as Ariba, Power BI, and Excel • Excellent communication and executive presence • Proven ability to influence senior business and IT stakeholders • MBA or advanced degree preferred • Experience managing teams across multiple geographies preferred • Experience with MA&D sourcing support, and healthcare, pharma or other regulated industry, is a plus • Professional certification (CPSM, CPP, ISM or similar) a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision care • Backup dependent care • Adoption assistance • Infertility coverage • Family building support • Behavioral health solutions • Paid parental leave • Paid caregiver leave • Training programs • Professional development resources • Mentorship programs • Employee resource groups • Volunteer activities

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