Senior Category Manager – HR/Benefits

🔥 13 hours ago

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $115k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Owens & Minor

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1882

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2022-03

Logistics • Consulting • Healthcare

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company that provides essential products and services to support care from the hospital to the home. The company specializes in healthcare logistics, inventory management, supply chain solutions, and infection prevention. It offers logistics solutions to reduce costs and eliminate complexities for both acute and non-acute healthcare settings. Owens & Minor is also involved in consulting, helping improve healthcare supply chains and partnerships. The company is dedicated to empowering healthcare providers and serving patients, manufacturers, and communities with its range of products and services.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute multiyear category strategies supporting business objectives and procurement value targets • Develop strategic sourcing plans, initiative pipelines, and category roadmaps for assigned indirect categories • Monitor market intelligence, supplier segmentation, business demand patterns, and risk mitigation plans • Own contingent labor, MSP, VMS, RPO, talent management/development, benefits, learning, and HR services categories • Lead end-to-end sourcing events, including stakeholder alignment, supplier selection, RFP/RFQ execution, analysis, negotiations, and award recommendations • Develop negotiation strategies addressing commercial value, service expectations, risk, contract flexibility, and supplier performance • Partner with the CHRO and HR leadership on workforce strategy and targeted negotiations • Support benefits sourcing and workforce optimization initiatives • Partner with Legal, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders on contract review and business decisions • Manage key supplier relationships, performance reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement • Deliver annual P&L Reduction and P&L Protection targets through sourcing, negotiation, demand management, supplier optimization, working capital, savings pipelines, benefit validation, and budget impact • Track sourcing results, validate benefits with Finance, and support leadership reporting • Directly supervise Category Managers, Analysts, Specialists, and other assigned procurement team members • Provide coaching, feedback, talent development planning, workload prioritization, governance, and performance management • Mentor team members on category strategy, sourcing discipline, stakeholder engagement, and negotiation preparation • Promote collaboration, accountability, process alignment, and consistent procurement standards • Develop executive stakeholder relationships with the CHRO and HR leadership • Drive organizational alignment around labor rate management, supplier consolidation, and contingent labor governance • Lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence senior leaders to achieve enterprise objectives • Champion adoption of procurement strategies, processes, and technologies • Leverage digital procurement technologies, data analytics, and process automation to improve decision-making and stakeholder outcomes • Utilize procurement platforms and analytical tools for category strategy, sourcing execution, supplier management, and performance reporting

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred • 10+ years of procurement, sourcing, supply chain, category management, finance, or related business experience • 3+ years of direct people leadership experience preferred or required based on organizational need • Strong knowledge of indirect procurement, category management, strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract negotiations, and procurement best practices across multiple spend categories • Expertise in leading complex sourcing events, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional procurement initiatives • Experience managing business stakeholders and indirect supplier relationships and delivering measurable savings or value outcomes • Inside working conditions • No environmental hazards are indicated for this classification

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plan: medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one for full-time teammates • Educational assistance for eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program • Employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage • Voluntary supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs • Adoption assistance • Fertility benefits through the medical plan • Parental leave • Health Savings Account (HSA) • 401(k) • Sick days and short-term leave • Holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave • Teammate Assistance Program (TAP) • Calm Health • Cancer Resources Services • Discount programs at no cost