Senior Category Manager – Professional Services

🔥 13 hours ago

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $115k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Owens & Minor

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

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 • Use market intelligence, supplier segmentation, business demand patterns, and risk mitigation plans to inform sourcing strategy • Execute category strategies across consulting, legal, audit, tax, engineering, and financial advisory services • 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 Legal, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders on contract review and business decisions • Manage key supplier relationships, supplier 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 pipeline, benefit validation, and budget impact • Track sourcing results, validate benefits with Finance, and support leadership reporting • Establish preferred supplier programs to aggregate spend and provide professional services governance • 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 and position Procurement as a strategic business partner • Partner with the CFO, Finance, General Counsel, and corporate business leaders to ensure early procurement engagement and leadership visibility • Implement a finance-supported spend control tower for transparency and functional budget impact • Lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence senior leaders to achieve enterprise objectives • Champion adoption of procurement strategies, processes, and technologies • Balance stakeholder priorities with governance, risk management, and business requirements • Foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across Procurement and business functions • 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 complex sourcing events, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional procurement initiatives • Experience managing business stakeholders and indirect supplier relationships • Experience delivering measurable savings or value outcomes • Hands-on experience utilizing procurement platforms and analytical tools • Ability to leverage digital procurement technologies, data analytics, and process automation • 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 • 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