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Role Overview: As a Category Manager, you will own the strategy for assigned spend categories while partnering across the business to deliver measurable value. You’ll work hand-in-hand with Sourcing Hub on day-to-day execution, and with Sourcing Operations to drive broader team and enterprise enablement efforts, and fellow Category Managers to multiply enterprise impact. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys blending strategic thinking with hands-on collaboration, serving as a trusted partner to stakeholders, suppliers, and Finance. Operating at both strategic and operational levels, the Category Manager combines commercial acumen, stakeholder influence, and analytical insight to deliver sustainable value across cost, service, and innovation. Develop and Execute Category Strategies: Create and implement multi-year category strategies that deliver measurable business value, vendor consolidation, and financial impact. Lead Supplier Negotiations & Relationship Management: Own supplier performance and relationship management. Lead complex negotiations to optimize cost, mitigate risk, and drive innovation across assigned categories. Provide insights that connect sourcing results to broader financial performance. Partner with the Sourcing Operations & Hub: Work in tandem with the Hub to deliver sourcing execution within thresholds. Provide direction, mentorship, and commercial guidance to analysts driving day-to-day sourcing events. Engage with Sourcing Operations: Collaborate with the Sourcing Operations team to identify and implement process improvements, reporting enhancements, and sourcing enablement initiatives across the enterprise. Provide data-driven insights, dashboards, and leadership reporting on category performance, renewal pipelines, and sourcing opportunities. Enable Supplier Innovation & Risk Management: Identify opportunities for supplier-led innovation, risk reduction, and long-term value creation. Contribute to Cross-Functional Initiatives: Collaborate across categories to support enterprise sourcing initiatives, RFPs, and key projects outside your primary spend area as needed. Help build organizational capability and confidence in sourcing and delivery. Model integrity, collaboration, and strategic partnership. Anticipates needs, adapts to market shifts, and crafts long-term plans that deliver measurable impact and value creation. Commercial & Financial Acumen: Understands the full financial picture, from savings and budgets to risk and return. Negotiation & Contract Leadership: Balances cost, service, and risk while crafting commercial terms that enable flexibility, protect the business, and unlock supplier innovation. Supplier Strategy & Innovation: Builds trusted, performance-driven supplier relationships. Holds vendors accountable for excellence while fostering innovation, continuous improvement, business impact and partnerships that advance organizational goals. Transforms data and market intelligence into compelling narratives that guide leadership decisions. Leadership & Capability Building: Acts as a coach and mentor to elevate the broader sourcing organization. Shares knowledge strengthens analytical and commercial skills and helps others see the “why” behind sourcing excellence. Maintains focus on outcomes and priorities while guiding others through shifting timelines or business needs. Uses emotional intelligence to influence, persuade, and lead with credibility — always prioritizing what’s right for the business and its people.