Category Manager, Professional Services/ Consulting
Core
Develops and executes enterprise category strategies for Professional Services and Consulting, managing sourcing, supplier portfolios, and spend visibility for categories including advisory, technology, engineering, legal, and HR services.
Role type
Senior Category Manager (Professional Services & Consulting)
Builds
Enterprise category strategies, supplier portfolios, and commercial agreements for external services.
Domain
Corporate Procurement / Professional Services & Consulting
Required skills
Strategic sourcing, category management, supplier negotiation, spend analysis, contract structuring, stakeholder alignment, market intelligence, financial modeling, project management, risk management
Preferred skills
Advanced degree, procurement certification, experience with managed services or statement-of-work programs
Technologies
Sourcing platforms, spend-analytics tools, supplier-management systems
Responsibilities
Develop multi-year category strategies for $250M+ annual expenditures; lead cross-functional sourcing from opportunity identification to contract implementation; negotiate complex commercial terms and master service agreements; build supplier segmentation and governance models; analyze spend data to identify leakage and benchmark rates; ensure compliance with corporate policies and regulatory obligations.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
