Sr. Manager, Category Manager, Labor & Professional Services
Listed on 2026-08-22
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Business
Corporate Strategy, Business Development, Change Management, Business Analyst
Establishes governance frameworks and sourcing standards for major professional services firms, and in contingent labor engagements across the enterprise.
Drives supplier rationalization and preferred supplier strategies for consulting firms, staffing agencies, and outsourced labor providers.
Evaluates and creates fit-for-purpose workforce operating models, including direct supplier management, VMS-enabled programs, or scaled MSP partnerships based on organizational size and spend profile.
Owns a complex, high‑spend category (or portfolio) with global scope and enterprise impact.
Leads cross‑functional project teams and external partners to deliver multi‑year roadmaps and operating model changes.
Primary procurement voice with senior/executive stakeholders; presents at executive committees.
Shapes policy, standards, and governance; mentors and develops the category talent bench.
Ensures category plans reflect stakeholder goals, market dynamics, and supplier capabilities
Influences functional leaders; presents recommendations and status at leadership forums.
Champions adoption of preferred suppliers, standards, and policies across the business.
Leverages analysis to shape strategic insights and market intelligence frameworks that inform category strategy, RFx prioritization, supplier negotiations, and contract terms
Scrutinizes variable and complex data to identify and prioritize sourcing and planning opportunities that drive competitive advantage and long-term value
Leads sourcing waves and supplier business reviews; accountable for savings and value realization.
Position Overview
Establishes governance frameworks and sourcing standards for major professional services firms, and in contingent labor engagements across the enterprise.
Drives supplier rationalization and preferred supplier strategies for consulting firms, staffing agencies, and outsourced labor providers.
Evaluates and creates fit-for-purpose workforce operating models, including direct supplier management, VMS-enabled programs, or scaled MSP partnerships based on organizational size and spend profile.
Owns a complex, high‑spend category (or portfolio) with global scope and enterprise impact.
Leads cross‑functional project teams and external partners to deliver multi‑year roadmaps and operating model changes.
Primary procurement voice with senior/executive stakeholders; presents at executive committees.
Shapes policy, standards, and governance; mentors and develops the category talent bench.
Ensures category plans reflect stakeholder goals, market dynamics, and supplier capabilities
Influences functional leaders; presents recommendations and status at leadership forums.
Champions adoption of preferred suppliers, standards, and policies across the business.
Leverages analysis to shape strategic insights and market intelligence frameworks that inform category strategy, RFx prioritization, supplier negotiations, and contract terms
Scrutinizes variable and complex data to identify and prioritize sourcing and planning opportunities that drive competitive advantage and long-term value
Leads sourcing waves and supplier business reviews; accountable for savings and value realization.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Strategy & Value Creation
Craft and socialize a bold, evidence‑based multi‑year category strategy tied to enterprise goals (growth, productivity, risk, ESG). Possible areas of opportunity:
- Management consulting
- Temporary staffing
- Statement-of-work (SOW) services
- Independent contractor engagements
- Workforce solutions/MSP programs
Develop labor rate benchmarking frameworks and market intelligence to improve rate competitiveness, geographic alignment, and workforce planning decisions.
Identify opportunities to reduce unmanaged spend, rogue staffing engagements, mark-up inconsistencies, and duplicate supplier utilization.
Identify and deliver step‑change value levers (portfolio simplification, demand challenge, supplier ecosystem redesign, digital automation).
Stand up structured value tracking with Finance; validate and publish results to executives.
Build and maintain a living category strategy (demand, market, supplier, risk, and should-cost).
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