Category Manager
Listed on 2026-10-02
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Management
Operations Management
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK or Remote (Regional)
Travel:
Approximately 25%
Compensation:
Strong base + performance-linked bonus reflecting seniority and scope
This is a high-impact opportunity to lead and strengthen a capital procurement capability inside a publicly listed industrial manufacturer investing heavily across complex multi-year projects. You will combine hands-on delivery with team leadership, influencing major equipment decisions at scale.
- Strong base + high-impact bonus
- Strategic visibility across engineering and executive leadership
- Autonomy to shape capital sourcing strategy
- Long-term progression within an expanding procurement function
A publicly traded industrial manufacturer executing significant annual capital investment across a multi-site US footprint. With a defined five-year capital plan and formalized FEL stage-gate governance, procurement is now embedded across the full project lifecycle.
What You’ll Be Doing- Help sourcing for major capital equipment packages typically valued $500k to $10m, delivering measurable commercial value
- Work with milestone-based contracts with inspection hold points and risk mitigation mechanisms
- Integrate into engineering-led projects, enforcing competitive bid processes and expanding supplier capability
- Support and develop a growing capital procurement team while managing your own project portfolio
- 5+ years procurement experience with significant capital project exposure in chemical, petrochemical, downstream refining, pulp and paper, or EPC environments
- Demonstrated experience sourcing fixed, rotating, and electrical equipment packages
- Strong understanding of FEL / FEED stage-gate governance
- Prior experience leading or managing procurement professionals
You are a commercially minded capital procurement leader who is confident influencing engineers and senior stakeholders. You combine technical understanding with structured negotiation capability and are ready to elevate a growing team while remaining hands-on across complex projects.
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