Procurement Category Manager

Filinvest Group; Muntinlupa; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Filinvest Group is hiring a Category Manager to lead end-to-end procurement across assigned categories, driving spend optimization and supplier excellence.

You will perform market analysis, lead sourcing and contract negotiations, and collaborate with Operations, Finance, Quality, Legal and end-user teams to ensure alignment with TCO objectives and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• End-to-end procurement lifecycle experience.
• Ability to perform spend and market analysis.
• Strong negotiation and contracting skills.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Finance, Quality, Legal and end-users.

Responsibilities

• Category Management: review categories via spend/industry analysis to craft ideal strategies.
• Supply Market Analysis: conduct in-depth market research to identify and qualify suppliers.
• Sourcing & Shortlisting: lead sourcing to support business needs aligned with category strategy.
• Negotiating & Contracting: lead negotiations for optimal service and terms.
• Stakeholder Management: partner with business units and vendors for assigned categories.
• Risk Management: identify risks and create mitigation plans.

Skills

Category management

Supply market analysis

Sourcing & contracting

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Job description

Provides E2E category expertise and leadership for the assigned category/ies from understanding of business requirements to match with supply market (industry and vendors) in order to drive the entire category strategy. This role owns the end‑to‑end lifecycle for one or more procurement categories, from spend analysis and supplier market research through contract negotiation, supplier management, and continuous improvement. The Category Manager collaborates closely with cross‑functional stakeholders—such as Operations, Finance, Quality, Legal, and end‑user departments to ensure that category strategies support business requirements, compliance standards, and total cost of ownership (TCO) objectives.

1. Category Management: Performs regular review of categories through spend analysis, industry analysis, vendor business reviews, etc. in order to come up with an ideal category strategy


2. Supply Market Analysis: Perform in‑depth market research to identify, screen, and qualify potential suppliers, which will support the requirements of the categories handled


3. Sourcing & Shortlisting: Leads the sourcing process in order to support needs of the business units as aligned with the category strategy


4. Negotiating & Contracting: Leads the negotiations with vendors to ensure that the business gets the optimum service, cost, terms


5. Stakeholder Management: Drives strong partnerships with business units and vendors for the assigned categories


6. Risk Management: Identifies potential risks for assigned categories and creates mitigation/contingency plans