Category Management Analyst

ACL Digital; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ACL Digital, based in Foster City, California, seeks a Category Management Analyst to support strategy development across research procurement categories, including research services, biologics, chemicals, and lab equipment.

You will partner with Category Managers to analyze spend, build market insights, and run data-heavy analyses in Excel and Power BI, helping source events from RFPs to negotiations to drive cost, quality, and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or related field.
• 3-6 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, analytics, or supply chain.
• Strong analytical and data management skills (Excel, Power BI, etc.)
• Experience working with large datasets and generating insights
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Responsibilities

• Compile and analyze data to support category strategies.
• Develop category profiles with market insights, supplier segmentation, and demand patterns.
• Identify cost optimization, standardization, and supplier consolidation opportunities.
• Manage spend data across categories to identify trends and opportunities.
• Track savings and value delivery, and build forecasts.
• Support sourcing events (RFPs, RFIs, negotiations) with Category Managers.
• Maintain supplier data, contracts, and performance metrics.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

The Category Management Analyst supports the development and execution of category strategies across a portfolio of Research & Product Development Procurement categories, including research services, biologics, chemicals, reagents, lab supplies, and lab equipment.

This role partners closely with Category Managers to analyze spend, generate market intelligence, support sourcing initiatives, and operationalize procurement strategies to deliver value across cost, quality, service, and innovation.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role supporting a large and complex spend portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Category Strategy Support

Compile and analyze quantitative and qualitative data to support category strategies

Develop category profiles, including supply market insights, supplier segmentation, and demand patterns

Identify cost optimization, standardization, and supplier consolidation opportunities

Spend & Data Management

Manage and analyze spend data across multiple categories to identify trends and opportunities

Ensure accurate spend classification and data integrity to enable portfolio-level decision making

Build forecasts and track savings, value delivery, and pipeline initiatives

Sourcing & Execution

Support execution of sourcing events (RFPs, RFIs, negotiations) in partnership with Category Managers

Develop recommendation materials and business cases

Track sourcing pipeline and ensure execution against timelines

Support supplier segmentation and performance tracking

Assist in supplier rationalization and relationship management activities

Maintain supplier data, contracts, and performance metrics

Qualifications Required:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or related field

3-6 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, analytics, or supply chain

Strong analytical and data management skills (Excel, Power BI, etc.)

Experience working with large datasets and generating insights

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills