Category Manager

DEPCOM Power, Inc.; Pleasanton (CA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

HSA/FSAs

Life insurance

Paid vacation/time off

Education assistance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

DEPCOM Power, Inc. is seeking a Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing and supply chain activities for Field Services, Restoration, Repowering, and BESS projects in the United States.

You will develop category strategies, manage suppliers, and align with engineering and project teams to deliver safe, compliant, and cost-effective solutions. This role requires proven experience in procurement, negotiation, and cross-functional leadership, with a focus on rapid turnaround, high-quality

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain, procurement, strategic sourcing, category management.
• Experience using procurement, supply chain, asset, or commodity management systems.
• Demonstrated supplier negotiation, contracting, and relationship management experience.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and translate needs into sourcing solutions.
• Experience analyzing and improving sourcing processes, category performance, or scopes of work.

Responsibilities

• Own category strategies for Field Services materials, equipment, rentals, tooling, and services.
• Lead competitive sourcing events, evaluations, negotiations, contracting activities, and PO execution.
• Mobilize flexible purchasing support to meet urgent project and site requirements.
• Develop and maintain a responsive supplier network delivering safety, quality, value, capacity, and reliability.
• Capture savings and cost avoidance through negotiation, consolidation, value engineering, and demand optimization.
• Partner with project, technical, logistics, finance, and site teams to secure materials and support field execution.

Skills

Supply chain

Procurement

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Asset management

Commodity management

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Education

Post-secondary degree in supply chain management

Tools

Procurement systems

Job description

DEPCOM Power is seeking a Category Manager to join the Services team, reporting to the Director of Field Services. This role remains heavily involved in strategic sourcing, procurement, and supply chain management while developing and executing category strategies supporting Restoration Services, Repowering Solutions, and BESS Augmentation.

Unlike traditional large-scale EPC procurement, repower work often requires faster turnaround times, smaller quantities, flexible sourcing, and rapid response to evolving site needs. Categories may include modules, battery energy storage systems (BESS), high-voltage equipment, balance-of-system materials, structural components, rental equipment, tooling, and construction materials.

The Category Manager partners with Field Services, engineering, construction, project management, logistics, finance, and suppliers to deliver safe, compliant, and cost-effective solutions in a fast-paced, schedule-driven environment. Success in this role requires building trusted partnerships across internal teams and suppliers to translate operational needs into practical sourcing and supply chain solutions while balancing cost, quality, availability, schedule, safety, and risk.

Work arrangement:

Remote eligible within the United States

Visa sponsorship:

Not eligible

Our Team

DEPCOM Power, part of Koch Engineered Solutions, designs, builds, and operates utility-scale solar and energy storage assets across the United States. The Field Services team provides rapid, specialized restoration, repowering, and BESS augmentation solutions for assets affected by site damage, aging equipment, underperformance, or changing operational needs-helping customers protect their investments, improve performance, and extend asset value.

What You Will Do

• Category Strategy & Sourcing
  • Own category strategies for Field Services materials, equipment, rentals, tooling, and services.
  • Tailor sourcing roadmaps to repower demand, smaller quantities, and accelerated turnaround times.
  • Lead competitive sourcing events, evaluations, negotiations, contracting activities, and purchase-order execution.
  • Mobilize flexible purchasing support to meet urgent project and site requirements.
• Supplier Management & Value Creation
  • Develop and maintain a responsive supplier network that delivers safety, quality, value, capacity, and reliability.
  • Build strong supplier relationships that support low-volume needs, rapid response, and issue resolution.
  • Capture savings and cost avoidance through negotiation, consolidation, value engineering, and demand optimization.
  • Optimize total value across cost, availability, quality, schedule, service, safety, and risk.
• Project and Operational Execution
  • Partner closely with project, technical, logistics, finance, and site teams to understand actual requirements and priorities.
  • Secure materials, expedite critical orders, and remove supply chain barriers to support successful field execution.
  • Support efficient acquisition, deployment, maintenance, rentals, repairs, and lifecycle management of equipment and tooling.
• Market Intelligence & Risk Management
  • Analyze pricing, supplier capacity, lead times, logistics constraints, and category trends.
  • Anticipate supply-chain risks and implement mitigation strategies that support rapid and reliable project execution.
• Contracts, Compliance & Continuous Improvement
  • Define commercial terms, scopes, service levels, warranties, and supplier accountabilities.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, approvals, contracts, safety requirements, and applicable laws.
  • Deliver reporting on spend, savings, supplier performance, responsiveness, and financial outcomes.
  • Advance procurement capabilities through process, system, procedure, and reporting improvements.
• Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Serve as the strategic supply chain and category-management partner for Field Services and enterprise sourcing initiatives.
  • Align stakeholders around business priorities and develop practical sourcing solutions that support operational success.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in supply chain, procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, asset management, or commodity management.
• Experience using procurement, supply chain, asset, or commodity management systems.
• Demonstrated supplier negotiation, contracting, and relationship management experience.
• Ability to build trusted relationships, uncover operational needs, and translate them into effective sourcing solutions.
• Experience analyzing and improving sourcing processes, category performance, procedures, or scopes of work.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond quickly in a fast-paced, highly visible environment.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience supporting EPC, renewable energy, solar, energy storage, repowering, or large-scale construction projects.
• Knowledge of construction materials, equipment, logistics, lead times, and project scheduling.
• Experience sourcing smaller quantities or supporting urgent, variable, and project-specific demand.
• Experience with project financials, cost analysis, and total cost of ownership.
• Experience developing scalable operations-support systems, processes, or supplier capabilities.
• Post-secondary degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, construction management, or a related field.

For this role, we anticipate paying $85,000 - $115,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering, and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts works to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADP
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.