Category Manager IV - Finance & Consultants

Owens & Minor; Virginia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

Employer-paid life insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Job summary

Owens & Minor, a global healthcare solutions company, seeks a Category Manager IV to lead complex indirect procurement, shaping sourcing strategies and managing senior stakeholder relationships. You will negotiate important contracts in consulting, legal, tax and financial services, while driving sustainable cost reductions with risk controls.

This role emphasizes confidentiality and strategic transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; management, finance, or related business experience.
• Experience managing large, complex projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills.
• Experience with procurement platforms and analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop actionable strategic sourcing plans, initiative pipelines, and category roadmaps for assigned Indirect categories.
• Monitor market intelligence, supplier segmentation, and risk mitigation plans to inform sourcing strategy.
• Develop negotiation strategies that address commercial value, service expectations, risk, contract flexibility, and supplier performance.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders to support contract review and business decision-making.
• Manage key supplier relationships and support supplier performance reviews, negotiation, demand management, supplier optimization, working capital, savings pipeline, benefit validation, and budget impact.
• Track sourcing results, validate benefits with Finance as appropriate, and support leadership reporting.
• Mentor less experienced Category Managers, Analysts, or sourcing team into best practices.
• Demonstrates a strong ability to leverage digital procurement technologies, data analytics, and process automation to drive business value.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Data analytics

Procurement platforms

Supplier management

Leadership mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Procurement software

Data analytics tools

Job description

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™.

Global Reach with a Local Touch

• 140+ years serving healthcare
• Over 14,000 teammates worldwide
• Serving healthcare partners in 80 countries
• Manufacturing facilities in the U.Portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings
• 1,000 branded medical product suppliers
• 4,000 healthcare partners served

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plan - Medical, dental, and vision plans start on day one of employment for full-time teammates.
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance and Disability - We offer employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• Voluntary Supplemental Programs – We offer additional options to secure your financial future including supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs.
• Support for your Growing Family – Adoption assistance, fertility benefits (in medical plan) and parental leave are available for teammates planning for a family.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) - We offer these voluntary financial programs to help teammates prepare for their future, as well as other voluntary benefits.
• Paid Leave - In addition to sick days and short-term leave, we offer holidays, vacation days, personal days, and additional types of leave – including parental leave.
• Well-Being – Also included in our offering is a Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs – all at no cost to you.

The Category Manager IV is a senior individual contributor responsible for leading highly complex sourcing, supplier management, and category strategy activities across assigned Indirect Procurement categories. This role independently manages senior stakeholder relationships, develops sourcing strategies, leads negotiations, and provides procurement guidance on market conditions, supplier capabilities, cost drivers, and risk considerations. The Category Manager IV may mentor junior procurement professionals and support best practice development but is not expected to have direct reporting responsibility unless separately assigned. The ideal candidate is a results-driven procurement category manager with deep experience managing Finance and Consulting Services categories. They excel at negotiating consulting, advisory, audit, tax, and financial services agreements; and delivering sustainable cost reductions while ensuring compliance, risk mitigation, and service excellence. Comfortably operating in highly confidential environments, they effectively manage sensitive initiatives, executive-level projects, and strategic business transformations with discretion, sound judgment, and strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop actionable strategic sourcing plans, initiative pipelines, and category roadmaps for assigned Indirect categories.
• Monitor and utilize market intelligence, supplier segmentation, and business demand patterns, and risk mitigation plans to inform sourcing strategy.
• of spend in consulting, legal, audit, tax, engineering and financial advisory selection, RFP/RFQ execution, analysis, negotiations, and award
• Develop negotiation strategies that address commercial value, service expectations, risk, contract flexibility, and supplier performance.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders to support contract review and business decision-making.
• Manage key supplier relationships and support supplier performance reviews, negotiation, demand management, supplier optimization, working capital, savings pipeline, benefit validation, and budget impact.
• Track sourcing results, validate benefits with Finance as appropriate, and support leadership reporting.
• Partner with CFO and supporting org in Finance, General Counsel and other Implement a well-coordinated, finance supported spend control tower to Champion change management efforts to ensure adoption of procurement Balance stakeholder priorities with governance, risk management, and business requirements to support informed decision-making.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous Serve as a procurement subject matter expert for assigned Indirect options, and commercial strategy.
• Mentor less experienced Category Managers, Analysts, or sourcing team
• Demonstrates a strong ability to leverage digital procurement technologies, data analytics, and process automation to drive business value to improve Possess hands-on experience utilizing procurement platforms and analytical tools to support category strategy, sourcing execution, supplier management, and performance reporting.

Supplier & Financial Management

• Manage key supplier relationships and support supplier performance reviews, negotiation, demand management, supplier optimization, working capital, savings pipeline, benefit validation, and budget impact.
• Track sourcing results, validate benefits with Finance as appropriate, and support leadership reporting.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with CFO and supporting org in Finance, General Counsel and other Implement a well-coordinated, finance supported spend control tower to Champion change management efforts to ensure adoption of procurement Balance stakeholder priorities with governance, risk management, and business requirements to support informed decision-making.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous Serve as a procurement subject matter expert for assigned Indirect options, and commercial strategy.
• Mentor less experienced Category Managers, Analysts, or sourcing team

Digital Procurement & Analytics Capability

• Demonstrates a strong ability to leverage digital procurement technologies, data analytics, and process automation to drive business value to improve Possess hands-on experience utilizing procurement platforms and analytical tools to support category strategy, sourcing execution, supplier management, and performance reporting.

Bachelor's degree required; management, finance, or related business experience.

Experience independently managing large, complex, or strategically and contract support activities

No environmental hazards are indicated for this classification.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.