Global Professional Services Category Leader

Agilent Technologies; Stati Uniti; In loco; USD 140.000 - 210.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Agilent Technologies is seeking a Professional Services Category Manager to lead global sourcing for professional services and finance. You will shape category strategy, govern supplier performance, and influence senior stakeholders across Global Indirect Procurement and Corporate Services.

You will drive complex negotiations, manage strategic supplier relationships, and develop category playbooks to optimize cost and risk while enabling enterprise priorities.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or consulting.
• Experience managing Professional Services, consulting, outsourcing, or other complex indirect service categories.
• Proven success leading high-value sourcing initiatives and complex negotiations in a global matrixed org.
• Strong stakeholder-influencing, analytical, negotiation, and executive communication capabilities.
• Preferred: Master’s degree (MBA), CPSM, CIPS, CPM, or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in life sciences, diagnostics, technology, or other highly regulated global industries.
• Experience with eSourcing, spend analytics, procurement reporting, and contract lifecycle management platforms.

Mansioni

• Develop and execute multi-year global category strategies aligned with Agilent's priorities and transformation agenda.
• Lead Agilent’s preferred supplier strategy for professional services with governance and performance management.
• Create category playbooks based on spend, supplier concentration, demand patterns, and market dynamics.
• Identify opportunities for competitive sourcing, supplier consolidation, and cost optimization.
• Serve as procurement advisor to senior stakeholders on sourcing strategies, suppliers, and commercial structures.
• Negotiate best-in-class commercial arrangements and develop fact-based negotiation strategies.
• Establish governance for strategic suppliers and lead quarterly business reviews and scorecard programs.
• Monitor supplier risk and coordinate mitigation plans.

Conoscenze

Stakeholder influence

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Strumenti

eSourcing tools

Spend analytics

Contract lifecycle management platforms

Descrizione del lavoro

Agilent Technologies is seeking a Professional Services Category Manager to lead global sourcing for professional services and finance. You will shape category strategy, govern supplier performance, and influence senior stakeholders across Global Indirect Procurement and Corporate Services.

You will drive complex negotiations, manage strategic supplier relationships, and develop category playbooks to optimize cost and risk while enabling enterprise priorities.